(p. 773) biśbāsa belief, faith; trust, reliance; confidence; a religious faith; a notion. বিশ্বাস করা v. to believe, to put faith in; to trust, to rely (on), to confide in; to have a notion (that), to think. বিশ্বাস করে বলা v. to confide in. ̃ঘাতক, ̃ঘাতী a. treacherous; traitorous; betraying. n. a traitor (fem. a traitress); a betrayer. fem. ̃ঘাতিকা, ̃ঘাতিনী । ̃ঘাতকতা n. treachery; betrayal. বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা করা v. to commit treachery; to betray; to play one false. বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা করে ধরিয়ে দেওয়া v. to betray. ̃পাত্র n. a reliable or trustworthy person, a confidant (fem. a confidante). fem. ̃পাত্রী । ̃ভঙ্গ n. breach of trust; perfidy; treachery. ̃ভাজন n. same as ̃পাত্র । a. trustworthy; reliable. ̃যোগ্য a. believable, credible; trustworthy, reliable. ̃হন্তা same as ̃ঘাতক । fem. হন্ত্রী । 15)

(p. 715) baṭēra a species of small partridge akin to the quail. 44)

(p. 721) bām̐śi, bām̐śari a flute made of a kind of slender bamboo, a reed; a flute, a pipe. বাঁশি বাজানো v. to play on a flute, to pipe. 279)

(p. 743) bābu a title affixed to the name of a gentleman, Mr (হরিবাবু); a clerk (হেড অফিসের বড়বাবু); a Baboo, a babu; a male member of a family (ঘোষেদের মেজোবাবু); a proprietor; a master, an employer; an officer; a landlord; (in endearment) a husband, a father, a son, a junior person; a gentleman; a fop, a dandy. a. given to luxury; dainty, fastidious; foppish; lazy. বাবু চাকর a dandy of a servant; a dainty servant; a lazy servant. ̃গিরি, ̃য়ানা n. indulgence in luxury; daintiness, fastidiousness, foppishness, foppery, dandyism. ̃জি, ̃মশাই n. a respectful term for addressing a man. 36)

(p. 721) barbara one of an uncivilised human race; a barbarian; a boorish fellow; a rude or ignorant or stupid or beastly or cruel man. a. uncivilized, barbarous, barbaric; boorish; rude; ignorant, stupid, beastly, atrocious, heinous (বর্বর হত্যা). বর্বরতা n. lack of civilization, barbarity, barbarism; boorishness; rudeness; ignorance, stupidity; beastliness; atrocity. বর্বরোচিত a. barbarous; atrocious; heinous; beastly; uncivilized. 114)

(p. 785) bēḍ়ē (coll.) excellent, fine; bravo. 25)

(p. 782) bṛṣala a Shudra (শূদ্র); a sinner. fem. বৃষলী a Shudra (শূদ্র) woman; an adulteress or a profligate woman. 19)

(p. 742) bādā an extensive marsh or fen; a wooded region. 7)

(p. 760) bidhbaṃsa complete ruin or destruction; devastation; demolition; বিধ্বংসী a. thoroughly ruining or destroying; devastating; demolishing.

(p. 742) bādaśā same as বাদশাহ । কুঁড়ের বাদশা a prince of idlers, an extremely lazy fellow. 4)

(p. 747) bāla a male child, a boy; (in comp.) a child. ̃ক্রীড়া n. boyish sport; a child's play. ̃খিল্য n. (myth.) any one of the sixty thousand ascetics who were not more than a thumb in height; a Lilliputian, a midget, a pygmy. ̃চর্যা n. bringing up children. ̃চাপল্য n. childish flippancy or frolicsomeness. ̃বাচ্চা n. young or infant children, (sl.) kiddies, ̃বিধবা n. a child-widow. ̃বৈধব্য n. widowhood at a very early age. ̃ভাষিত n. the utterance of a childlike talk or prattle; (fig.) an utterance of no importance, babble. ̃রোগ n. a children's disease; an infantile disease, (med.) pediatric diseases. ̃শশী n. the moon of the second lunar night of a light fortnight. ̃সুলভ a. childlike, childish. ̃সূর্য n. the newly-risen sun; the rising sun. 14)

(p. 721) bahamāna flowing, running (বহমান নদী); carrying; bearing, conveying. 190)

(p. 721) bandhana binding, fastening, tying; tethering; a tie, a bondage (বন্ধনমোচন); clasping or embracing, a clasp or embrace (ভুজবন্ধন); obstruction, an obstacle (স্রোতোবন্ধন); restraint, stoppage; confinement (কারাবন্ধন); composition (করবীবন্ধন); construction (সেতুবন্ধন); unification (হৃদয়ে হৃদয়ে বন্ধন). বন্ধন করা v. to bind, to tie, to fasten; to tether; to clasp, to embrace; to obstruct, to restrain, to stop; to confine, to shut in; to unite. ̃গ্রন্হি n. a knot. ̃দশা n. captivity; imprisonment, incarceration. ̃ফলক n. a splint. ̃মুক্তি n. freedom from bondage or captivity. ̃রজ্জু n. a rope for tying or fastening, a tether. ̃স্তম্ভ n. a tying post. ̃হীন a. without ties or fetters; united; unfettered; uncontrolled; unrestrained. বন্ধনী n. any device to bind or fasten, a tic, a band, a ligament; (print. & math.) a bracket. বন্ধনীভুক্ত a. bracketed. 8)

(p. 767) bimarṣa (rare) discontent. a. sad, morose, glum; melancholy. ̃তা n. sadness, moroseness, glumness; melancholy. ̃ণ n. displeasure; sadness. 23)

(p. 721) bāk speech, language; learning; the organ of speech. ̃চাতুরি, ̃চাতুর্য, n. cleverness of speech; gift of the gab; artful or wheedling language, a quibble. ̃চাপল্য n. flippancy in speech; flippant speech; loquacity, talkativeness. ̃ছল n. artfulness or wheedlesomeness of speech; equivocation; a quibble. ̃জাল same as বাগজাল । ̃পটু same as বাগ্বিদগ্ধ । ̃পটুতা, ̃পটুত্ব same as বাগ্বৈদগ্ধ । ̃পারুষ্য n. rudeness of speech; insulting words. ̃প্রণালী n. mode of speaking; an idiom. ̃প্রপঞ্চ n. elaborate speech; eloquence. ̃রোধ inc. but pop. var. of বাগ্রোধ । ̃শক্তি n. power or faculty of speaking. ̃শক্তিরহিত, ̃শক্তিহীন a. dumb; unable to speak; rendered speechless; dumbfounded. ̃সংযম n. exercise of restraint in speech, sparingness in use of words, reticence, taciturnity. ̃সর্বস্ব a. excelling only in words and incapable of action. বাক্সর্বস্ব ব্যক্তি a person of mere words, a wind-bag. ̃সিদ্ধ a. having the power to utter infallible words. fem. ̃সিদ্ধা । ̃স্ফূর্তি n. utterance of words. ̃স্বাধীনতা n. freedom of speech. 280)