(p. 721) barāta charge, commission (কাজের বরাত); order (often pl.); necessity or business (এদিকে একটু বরাত ছিল); authority to represent, assignment; order (to supply goods): fate, luck (মন্দ বরাত). বরাত দেওয়া v. to entrust a charge, to commission; to authorize or assign. ̃চিঠি n. a letter of authority or assignment; (comm.) a bill of exchange. ̃গুণে adv. by virtue of good luck. ̃জোরে adv. through good luck, through a stroke of luck. বরাতি a. (of a task) entrusted. 66)

(p. 743) bāpu a term for addressing a child or a junior person (in affection or disgust), my boy, my girl; an expression emphasizing disgust, amazement, interrogation etc. (একি জ্বালা বাপু, বাপুরে, কী হল বাপু). 28)

(p. 755) bijanmā bastard, illegitimate. 12)

(p. 721) bahirdbikhanḍaka (geom.) an external bisector. 209)

(p. 721) baẏōjyēṣṭha older, elder; elderly. 40)

(p. 782) bēguna the brinjal; the eggfruit or eggapple; the egg-plant. বেগুনি a. purple, violet. n. the purple or violet colour; a fried snack prepared by dipping slices of brinjal in a thin paste of pulse-powder.

(p. 721) bāgdhārā a manner or mode of using words in speech, an idiom. ̃গত a. idiomatic.

(p. 755) bichānā a bed. বিছানা করা, বিছানা পাতা v. to make a bed. বিছানা নেওয়া v. to keep one's bed; take to one's bed, take to bed; to be ill. 6)

(p. 738) bājarā1 bulrush-millet, millet. 19)

(p. 773) biśēṣya (gr.) the noun, the substantive. 7)

(p. 761) binirdēśa ruling. 34)

(p. 721) barṣīẏasī of বর্ষীয়ান । 126)

(p. 713) bakabakama denoting: the cooing of the pigeon or any similar noise. 28)

(p. 765) bibrata embarrassed; encumbered. বিব্রত করা v. to embarrass; to encumber. 27)

(p. 794) byāpṛta engaged or occupied in, busy with fem. ব্যাপৃতা । 88)