(p. 782) bēgamāpaka measuring speed. ̃যন্ত্র speedometer. 64)

(p. 721) barṣa a year; (myth.) any one of the nine divisions of Jambu (জম্বু) or Asia; rain; cloud; shower or fall (তুষারবর্ষ). ̃কাল n. a period of one year; a full calendar year. ̃জীবী a. lasting or living for a year only; annual. বর্ষজীবী উদ্ভিদ an annual plant, an annual. ̃প্রবেশ n. New Year's Day (chiefly according to the Bengali calendar). ̃বলয় n. (bot.) the annual ring. ̃মান n. rain-gauge. 119)

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

(p. 794) byākhyā explanation; interpretation; a detailed narration or description (usu. attended with comments); a commentary; an annotation. ব্যাখ্যা করা v. to explain; to expound; to interpret; to account for. ̃কর্তা, ̃কারী n. an explainer, an expounder; an annotator; a commentator; an interpreter. ̃গ্রন্হ n. a book of notes, a commentary, an annotation; a crib, a key. ̃ত a. explained, expounded; interpreted; accounted for. ̃ন n. explanation; exposition; interpretation; a commentary. ̃তা same as ব্যাখ্যাকর্তা । ̃মূলক a. explanatory, expositional. 57)

(p. 789) bēluna1 a roller for rolling chapaties; a cylinder. 11)

(p. 721) -baẏaska1 of a particular age, aged, old (তিন বত্সর বয়স্ক = three years old; aged three years). 32)

(p. 785) bēḍ়ānō to walk (for pleasure or exercise), to stroll, to promenade; to go on an excursion or tour. 22)

(p. 792) bōṭē (coll.) a scull. 33)

(p. 785) bēḍ়i a shackle or chain (কোমরের বেড়ি); fetters, (poet.) gyves; a kind of tongs for gripping cooking utensils (হাত বেড়ি). বেড়ি পড়ানো v. to shackle; to fetter, (poet.) to gyve. 24)

(p. 721) -bartinī of -বর্তী । 104)

(p. 767) bibhūṣita ornamented; adorned; embellished. fem. বিভূষিতা । 12)

(p. 721) bandhya fit to be bound or tied; unproductive, barren, sterile; childless. fem. বন্ধ্যা । ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. fitness for being bound or tied; unproductivity, barrenness, sterility; childlessness. 12)

(p. 721) barānugamana act of accompanying a bridegroom to a wedding. 68)

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