(p. 820) bhūmi the earth; the surface of the earth; soil; ground; floor; agricultural land, land, a field, a place, a site (রণভূমি): a country (জন্মভূমি); a repertory or receptacle (বিশ্বাসভূমি); (geom.) a base. ̃কম্প, ̃খন্ড, ̃গর্ভ same as ভূকম্প, ভূখণ্ড and ভূগর্ভ respectively (see ̃ভূ). ̃গ্রহ n. land acquisition. ভূমিগ্রহ-আধিকারিক n. land acquisition officer. ভূমিগ্রহ-সমাহর্তা n. a Land Acquisition Collector. ̃জ a. grown out of the earth; earth-born; holding tenancy of land in lieu of menial services. ভূমিজ প্রজা (hist.) a villein. ̃তল n. the surface of the earth; ground; floor. ̃দান n. a grant of land. ̃রাজস্ব n. land revenue. ̃রেখা n. base line. ̃লেখা n. land records. ̃শয্যা, ̃শায়িত, ̃শায়ী same as ভূশয্যা, ভূশায়িত and ভূশায়ী respectively (see ভূ). ভূমিষ্ঠ হওয়া v. to fall to the ground; to prostrate oneself on the ground (ভূমিষ্ঠ হয়ে প্রণাম); to be born. ̃সাত্ a. fallen to the ground; razed to the ground. ভূমিসাত্ করা v. to pull down to the ground; to raze to the ground. ভূমিসাত্ হওয়া v. to fall to the ground; to be razed to the ground. ̃সুত n. the Mars. ̃স্হ, ̃স্হিত a. lying or situated on the ground. 15)

(p. 802) bhaginī a sister; a cousin-sister. ̃পতি n. a sister's husband or a cousinsister's husband, a brother-in-law. 20)

(p. 802) bh the twenty-fourth consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 808) bhām̐ōtā a hoax; a bluff; deception. ভাঁওতা দেওয়া v. to hoax; to bluff; to deceive. ̃বাজ n. a hoaxer; a bluffer; a deceiver. ̃বাজি n. hoaxing; bluffing; deceiving. 15)

(p. 802) bhagaban voc. O God; O Reverend Sir, Your Reverence. 17)

(p. 826) bhaumika a landowner, a landlord; a fedual prince. 11)

(p. 826) bhyānabhyāna denoting: buzzing noise (of flies, mosquitoes etc.); noise of continuous complaint. 17)

(p. 802) bhadra polished or elegant in taste or demeanour; (rare) civilized; courteous; polite; well-behaved, mannerly; amiable; suave; belonging to polished or high society; gentle, auspicious, propitious, salutary; honest, chaste. n. weal; welfare; Shiva (শিব). ভদ্র আচরণ gentlemanly conduct; good manners. ̃কালী n. a manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃তা n. polished or elegant taste or demeanour; courtesy, politeness; amiability; suavity; gentility; auspiciousness, propitiousness, salutariness; honesty, chastity; formality. ভদ্রতা করা v. to treat one courteously, to be formal with; to be suave. ভদ্রতার অনুরোধে, ভদ্রতার খাতিরে for courtesy's sake, for the sake of formalities. ভদ্রতাচরণ n. courteous or polite deportment or conduct, courtesy. ভদ্রতাবিরুদ্ধ a. discourteous, impolite, uncivil. ভদ্রতামূলক a. pertaining to courtesy, formal. ̃মহিলা n. fem. a gentle woman; a lady. ̃লোক n. a gentleman; a courteous or amiable man; an honest man. ভদ্রলোকের এক কথা (fig.) a gentleman or an honest man is always true to his words or promise. ̃সন্তান n. one coming of a respectable family; a gentleman. ̃সমাজ n. society of cultured or decent people. ̃স্হ a. (coll.) in the state of a gentlemen; gentlemanlike. ভদ্রা a. fem. of ভদ্র (a.). n. (astr. & astrol.) the second, seventh or twelfth day of a lunar fortnight (these days are considered inauspicious. ভদ্র পড়া v. (dial.) to be obstructed or hindered; to have an impediment or a hitch or a set-back. ভদ্রাভদ্র n. good and evil; respectable and disreputable. ভদ্রেশ্বর n. a manifestation of Shiva (শিব). ভদ্রোচিত a. gentlemanlike, gentlemanly; polite; courteous; gentle. 43)

(p. 810) bhānā to husk (as rice); to grind, to mill (as corn, wheat etc.) ̃নো v. to cause to husk or grind or mill. ধান-ভানা কল a husking machine; a rice-mill. 36)

(p. 820) bhṛṅgārikā, bhṛṅgārī a kind of insect, the cricket. 26)

(p. 816) bhila one of an aboriginal non-Aryan tribe of India. 32)

(p. 810) bhābānuga natural, following the dictates of one's nature or thought. 46)

(p. 802) bhaḍ়kānō to beat a retreat or to halt on account of being scared; to be scared and confused (as of a witness); to stop by scaring, to scare away, to take fright; to scare and confuse. ভড়কানি n. scaring; scaring away. 37)

(p. 825) bhōgya enjoyable. fem. ভোগ্যা enjoyable; fit for sexual intercourse. 6)

(p. 816) bhindipāla an ancient missile. 27)