(p. 717) badara1 the full moon; a Muslim saint (whose name is uttered by boatsmen to ensure a safe voyage). 32)

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

(p. 721) baẏōguṇa tendencies or propensities natural to a particular age. 39)

(p. 721) bahistbaka epidermis, cuticle. 222)

(p. 794) bōlaṭu a bolt. বোলটু পরানো, বোলটু লাগানো v. to fit with a bolt. 12)

(p. 717) badbīpa a delta. ̃শীর্ষ n. head of the delta. 37)

(p. 721) barṣaṇa rainfall; rain (বর্ষণহীন মেঘ); raining; act of falling down in a stream; showering; a shower; act of scattering or sprinkling or dispersing upon (আতরবর্ষণ কিরণবর্ষণ); (fig.) gracious bestowal (আশীর্বাদবর্ষণ, ধন্যবাদবর্ষণ, উপহারবর্ষণ). বর্ষণ করা v. to rain upon, to shower, to scatter or sprinkle or disperse upon; to bestow graciously (upon). ̃মুখর a. vibrant with the patter of rain. ̃শীল a. disposed to rain; raining. বর্ষণোন্মুখ a. on the point of coming down as rain; on the point of raining; (fig.) on the point of weeping, tearful (বর্ষণোন্মুখ আঁখি). 120)

(p. 758) bidbāna learned; erudite. n. a learned or erudite man, a savant, a scholar. 13)

(p. 721) bāunḍulē regarding nobody or nothing as one's own; Bohemian, vagabond. n. a vagabond; a tramp. 245)

(p. 785) bēḍ়ēlā a kind of shrub (growing by roadside), Sida cordifolia. 27)

(p. 767) bilāta1 (of bills etc.) non-realization. ̃-বাকি n. outstanding or unrealized dues or bills, arrears. 81)

(p. 738) bājikara a juggler, a magician; (rare) an acrobat. 26)

(p. 721) barābara always or each time (বরাবর ভুল করা); all through, all along (বরাবর জঙ্গলের ভিতর দিয়ে); straightway (বরাবর উত্তরে যাও). prep. to, towards, near, along (নদী বরাবর). a. equivalent or similar to ('সুধা বিষে বরাবর'). বরাবরেষু prep. to, addressed to (used in Bengali letterwriting). 69)

(p. 746) bāraphaṭṭāi bragging; ridiculous ostentatiousness, pomposity. বারফট্টাই করা v. to brag; to indulge in pompous display. 10)

(p. 743) bāna1 the eel, (cp.) the lamprey. 4)