(p. 721) bāṃlā1 Bengal, the land or state of Bengal; the Bengali language. a. written in Bengali (বাংলা বই); relating or pertaining to or of Bengal or of Bengali (বাংলা সাহিত্য). 251)

(p. 715) bañcā (poet.) to deceive, to beguile; (poet.) to deprive (of); (poet.) to spend or pass ('সুখে বঞ্চিবে দিন'); (poet.) to live, to lead one's life. 33)

(p. 785) bējanmā bastard, illegitimate. 7)

(p. 721) basanta the spring season, spring, the springtime; pox, small-pox, chickenpox; an Indian musical mode. ̃কাল n. the spring season, the spring time, spring. ̃কালীন a. of spring; vernal. ̃দূত n. the messenger of spring; the cuckoo. ̃পঞ্চমী n. the fifth lunar day of the light fortnight of Magh (মাঘ) when Goddess Saraswati (সরস্বতী) is worshipped. ̃বায়ু n. vernal breeze, the south wind. ̃সখ n. the friend of spring; the cuckoo. ̃সখা n. one attended upon by Spring; Madana (মদন) the Hindu god of love. বসন্তের কোকিল (fig.) a fair-weather friend. বসন্তোত্সব n. the spring festival; the festival of holi (হোলী). 177)

(p. 761) binimaẏa exchange; barter; return; requital, recompense; substitution. বিনিময় করা v. to exchange; to barter. বিনিময়ে দেওয়া v. to give in exchange (for) or in lieu (of); to give in return (for), to requite, to recompense. বিনিময়-নিয়ম n. (alg.) the commutative law. বিনিময়-হার n. the rate of exchange. 23)

(p. 761) bipra a Brahman. 68)

(p. 767) bibhum̐i a foreign land (বিদেশ-বিভুঁই). 9)

(p. 751) bikalā a measure of time (= 1/6 কলা), a second. 12)

(p. 786) bēniẏama illegality; irregularity; unlawfulness; violation of the rule. বেনিয়ম করা v. to break the rule, to violate the rule; to perpetrate an irregularity. 58)

(p. 760) bidhēẏa lawful, rightful; proper; that should be done or undertaken; predicable. n. (gr. & log.) a predicate; (phil.) a predicable. 16)

(p. 765) bibāda a quarrel, a brawl; altercation; a dispute; a conflict; strife, hostility; a fight; an action at law, litigation; a breach of friendly relation. বিবাদ করা v. to quarrel, to brawl; to altercate; to dispute; to fight; to fight at law; to sever friendly relation. ̃প্রিয় a. quarrelsome; factious; litigious. ̃বিসংবাদ n. quarrels or brawls; disputes. ̃সূচি n. cause list. বিবাদী a. concerning a quarrel or dispute; under dispute (বিবাদী সম্পত্তি); contending; contesting; litigant; opposing, hostile. n. a contestant; a litigant; an opponent; the opposite party; the defendant (as opposed to the plaintiff); a note opposing the principal note of a musical mode. fem. বিবাদিনী (not in the musical sense). 12)

(p. 782) bēābaru (of a woman) not keeping to the inner apartments; shamefully or indecorously exposed to public view; disgraced; (of a woman) having one's modesty outraged. 37)

(p. 785) bēḍ়ēna cudgelling, drubbing, clubbing, flagellation (গোবেড়েন). 26)

(p. 781) buli speech, language, a word or phrase or lingo or jargon (ইংরেজি বুলি); babble or prattle (as of a child or bird); a crammed speech; a maxim; a slogan. বুলি আওড়ানো v. to babble or prattle; to utter a crammed speech or a maxim or a slogan; to talk jargon; to use cliches (esp. of foreign origin) in one's speech. বুলি ঝাড়া v. same as বুলি আওড়ানো (except in the first sense). বাঁধা বুলি n. cant, a cliche. 16)

(p. 713) b the twenty-third letter of the Bengali alphabet. 2)