(p. 747) bāla a male child, a boy; (in comp.) a child. ̃ক্রীড়া n. boyish sport; a child's play. ̃খিল্য n. (myth.) any one of the sixty thousand ascetics who were not more than a thumb in height; a Lilliputian, a midget, a pygmy. ̃চর্যা n. bringing up children. ̃চাপল্য n. childish flippancy or frolicsomeness. ̃বাচ্চা n. young or infant children, (sl.) kiddies, ̃বিধবা n. a child-widow. ̃বৈধব্য n. widowhood at a very early age. ̃ভাষিত n. the utterance of a childlike talk or prattle; (fig.) an utterance of no importance, babble. ̃রোগ n. a children's disease; an infantile disease, (med.) pediatric diseases. ̃শশী n. the moon of the second lunar night of a light fortnight. ̃সুলভ a. childlike, childish. ̃সূর্য n. the newly-risen sun; the rising sun. 14)

(p. 721) bara a desire granted by a deity or a superior person, a boon; a benison, a benediction, a blessing; a bridegroom; a husband. a. desired; greatest, most distinguished (নৃপবর); excellent, splendid, fine (বরতনু). বর দেওয়া v. to grant a boon. বর পাওয়া v. to obtain a boon. বরের ঘরের মাসি কনের ঘরের পিসি (fig.) one who hunts with the hound and runs with the hare. ̃কনে n. pl. the bride and the groom. ̃কর্তা n. the head of the bridegroom's party. ̃দ a. granting a boon; benedictory. ̃দা a. fem. of বরদ । n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃দাতা a. & n. one who grants a boon. fem. ˜দাত্রী । বরদান করা v. to grant a boon. ̃দান n. act of granting a boon or prayer. ̃পক্ষ n. the bridegroom's party. ̃পণ n. a dowry in cash paid by the bride's parents or party to the bridegroom. ̃পুত্র n. a minion (esp. of a deity), a darling, a favourite. ̃প্রদ same as বরদ । fem. ̃প্রদা । ̃বর্ণিনী n. an excellent woman; a woman of peerless beauty. ̃মাল্য n. a garland of flower which the bride puts ceremonially round the neck of the bridegroom whilst accepting him as her husband; a garland of highest honour. ̃যাত্রী, ̃যাত্র n. one who accompanies a bridegroom to a wedding. 45)

(p. 751) bigata departed; passed by, gone by; past; dead. বিগত হওয়া v. to depart; to pass by, to pass away. ̃প্রাণ a. dead. ̃যৌবন a. past one's prime or youth. fem. ̃যৌবনা past one's prime. ̃শ্রী a. passed or fallen from one's glory or splendour; one who has lost one's beauty. ̃স্পৃহা a. one who has lost inclination or interest or appetite, rendered apathetic; one who has controlled or given up one's desires or cravings or longings. 45)

(p. 773) biśēṣaṇa attribution; an attribute; a peculiarity or characteristic; (gr.) the adjective. ক্রিয়া-বিশেষণ n. an adverb. বিশেষণের বিশেষণ (gr.) an adverb. বিশেষণীয় a. attributable; distinguishable; adjectival. 4)

(p. 715) baṅka, baṅkā (poet. & obs.) bent, curved, hunchbacked. 21)

(p. 746) bārita prohibited; prevented; warded off; resisted; (chiefly law) barred (তামাদিদোষে বারিত = barred by limitation). 22)

(p. 767) bimātṛsulabha like a step-mother; step-motherly; (fig.) neglectful. 27)

(p. 789) bēluna2 a balloon. 12)

(p. 713) bakaśiśa a reward; a tip. বকশিশ দেওয়া v. to reward; to tip. 37)

(p. 779) bujhi denoting: probability, doubt, interrogation etc. তাই বুঝি is it so? তোমার চোখে বুঝি ঘুম নেই can't you sleep, eh? 20)

(p. 748) -bāsinī of -বাসী2 । 31)

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

(p. 792) bōmā2 the yoke of a vehicle. 45)

(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. 743) bāmā a beautiful woman; a woman. 43)