(p. 715) baṭē just so (তাই বটে); exactly (বটেই তো); is it (বটে, এমন কথা?); well (কী বলছ বটে); (sarcas.) no doubt (বীরেরাই পালায় বটে; take care (বটে রে). বটে বটে oh yes, just so, there you are. 43)

(p. 717) badhū a wife; a newly married woman; a bride; a married woman; a daughter-in-law (usu. বধূমাতা). ̃জন n. a married woman esp. one whose husband is alive. ̃বরণ n. ceremoniously welcoming a bride or a daughter-in-law. ̃মাতা n. the daughter-in law. ̃হত্যা n. killing or murder of a married woman (usu.) in the husband's or father-in-law's house. 40)

(p. 738) bājarā2 a wicker-hamper. 20)

(p. 786) bēdhita bored; pierced; perforated. 52)

(p. 786) bērasika devoid of sense of humour; devoid of appreciative power; witless; (loos.) prosaic. 81)

(p. 765) bibhāṣā a foreign language; an alternative; a dialect.

(p. 715) bakṣa the breast, the bosom; the chest; (fig.) the heart. বক্ষঃস্হ a. lying on the breast or chest or in the heart. বক্ষঃস্হল n. the region of the chest. ̃স্পন্দন n. palpitation or throbbing of the heart. 8)

(p. 713) bakaśi high government official of the Muslim regime in India whose chief duty was to act as a paymaster. 36)

(p. 785) bējita worried, anxious (cp. উদ্বেজিত). 13)

(p. 800) blāuja blouse. 34)

(p. 721) baẏāna 3 face, countenance ('হসিত বয়ানে চাহে মেঘপানে'). 36)

(p. 721) bahiṣkaraṇa, bahiṣkāra expulsion; removal; ejectment, banishment; extraction; drainage. বহিষ্করণ করা বহিষ্কার করা v. to drive out, to expel; to remove; to eject; to banish; to extract; to drain; to draw out. 219)

(p. 721) bān̐ṭā to divide; to share out, to apportion, to allot; to distribute. বাঁটানো v. to cause to divide or apportion or allot or distribute. 267)

(p. 794) byabasita endeavouring; persevering; ascertained. 39)

(p. 737) bāṅāla a native of East Bengal; (iron.) an unrefined rustic. a. of East Bengal (বাঙাল প্রথা); born in East Bengal. fem. n. বাঙালিনি, বাঙালনি । 18)