(p. 715) bagala the armpit; the flank; neighbourhood, proximity. বগলদাবা করা v. to carry or conceal under one's armpit; (fig.) to appropriate secretly to oneself; (fig.) to take possession of or to bring under one's control. বগল বাজানো v. to rap one's armpit by putting a palm in it as a mark of mad delight; (fig.) to rejoice madly. বগলে adv. in the armpit; near, beside. 14)

(p. 717) badhira deaf; (fig.) refusing to listen. বধির করা v. to deafen. বধির হওয়া v. to become deaf; (fig.) to turn a deaf ear (to). বধিরতা, বধিরত্ব n. deafness. 39)

(p. 755) bichā the scorpion; a kind of broad necklace (usu. বিছাহার). 5)

(p. 721) balada1 the bull, the bullock; the ox. 132)

(p. 748) bāsa1 an omnibus, a bus. 7)

(p. 767) bilba a kind of shell-fruit; the marmelos. ̃পত্র n. a leaf of the bel (বেল) tree. ̃স্তনী n. fem. having breasts as round and beautiful as a pair of bel (বেল) fruits. 100)

(p. 792) bōjhā1 to understand, to comprehend; to sound (মন বোঝার চেষ্টা). ̃নো v. to make one understand or comprehend; to explain; to comfort or console. 27)

(p. 785) bējita worried, anxious (cp. উদ্বেজিত). 13)

(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. 717) baṇika a merchant, a trader; a banian; a vaishya or trader by caste. 11)

(p. 785) bēta cane; rattan, ratan; a ferule; a stroke of ferule. বেত মারা, বেতানো v. to cane; to flagellate. বেত লাগানো v. to beat with a cane, to cane; to fit or mend with cane or strips of cane (as a chair). বেতের চেয়ার a cane-chair. বেতের ছড়ি a walking-stick made of cane, a rattan, a cane. বেতের ঝুড়ি a wicker-basket.

(p. 789) bēśa1 excellent, fine, nice (বেশ ছেলে); too much, thorough (বেশ ভিজে); large in amount, measure or degree (বেশ টাকা, বেশ খাটুনি, বেশ ভার); well-to-do (বেশ অবস্হা). adv. excellently, nicely (বেশ নাচে); too much, thoroughly (বেশ ভিজেছে); to or in a large amount, measure or degree (বেশ খেতে পারে); very (বেশ ভালো). int. all right, good. বেশ কম considerably less. 17)

(p. 786) bēra a spoilt colour; a different colour; (in card-playing) a suit other than the trump. 80)

(p. 790) bēhāla worn-out; disorganised; in total disarray; in a wretched condition. 14)

(p. 740) bāṇī word; speech; a message; a maxim, an apophthegm; Saraswati (সরস্বতী) the goddess of speech. 14)