(p. 816) bhikṣā begging; earnest request or prayer, solicitation; importuning; alms; a dole; a charitable or gracious gift. ভিক্ষা করা v. to beg; to live by begging; to request or pray earnestly (for), to solicit (for); to importune. ভিক্ষা দেওয়া v. to give alms; to dole; to give or grant (something) charitably or condescendingly. ̃চর্যা n. same as ̃বৃত্তি । ̃জীবী a. living by begging, living on alms, mendicant. fem. ̃জীবিণী । ̃ন্ন n. food obtained by begging. ̃পাত্র n. an alms-dish, a beggar's bowl, (cp.) a clack-dish. ̃বৃত্তি n. begging, mendicancy. ̃ভাণ্ড same as ̃পাত্র । ̃র্থী a. & n. one who asks or prays for alms. fem. ভিক্ষার্থিনী । ˜লব্ধ a. obtained by begging. ভিক্ষার চাল কাঁড়া আর আঁকড়া beggars can't be choosers. 11)

(p. 816) bhitu timid; cowardly; faint-hearted, chicken-hearted. ভীতুর ডিম (joc.) an utter coward; a person who is easily frightened or scared; a scare-cat. 24)

(p. 819) bhuṭāni of or relating to Bhutan; Bhutanese. n. a Bhutanese, one who speaks the Bhutanese language. 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. 813) bhāla the forehead; fate. 35)

(p. 808) -bhāka (used as a sfx.) sharing. 27)

(p. 813) bhābōnmāda the state of being beside oneself with emotion or ecstasy or reverie or with an idea. 12)

(p. 810) bhābā to think, to cogitate; to contemplate, to reflect; to conceive, to imagine; to consider, to judge; to regard, to take (one) for; to intend or resolve (কী ভেবে পড়া ছাড়লে); to contrive, to devise (উপায় ভাবা); to suppose or guess (বৃষ্টি হবে ভাবছ ?); to worry (for) (রোগা ছেলের জন্য ভাবা). ভেবেচিন্তে upon careful consideration. 44)

(p. 813) bhāri the skylark; the quail. 20)

(p. 820) bhūsbāmī a landowner; a landlord, a zeminder; a king. fem. ভূস্বামিনী a female landowner; a landowner's wife; a queen. 22)

(p. 810) bhāṇḍa a vessel, a receptacle; a pot; a small earthen pot; a pitcher; a jar; a chest, a box, a case; capital money, capital; stock. 21)

(p. 802) bhabana1 act of becoming, act of being reduced to (ঘনীভবন = condensation; বাষ্পীভবন = evaporation). 49)

(p. 819) bhusi chaff, husk, bran. ̃মাল n. cereals; refuse, waste matter. ভুসিমালের খরিদ্দার a buyer or customer of cereals; (fig. & dero.) a contemptible customer. ভুসিমালের ব্যাপারি a corn-dealer, a corn-merchant.

(p. 825) bhōjī (used as a sfx.) eating, feeding on (তৃণভোজী). fem. ভোজিনী । 13)

(p. 802) bhaṅgila brittle, fragile; frail; having folds; produced by folding processes. 27)