(p. 748) bāstaba true, genuine; real; factual; actual; objective; material; materialistic. n. truth; reality; (phys.) an objective. বাস্তব তথ্য facts. ̃তা n. trueness, genuineness; reality; factuality; actuality; objectivity; materiality. ̃বাদ n. realism; objectivism; materialism. ̃বাদী a. realistic; objectivistic; materialistic. n. a realist; an objectivist; a materialist. 35)

(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. 761) bibakṣita desired to be said. 79)

(p. 721) bandhaka pawning, mortgage, hypothecation; a pawn, a pledge. বন্ধক দেওয়া v. to pawn, to pledge, to mortgage, to hypothecate. বন্ধক রাখা v. to lend money taking something in pawn or mortgage. ̃গ্রহীতা n. a pawnbroker; a pawnee; a mortgagee. ̃দাতা n. a pawner; a mortgager. ̃পত্র n. same as বন্ধকি দলিল । বন্ধকি a. of pawning or mortgage or hypothecation (বন্ধকি দলিল = a mortgage deed); carrying on pawnbroking (বন্ধকি দোকান = a pawnshop); pawned, mortgaged, hypothecated (বন্ধকি সম্পত্তি). বন্ধকি কারবার a pawnbroker's business. বল্ধকি দোকান a pawnshop. 7)

(p. 786) bēthuẏā, bēthō a variety of spinach. 15)

(p. 738) bājānō to sound; to ring, to toll; to play on (as a musical instrument), to beat (as an instrument of percussion); to clink (as coins); to try to discover the inclinations, thoughts etc. of, to sound (লোকটাকে বাজিয়ে দেখা). বাজিয়ে দেখা v. to try or sound (somebody). 22)

(p. 738) bājāra a market; a fair (রথের বাজার); goods or stores esp. for cooking purchased from the market (বাজারটা রাখলে কোথায় ?). বাজার করা v. to visit the market for buying things (esp. daily necessaries or stores), to shop. বাজার বসেছে the market has opened for the day; a new market has opened. গরম বাজার (comm.) boom. চড়া বাজার dear market. নরম বাজার (comm.) slump. বাজার চড়া market is up. ̃দর n. market price, the current price. বাজার নরম market is down; demand is slack. বাজারে a. selling or dealing at a market; (of a woman) taken to harlotry. বাজারে মেয়েমানুষ a prostitute. বাজারে লোক a market-man, a marketer. 23)

(p. 785) bēgōcha disorderly; disadvantageous, awkward. n. disorder; disadvantage; an awkward situation; a tight corner. 2)

(p. 746) bārabaradāra a porter; a traveller's luggage-carrying attendant. বারবরদারি n. porterage; service of a traveller's luggage-carrying attendant. 11)

(p. 773) biśōdhita purified; sanctified; refined; cleansed; rectified, corrected; amended. 10)

(p. 721) bardhana increase, augmentation, multiplication, growth, development, expansion. a. same as বর্ধক (গৌরববর্ধন কার্য). বর্ধন করা v. to increase, to augment, to multiply, to enhance; to develop, to expand. ̃ক্ষম a. capable of being increased or augmented or multiplied or grown or developed or expanded. ̃শীল a. in a state of increase or augmentation or enhancement or development or expansion, growing, thriving, prosperous. বর্ধানাঙ্ক n. (phys.) power (of a lens). 111)

(p. 792) baiśya a member of the third caste amongst Hindus. fem. বৈশ্যা । ̃বৃত্তি n. trade; the profession of a trader; business as a profession. 16)

(p. 792) bairī hostile, inimical; malicious: adverse, unfavourable. n. an enemy, a foe, an adversary. ̃ভাবাপন্ন a. hostile, inimical; adverse. 10)

(p. 748) bāhuyuddha wrestling; a scuffle. 56)

(p. 786) bēdi, bēdikā an altar; a pulpit; a dais, a platform. 43)