(p. 782) bēākkēla foolish, stupid, silly; devoid of common sense. বেআক্কেলে pop. var. of বেআক্কেল । 34)

(p. 747) bārdhaka superannuation. 8)

(p. 717) banāta broad-cloth; baize. 48)

(p. 748) bāsaka2 a bedchamber, a bedroom. ̃শয়ন n. a bed in the bedchamber. ̃সজ্জা, বাসসজ্জা n. a woman who tidies up her bedchamber and dresses herself to receive her expected lover. 10)

(p. 721) bān̐kā to bend, to curve (রেখাটি বেঁকেছে); to turn (পথটি এখানে বেঁকেছে); to become reluctant or unfavourable or ungracious or antipathetic (কর্তা বেঁকেছেন). a. bent, curved (বাঁকা বাঁশ); stopping, hunched (বাঁকা পিঠ); slanting, aslant (খুটিখানা বাঁকা); winding, tortuous, sinuous, spiral, roundabout (বাঁকা পথ); furtive, squint, oblique (বাঁকা চাহনি); cynical or unfriendly (বাঁকা দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি); crooked (বাঁকা মন); rude, harsh (বাঁকা কথা); insinuating; sly (বাঁকা উক্তি); reluctant, unfavourable, antipathetic. ̃চোরা a. having many curves and twists; not straightforward, crooked (বাঁকাচোরা কথা). বাঁকানো. v. to bend; to make reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic. বেঁকে বসা v. to be placed or fixed slantingly; to become reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic; to revise or retract one's previous opinion, desire, resolve etc., to refuse to fall in with or accede to. 258)

(p. 721) balibhuka the crow or any other bird, subsisting on orts of a meal. 152)

(p. 721) bāḥ denoting: an exclamation in praise, wonder, taunt, disgust etc., ah, (cp. bah). 253)

(p. 786) bēdha depth; thickness; a bore; boring, piercing, perforation. 48)

(p. 748) bāstabya habitable. ̃বিদ্যা n. (bio.) ecology. 37)

(p. 755) bijāti a different race or caste; a hostile race. 16)

(p. 782) bēābaru (of a woman) not keeping to the inner apartments; shamefully or indecorously exposed to public view; disgraced; (of a woman) having one's modesty outraged. 37)

(p. 786) bētaribata uneducated; ill-bred, unmannerly. 5)

(p. 721) bāi1 a title affixed to the names of Marathi or Rajput women. 233)

(p. 782) bṛhaspati (myth.) the preceptor of gods; (astr.) the Jupiter; Thursday (usu. বৃহস্পতিবার). একাদশে (or একাদশ) বৃহস্পতি (astrol.) a very auspicious conjunction of stars in one's life. বুদ্ধিতে বৃহস্পতি a Brihaspati (বৃহস্পতি) in intelligence, a very intelligent person. বৃহস্পতির বারবেলা (astrol.) a part of Thursday considered utterly inauspicious for any work. 30)

(p. 751) bighōṣita extensively announced or proclaimed. বিঘোষিত করা v. to announce or proclaim extensively. 57)