(p. 747) bālākhānā a building with two or more stories; a room in an upper story. 22)

(p. 741) bātābaraṇa environment, surroundings, atmosphere. 9)

(p. 773) bismita astonished; amazed, surprised. fem. বিস্মিতা । বিস্মিত করা v. to astonish; to amaze, to surprise. বিস্মিত হওয়া v. to wonder, to marvel; to be astonished or amazed or surprised. ̃ভাবে adv. wonderingly; with astonishment. 66)

(p. 773) biśēṣōkti (rhet.) a figure of speech in which a cause is mentioned as not producing the usual result (cp. paradox). 6)

(p. 721) banyā2 a flood; an inundation; a deluge. বন্যার জল floodwater. ̃পীড়িত a. floodstricken. ̃প্লাবিত a. flooded. ̃বিধ্বস্ত a. devastated by the flood; flood-stricken. 15)

(p. 781) burjōẏā a bourgeois; the bourgeoisie; the well-to-do class or a person belonging to it. a. bourgeois; well-to-do. 13)

(p. 790) baicitrya multi-colouredness; variegation; variety or diversity or vicissitude; multifariousness; wonderfulness; queerness. ̃পূর্ণ a. variegated; diverse; multifarious; having variety or diversity. ̃হীন a. without variety or diversity; monotonous; drab. 27)

(p. 786) bēla3 diapered lace. 87)

(p. 767) bibhūṣaṇa an ornament; beauty; grace. a. unornamented; unadorned. fem. a. বিভূষণা । 11)

(p. 785) bēṭā a son; (in affection) an infant boy or a younger man: (dero.) a fellow, a bugger. in comp. (used as a pfx.) male, he-. n. fem. বেটি a daughter; (in affection) an infant girl or a younger woman. বেটাছেলে (vul.) n. a male person, a male. বেটাচ্ছেলে, বেটার ছেলে n. a term of colourless abuse, a bugger. 16)

(p. 743) bābu a title affixed to the name of a gentleman, Mr (হরিবাবু); a clerk (হেড অফিসের বড়বাবু); a Baboo, a babu; a male member of a family (ঘোষেদের মেজোবাবু); a proprietor; a master, an employer; an officer; a landlord; (in endearment) a husband, a father, a son, a junior person; a gentleman; a fop, a dandy. a. given to luxury; dainty, fastidious; foppish; lazy. বাবু চাকর a dandy of a servant; a dainty servant; a lazy servant. ̃গিরি, ̃য়ানা n. indulgence in luxury; daintiness, fastidiousness, foppishness, foppery, dandyism. ̃জি, ̃মশাই n. a respectful term for addressing a man. 36)

(p. 794) byāla the snake; a beast of prey. 101)

(p. 747) bārtā news, information; a message; a report; a dispatch. ̃জীবী n. a journalist. 5)

(p. 782) bēgāra corvee. বেগার খাটা v. to work without wages, to render service gratis under pressure. ̃ঠেলা a. reluctantly and negligently done under duress. 67)

(p. 721) bartulākāra spherical, round, circular. 108)