(p. 721) bā2 or adv. possibly, perhaps (হবেও বা); alternatively (তুমিই বা গেলে); used to emphasize a question (হবেই বা না কেন ?). 232)

(p. 721) barṇē barṇē word for word; completely, totally; to the letter. 98)

(p. 721) bahirdbāra the front-door (of a building); the gate, the main gate, (as of a town, village or building). 208)

(p. 721) basti1 quarters for the poor people (কুলি-বস্তি); a slum esp. one consisting of cutcha huts. ̃বাসী n. a slum-dweller, inhabitant of a slum. 183)

(p. 747) bālā2 a bangle for the wrist. 20)

(p. 721) bān̐dhā2 to bind, to tie, to fasten; to obstruct (স্রোত বাঁধা); to dam (খাল বাঁধা); to stop or park (গা়ড়ি বাঁধা); to restrain or appease (মন বাঁধা); to compose (গান বাঁধা); to form, to do (খোঁপা বাঁধা); to build or set up (ঘর বাঁধা); to attune (বীণা বাঁধা); to unite (প্রাণে প্রাণে বাঁধা); to be reduced to or rendered into, to turn into (জমাট বাঁধা, দান বাঁধা). a. bound; tied, fastened, obstructed; dammed; composed; formed, done; built, set up; attuned; routine (বাঁধা কাজ); regular (বাঁধা খদ্দের); stock (বাঁধা গত্); rigid (বাঁধা নিয়ম); fixed (বাঁধা মাইনে); brick-built or stone-built, pucka (বাঁধা ঘাট). বাঁধাই n. binding or cost of binding esp. a book; enframing or cost of enframing (as a picture). ̃কপি n. cabbage. বাঁধা গত্ a stock phrase; a rigid rule or system. ̃ছাদা n. rolling up and tying as a baggage. বাঁধাছাদা করা v. to pack. ̃ধরা a. fixed; rigid; routine; stock; monotonous, trite. ̃ঝুলি n. a catchphrase, a catchword, a slogan. বাঁধানো v. to bind (as a book); to enframe (as a picture); to fix or manufacture artificial ones (দাঁত বাঁধানো); to inlay (হিরে দিয়ে বাঁধানো); to plate (সোনা দিয়ে বাঁধানো); to pave, to macadamize (রাস্তা বাঁধানো); to build with stone or brick (ঘাট বাঁধা); to dam (খাল বাঁধানো); to cause to compose (গান বাঁধানো); to cause to build or set up (ঘর বাঁধানো); to cause to attune (বীণা বাঁধা); to reduce to or render into (জমাট বাঁধানো). a. bound; enframed; artificial (বাঁধানো দাঁত = a set of artificial teeth, denture); inlaid; plated; paved, macadamized; brick-built or stone-built, pukka; dammed; built or set up. ̃বাঁধি a. fixed, hard and fast, unalterable. n. a rigid rule or system; strictness. 276)

(p. 721) bapana sowing; planting, plantation. বপন করা v. to sow; to plant. ̃যন্ত্র n. a sowing-machine. 17)

(p. 792) baiṣaẏika relating to property or wealth or earthly possessions or personal affairs; material, worldly. 18)

(p. 748) bāsarīẏa pertaining to a (particular) day (রবিবাসরীয়). 24)

(p. 721) bara rather, in preference. 46)

(p. 713) bakabakāni intolerable prattling; meaningless jabber or chatter; overmuch talking. 29)

(p. 755) bijigīṣu desirous of victory or success. 20)

(p. 747) bālaka a boy, a male child; a tyro (রাজনীতিতে সে বালক); a greenhorn. ̃কাল n. childhood days, boyhood. ̃তা ̃ত্ব n. boyhood. ̃বয়স same as বালককাল । ̃ভৃত্য n. a boy-servant; a page. ̃সুলভ, বালকোচিত a. boyish; childish. 15)

(p. 756) biṭa2 a bulbous plant, beet. 13)

(p. 789) bēśumāra innumerable, countless. 23)