(p. 800) brahma1 Burma (also ব্রহ্মদেশ). ̃বাসী a. Burmese. n. a Burmese, a Burman. fem. ব্রহ্মবাসিনী । 10)

(p. 800) brēka a brake (of vehicle or machine). ব্রেক কষা v. to put on the brake (to), to brake, (fig.) to slow down. 28)

(p. 792) bairāgya apathy towards worldly interests; stoicism; philosophical or spiritual consciousness. বৈরাগ্যোদয় n. access of philosophical or spiritual consciousness (in one's mind); awakening of the spirit of renunciation. 8)

(p. 748) bāstaba true, genuine; real; factual; actual; objective; material; materialistic. n. truth; reality; (phys.) an objective. বাস্তব তথ্য facts. ̃তা n. trueness, genuineness; reality; factuality; actuality; objectivity; materiality. ̃বাদ n. realism; objectivism; materialism. ̃বাদী a. realistic; objectivistic; materialistic. n. a realist; an objectivist; a materialist. 35)

(p. 756) bidāẏa1 a gift or present, anything given in charity (ব্রাহ্মণবিদায়, কাঙালবিদায়). 52)

(p. 717) bada bad; evil, wicked; offensive (বদ গন্ধ); peevish (বদমেজাজ); infected, contaminated, defiled (বদরক্ত). ̃খদ a. ugly; troublesome or unmanageable or unwieldy. ̃খেয়াল a. wicked inclination or desire; evil intention or design; perverse propensity. ̃জবান n. abusive or filthy language. বদজবান করা v. to use abusive or filthy language. ̃জাত same as বজ্জাত । ̃নাম n. discredit; bad reputation; infamy; calumny. বদনাম করা v. to calumniate; to slander; to speak ill of. ̃বু, ̃বো n. bad or foul smell, stink. ̃ভ্যাস n. bad or evil habit; indecent habit. ̃মতলব n. evil design, evil purpose. ̃মেজাজ n. illhumour, bad temper; petulance, peevishness. ̃মেজাজি a. ill-humoured, bad-tempered; petulant, peevish, cross-grained. ̃রসিকতা n. base or unrefined or indecent or vulgar humour or joke. ̃রাগী a. short-tempered, choleric. ̃হজম n. indigestion; dyspepsia. 28)

(p. 717) bana to get on together, to agree; to be on good terms (তাদের বনে না); to be reduced to or to be proved (বোকা বনা).. 47)

(p. 715) bakharā a share. বখরা করা v. to divide into shares, to share, to apportion. বখরা দেওয়া v. to give a share, to share. বখরা পাওয়া v. to get a share, to share. বখরা নেওয়া v. to take a share, to share. ̃দার n. a sharer, a shareholder, a partner. 10)

(p. 746) bārabēlā (astrol.) a part of the day regarded as inauspicious for undertaking any important work (religious or other). 12)

(p. 773) bisamillā, bisamillāh (Mus.) an invocation of Allah whilst starting a work. বিসমিল্লায় গলদ (fig.) a mistake at the very beginning, an erroneous start. 41)

(p. 756) biḍ়biḍ় denoting: muttering, mumbling. বিড়বিড় করা to mutter or mumble. বিড়বিড়ানি n. muttering, mumbling. 22)

(p. 779) bībhatsa extremely abominable or repulsive or loathsome; horribly or outrageously shaped, monstrous. ̃তা n. extreme abominableness or repulsiveness or loathsomeness; monstrosity. ̃রস n. (rhet.) a description inspiring repulsion in the mind of a reader or hearer. 8)

(p. 800) brāhmaṇa a Brahman, a Brahmin; a Brahman priest; a part of the Vedas treating of religious rites. ̃ত্ব same as ব্রাহ্মণ্য । ̃পণ্ডিত n. a Brahman scholar. ̃সভা n. a council of Brahmans for theological and social discussion and arbitration. ̃সমাজ n. the community of the Brahmans. ব্রাহ্মণী n. a Brahman's wife; a female Brahman, ব্রাহ্মণ্য n. the state of being a Brahman; characteristics and especial powers of Brahmans; the peculiar functions and duties of Brahmans (also ব্রাহ্মণ্যধর্ম); the community of Brahmans. 19)

(p. 717) batārikha date by date; datewise. 25)

(p. 715) baṭaṭhākura an elder brother of one's husband. 37)