(p. 742) bādya instrumental music; a musical instrument. ̃কর n. an instrumentalist. ̃করদল n. a musical band; a concert party. ̃ধ্বনি n. sound of instrumental music. ̃ভাণ়্ড n. musical instruments collectively; a set of musical instruments. ̃যন্ত্র n. a musical instrument. 21)

(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. 756) biṭakēla hideous or monstrous (বিটকেল মূর্তি); abominable or repulsive (বিটকেল গন্ধ); very ludicrous or queer (বিটকেল ব্যাপার); given to playing antics or cracking practical jokes; of a queer sort (বিটকেল লোক). বিটকেলমি n. practice of playing antics or cracking practical jokes. 14)

(p. 721) bān̐di maidservant, a handmaid; a woman slave. 272)

(p. 742) bādāma2 nut, almond. বাদামের খোলা a nutshell. 10)

(p. 721) bāurā mad, insane. 246)

(p. 786) bētāra1 tasteless, insipid; distasteful; (fig.) uninteresting, dull. 7)

(p. 773) bītanidra sleepless; wakeful; awake. 90)

(p. 794) byaṅgya figurative, metaphorical; covert, implied. ব্যঙ্গ্যার্থ n. figurative or suggested meaning, suggestion, covert hint, implication; (rhet.) implied or suggested meaning transcending the primary sense of words, indirect meaning, obliquity. 21)

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

(p. 721) bahni fire. ̃জ্বালা n. a flame; glow or heat of fire. ̃মান a. flaming, blazing. ̃শিখা n. a tongue of fire, a flame. ̃সংস্কার n. cremation of a dead body. 229)

(p. 790) bēhāri of Bihar. n. a native of Bihar. 13)

(p. 773) biśōdhita purified; sanctified; refined; cleansed; rectified, corrected; amended. 10)

(p. 790) baitanika salaried; stipendiary; wageearning; not honorary. 33)

(p. 715) bagi3 a high-rimmed metal dish (also বগিথালা). 20)