বহু৩ : (p. 721) bahu3 many, numerous; much, manifold, diverse; profuse, abundant; long; more than one, poly-, multi-. ̃কষ্টে adv. with great difficulty. ̃কাল n. a long time. বহুকাল ধরে for a long time. for long. বহুকাল পরে after a long time. বহু কাল পূর্বে long ago. ̃কালব্যাপী a. long continued or long-lasting; very old. ̃কেলে a. very old, antique. ̃কেশর a. (bot.) polyandrous. ̃কোষ্ঠ a. (bot.) multilocular. ̃ক্ষণ n. a long while, a long time. ̃গর্ভপত্রী a. (bot.) polycarpellary. ̃গুচ্ছ a. (bot.) polyadelphous. ̃গুণ a. multiplied many times; many times over; many more, much more. ̃জাতিক a. multinational. ̃জ্ঞ a. polymathic, having varied or vast experience. বহুজ্ঞ ব্যক্তি a polymath; a man of varied or vast experience. ̃তর a. many more; too many; too much; diverse, various; manifold; many, numerous; much, profuse. ̃তল a. multi-storeyed. ̃তলক n. (geom.) a polyhedron. ̃তা same as বহুত্ব । ̃ত্ব n. numerousness; muchness; profusion, abundance; excessiveness; diversity. ̃ত্র adv. at or in many or diverse places. ̃দর্শিতা n. varied or wide or vast experience. ̃দর্শী a. having seen much; having varied experience or vast experience. fem. ̃দর্শিনী । ̃দূর a. very far, far-away, far-off, distant. adv. very far, far off, far away, at a great distance. n. a great distance, a far cry. ̃দূরবর্তী a. far-off, remote. ̃ধা adv. in many and diverse modes or methods or ways or directions or parts; diversely; many times. ̃পতিত্ব n. polyandry. ̃পত্মীক a. having many wives, ploygamous. ̃পদ a. (alg.) polynomial; (zoo.) polypod. পদ প্রাণী a ploypod, a multiped. ̃বহুপার্শ্বীয় a. (bot.) multiparous; multilateral. ̃প্রসবিনী a. fem. bearing many children; prolific; fertile. প্রান্তীয় a. parietal. ̃ফলকপত্র n. (bot.) a compound leaf. ̃বচন see বচন । ̃বর্ষজীবী a. (bot.) perennial; (of man) long-lived. ̃বল্লভ n. one beloved of many women; Krishna. (কৃষ্ণ). fem. ̃বল্লভা a woman beloved of many men; a flirt; a prostitute. ̃বিধ a. of many and diverse sorts. ̃বিবাহ polygamy. ̃বিবাহকারী a. polygamous. n. a polygamist. ̃বিবাহকারিণী a. polyandrous. n. a polyandrist. ̃বিস্তীর্ন a. spread over a wide or large area, far-flung. ̃বীজপত্রী (bot.) a. polycotyledon. ̃ব্যয়সাধ্য a. very expensive or costly. ̃ব্যয়ে adv. at a great cost or expense. ̃ব্রীহি n. (gr.) mode of forming compound words (a compound word formed by this mode gives a meaning which neither of the constituent words implies). ̃ভর্তৃক a. having many husbands. ̃ভাগ, ̃ভাগ্য, a. very fortunate. n. a great fortune. ̃ভাষিতা n. speaking many languages; garrulity, talkativeness. ̃ভাষী a. speaking many languages, polyglottic; garrulous, talkative. বহুভাষী ব্যক্তি a polyglot; a garrulous or talkative person. ̃ভুজ a. (geom.) polygonal; (bio.) polypous. n. a polygon; a polyp. ̃ভুজক্ষেত্র n. (geom.) a polygon. ̃ভ্রূণবীজতা n. (bot.) polyembryony. ̃ভ্রূণবীজী a. (bot.) polyembryonic. ̃মত a. highly esteemed; greatly honoured. ̃মান n. high esteem; great honour. ̃মানাস্পদ a. highly esteemed or revered. ̃মুখ a. multifaced; multifarious; multiplex (বহুমুখ টেলিগ্রাফ); (of a school or co-operative society) multipurpose. fem. ̃মুখী । ̃মূত্র n. diabetes. ̃মূত্রগত a.diabetic. ̃মূত্রপীড়িত a. diabetic. ̃মূর্তি a. multiform. মূল্য a.very costly; very precious. ̃যৌগিক a. (bot.) decompound. ̃রাশিক n. (arith.) the double rule of three. ̃রূপ1 a. diverse. multifarious. ̃রূপ2, বহুরূপী a. assuming different forms; polymorphic, multiform. n. the chameleon; an itinerant showman who amuses people by assuming various forms. fem. a. ̃রূপিনী । ̃রূপতা a. polymorphism. ̃শ adv. many times, many a time and oft; in a great measure, to a great extent. ̃শাখ a. having many branches. ̃শাস্ত্রজ্ঞ a. polymathic. ̃বহুশাস্ত্রজ্ঞ ব্যক্তি a polymath. ̃শিরাল a. (bot.) multicostate. ̃শ্রুত a. profoundly or vastly learned, erudite, well-versed in many disciplines. ̃স্বামিক a. having to serve many masters; having many owners. 224)

(p. 800) briṭiśa British. n. a Briton, a Britisher. 24)

(p. 721) bali1 a line or folding of the skin (ত্রিবলি); a wrinkle of the skin; a protrusion of the large intestine as in piles. 148)

(p. 779) buḍ়i2 (fem. of বুড়ো) old, aged. n. an old woman. পাকা বুড়ি (facet.) a little girl behaving like a grown-up or elderly woman. ̃পনা n. comically elderly conduct of a little girl. 26)

(p. 786) bēdabyāsa Vyasa (ব্যাস) the author of the Mahabharata. 29)

(p. 721) bamāla together with the stolen or looted thing (বমাল ধরা পড়া). 22)

(p. 792) bōn̐ṭā a leaf-stalk; a petiole; a leaf; a leaf-base; a nipple, a teat. 24)

(p. 721) bāōẏā2 not containing any embryo, barren, addle (বাওয়া ডিম = an addle egg, a wind-bag). 250)

(p. 721) bān̐daralāṭhi the drumstick tree, Cassia fistula. 270)

(p. 738) bāṭā3 a kind of metal tray (esp. one for holding betel-leaves). 43)

(p. 713) bu wife; a daughter-in-law; a brother's wife, a sister-in-law; a married woman esp. one who usually keeps to a gynaeceum (usu. ঘরের বউ); a housewife; a newly-married wife (বউভাত). বউ-কথা-কও n. the Indian nightingale. বউ-কাটকি n. a woman given to torturing her daughter-in-law. ̃ড়ি n. a young wife; a childwife. ̃দিদি, (coll.) ̃দি n. an elder brother's wife, a sister-in-law. ̃ভাত same as পাকস্পর্শ (see পাক2). ̃মা n. a son's wife, a daughter-in-law; a younger brother's wife, a sister-in-law. ̃মানুষ n. a married woman usually keeping to a gynaeceum; a newly-married woman. 8)

(p. 767) bibhēdaka that which divides; that which creates a difference or dissension; that which separates; divisive; separating. n. a divisor; that which divides; a separator. 14)

(p. 765) bibēcya that which is to be considered or judged; worthy of consideration; under consideration. 26)

(p. 782) bṛtrāri the enemy of Britra (বৃত্র) the demon: an appellation of Indra (ইন্দ্র) the king of gods. 8)

(p. 721) bahirbāsa a thin scarf or wrapper for the upper body; an outer-garment. 212)

(p. 761) biniẏē elaborately, verbosely, in so many words; ingratiatingly (rইনিয়েবিনিয়ে). 28)