বর : (p. 721) bara a desire granted by a deity or a superior person, a boon; a benison, a benediction, a blessing; a bridegroom; a husband. a. desired; greatest, most distinguished (নৃপবর); excellent, splendid, fine (বরতনু). বর দেওয়া v. to grant a boon. বর পাওয়া v. to obtain a boon. বরের ঘরের মাসি কনের ঘরের পিসি (fig.) one who hunts with the hound and runs with the hare. ̃কনে n. pl. the bride and the groom. ̃কর্তা n. the head of the bridegroom's party. ̃দ a. granting a boon; benedictory. ̃দা a. fem. of বরদ । n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃দাতা a. & n. one who grants a boon. fem. ˜দাত্রী । বরদান করা v. to grant a boon. ̃দান n. act of granting a boon or prayer. ̃পক্ষ n. the bridegroom's party. ̃পণ n. a dowry in cash paid by the bride's parents or party to the bridegroom. ̃পুত্র n. a minion (esp. of a deity), a darling, a favourite. ̃প্রদ same as বরদ । fem. ̃প্রদা । ̃বর্ণিনী n. an excellent woman; a woman of peerless beauty. ̃মাল্য n. a garland of flower which the bride puts ceremonially round the neck of the bridegroom whilst accepting him as her husband; a garland of highest honour. ̃যাত্রী, ̃যাত্র n. one who accompanies a bridegroom to a wedding. 45)

(p. 721) bāṃlā2, bāṃlō a bungalow. 252)

(p. 717) badānya generous, bountiful, munificent, liberal, charitable. ̃তা n. generosity, bounty, munificence, liberality, charity. 35)

(p. 737) bāgāḍ়mbara grandiloquence; tall talk; verbiage. বাগাড়ম্বর করা v. to speak grandiloquently; to talk big; to brag; to speak verbosely. 6)

(p. 737) bāṅālē (usu. dero.) like a Bengali of the East, like or about an East Bengali. 20)

(p. 721) bākhāri cuna unslaked lime, quick-lime. 288)

(p. 792) bairāgī apathetic to worldly interests, (cp.) stoical. n. (loos.) a Vaishnava anchorite. 7)

(p. 758) biddha pierced; pricked; perforated; bored. বিদ্ধ করা v. to pierce; to prick; to perforate; to bore. ̃পত্র n. (bot.) a perfoliated leaf. 11)

(p. 721) barāta charge, commission (কাজের বরাত); order (often pl.); necessity or business (এদিকে একটু বরাত ছিল); authority to represent, assignment; order (to supply goods): fate, luck (মন্দ বরাত). বরাত দেওয়া v. to entrust a charge, to commission; to authorize or assign. ̃চিঠি n. a letter of authority or assignment; (comm.) a bill of exchange. ̃গুণে adv. by virtue of good luck. ̃জোরে adv. through good luck, through a stroke of luck. বরাতি a. (of a task) entrusted. 66)

(p. 747) bārtāku, bārtākī the brinjal, eggplant, aubergine. 6)

(p. 717) batsara a year; an era. বত্সরান্তে adv. at the end of a year; at year-ending. 21)

(p. 717) b়ḍ়ē, bōḍ়ē (in chess) a pawn. বড়ের চাল (in chess) the move of a pawn; (fig.) a very unassuming and yet a dangerspelling move. 10)

(p. 721) barāṅga the best part of the body; the head. a. fine-limbed. 64)

(p. 748) bāsara1 a day (জন্মবাসর); a day of the week or a gathering on a particular day (রবিবাসর). 22)

(p. 738) bājā to sound or be sounded (মোটরের হর্ন বাজা); to ring or be rung, to toll (ঘন্টা বাজা); to be played on (বীণা বাজা); to be beaten (ঢাক বাজা); to strike (ঘড়ি বাজা, তিনটে বাজা); to be announced by a sound (প্রহর বাজা); to be felt (হাতে বাজ); to jar on (কানে বাজা); to smart or pain (মনে বাজা). ঘড়ি বাজে the clock chimes or strikes. ঘড়িতে একটা বাজে the clock strikes one, it is one o'clock. স্কুলের ঘন্টা বাজ the school-bell goes. 21)

(p. 721) bandh a strike, a cease-work movement; closure. 6)