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. 743) bādhya preventible, resistible; obedient, obsequious, docile (বাধ্য ছেলে); amenable (সুযুক্তির বাধ্য); obliged (কর্তব্য পালনে বাধ্য); compelled or sure (to) (হার মানতে বাধ্য). বাধ্য করা v. to compel. বাধ্য হয়ে being compelled, under obligation or compulsion. ̃তা n. obedience, obsequiousness, docility; amenability; obligation; compulsion. বাধ্যতাজনক, বাধ্যতামূলক a. compulsory; obligatory; imperative. ̃বাধকতা n. mutual obligations; strictness; rigidity. 3)

(p. 779) buḍ়ō old, aged (বুড়ো লোক); very old, ancient (বুড়ো বট); overmature, overdeveloped (বুড়ো পাঁঠা); prematurely grown-up; purely (বুড়ো খোকা); precocious. n. an old man. বুড়ো হওয়া v. to grow old; to grow old prematurely; to become a veteran (মিস্ত্রিগিরিতে বুড়ো হওয়া). বুড়ো বুড়ো ludicrously elderly (বুড়ো বুড়ো চালচলন); precocious (বুড়ো বুড়ো কথা). 27)

(p. 741) bātā a slip of bamboo or wood esp. one used in roofing, a lath, a slat. 4)

(p. 721) balmīka, balmika an ant-hill. 162)

(p. 773) bisarga a Bengali spirant or the letter resembling it (ঃ). বিসর্গ-সন্ধি see সন্ধি । 43)

(p. 751) bikṣōbha offended state, mortification, grief; agitation; (pol.) movement provoked by discontent, unrest (গণবিক্ষোভ = popular unrest). ̃কারী a. & n. an agitator, one who agitates; a demonstrator, one who demonstrates. ̃প্রদর্শন n. demonstration, agitation. বিক্ষোভ প্রদর্শন করা v. (pol.) to demonstrate; to agitate; to organize demonstration. 40)

(p. 782) bṛthā futile, abortive, ineffectual, fruitless; useless (বৃথা বাক্যব্যয়); purposeless (বৃথা ভ্রমণ). adv. in vain; to no purpose; uselessly. 9)

(p. 782) bēkānuna illegal. 50)

(p. 746) bārita prohibited; prevented; warded off; resisted; (chiefly law) barred (তামাদিদোষে বারিত = barred by limitation). 22)

(p. 767) biẏanta recently delivered of a child or (in case of a beast) of a young (বিয়ন্ত বউ, বিয়ন্ত গাভি). 42)

(p. 782) bēn̐ḍ়ē dock-tailed; tailless; (facet.) dwarfish (বেঁড়ে শয়তান). 47)

(p. 789) bēlē sandy. n. a kind of fish that likes to lie amidst sand. ̃পাথর n. sandstone. 13)

(p. 785) bēḍ়ē (coll.) excellent, fine; bravo. 25)

(p. 773) bistīrṇa spread out; extensive; expansive; pervasive, vast. 55)

(p. 773) bisbana an earsplitting noise; sound; (phon.) a variant sound, an allophone. ̃ভেদ (phon.) n. allophonic variation. 62)