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ব [ b ] n the twenty-third letter of the Bengali alphabet.

বই1 [ bi1 ] n the root of a kind of arum.

বই2 [ bi2 ] n a book; a register. বইয়ের পোকা (lit. & fig.) a bookworm. ˜পত্র n. books and similar other things. বই বাঁধানো v. to bind books; to get books bound. ̃মেলা n. a book fair.

বই3 [ bi3 ] prep without, except, other than (তোমা বই জানি না).

বইকি [ biki ] int. & adv of course (অতি ভোজনে শরীরের ক্ষতি হয় বইকি). ☐ int. denoting: denial, disbelief etc. (তা বইকি).

বইঠা [ biṭhā ] n a scull.

বউ [ bu ] n wife; a daughter-in-law; a brother's wife, a sister-in-law; a mar ried woman esp. one who usually keeps to a gynaeceum (usu. ঘরের বউ); a housewife; a newly-married wife (বউভাত). বউ-কথা-কও n. the Indian nightingale. বউ-কাটকি n. a woman given to torturing her daughter-in-law. ̃ড়ি n. a young wife; a childwife. ̃দিদি, (coll.) ̃দি n. an elder brother's wife, a sister-in-law. ̃ভাত same as পাকস্পর্শ (see পাক2). ̃মা n. a son's wife, a daughter-in-law; a younger brother's wife, a sister-in-law. ̃মানুষ n. a mar ried woman usually keeping to a gynaeceum; a newly-married woman.

বউনি [ buni ] n the first (cash.) sale or earning of the day.

বউল [ bula ] n a bud, a blossom. বউল ধরা v. to put forth buds, to bud, to be in blossom.

বউলি [ buli ] n an earring or eardrop (বীরবউলি)

বংশ1 [ baṃśa1 ] n the bamboo; the backbone, the spine. ̃দন্ড n. a bamboo-staff, a bam boo-stick; (fig.) stinkard. ̃পত্র n. bam boo-leaf. ̃লোচন n. tabasheer, tabashir. ̃শলাকা n. a slender (and often short) slip of bamboo.

বংশ2 [ baṃśa2 ] n a race; a family; lineage; pedi gree; posterity; offspring, children. বংশে বাতি দেওয়া (fig.) to continue a line of descent (as by a descendant). ̃ক্ষয়, ̃নাশ n. loss, end or extinction of a family or race. ̃গত a. hereditary. ̃গতি n. heredity. গৌরব n. family prestige or pride; the glory of a family. ̃জ a. born of a particular family; of good lineage; born of a kulin (কুলীন) family which has been socially lowered by matrimo nial alliance with an inferior family. ̃তালিকা n. a genealogical table, a fam ily tree; a genealogy. ̃তিলক n. one who is the gem or the crowning glory of a family; the most remarkable mem ber of a family. ̃ধর n. a descendant; a scion. ̃পরম্পরা same as বংশানুক্রম । ̃পরিচয় n. the family identity; the gene alogy. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. increase or multiplica tion of a race or family, growth in fam ily size; procreation; breeding. বংশবৃদ্ধি করা v. to increase or multiply one's race or family; to procreate; to breed. ̃বৈশিষ্ট্য n. a family characteristic. ̃মর্যাদা n. family prestige. ̃রক্ষা n. sav ing one's family or race; protection of one's family. ̃লতা same as বংশতালিকা । ̃লোপ same as বংশক্ষয় ।

বংশাঙ্কুর [ baṃśāṅkura ] n a bamboo shoot.

বংশানুক্রম [ baṃśānukrama ] n a regular line of descent or succession; heredity. বংশানুক্রমিক a. he reditary. বংশানুক্রমে adv. from genera tion to generation; hereditarily.

বংশানুচরিত [ baṃśānucarita ] n a genealogical history or register; a genealogy.

বংশাবতংস [ baṃśābataṃsa ] n (fig.) one who is the orna ment or glory of one's family.

বংশাবলি [ baṃśābali ] n a genealogy; a genealogical table, a family tree.

বংশী [ baṃśī ] n a flute or pipe made of bamboo, a reed; a flute, a pipe. ̃তট n. the bank of the Jamuna at Brindaban where Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) played his flute. ̃ধর, ̃ধারী, ̃বদন n. a fluter, a flutist, a piper: Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃বট n. a banyan tree at Brindaban under which Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) played his flute. ̃রব, ̃ধ্বনি n. the note of a flute.

বংশীয় [ baṃśīẏa ] a born of a particular family or race; pertaining to a family or race; fa milial.

বংশোদ্ভব [ baṃśōdbhaba ] a same as বংশজ ।

বঁইচি [ bam̐ici ] n a kind of small juicy berry, (cp.) gooseberry or bramble.

বঁটি [ ban̐ṭi ] n a kind of large knife fixed almost at right angle in a piece of wood on which one sits whilst cutting fish, veg etables etc. ̃ঝাঁপ n. the practice of throwing oneself from above upon aforesaid knives during the feast of charak (চড়ক).

বঁধু, বঁধুয়া [ ban̐dhu, ban̐dhuẏā ] n (poet.) a friend; a lover, a sweetheart; a gallant; (cp.) a winsome marrow.

বক [ baka ] n a species of long-necked white bird, the stork; (cp.) the egret, the heron, the crane; a kind of heron shaped flower. বক দেখানো v. to taunt by cupping one's palms almost in the shape of a heron. ̃ঠুঁটো n. a species of river fish with a long and slender beak. ̃ধার্মিক a. feigning or simulating virtuousness or piety, sanctimonious; hypocritical. ̃বৃত্তি n. feigned virtuousness or piety, sanctimony; hy pocrisy, dissimulation. ̃যন্ত্র n. a flask with a long bentback neck used in dis tillation, a retort, a still; stethoscope.

বকনা [ bakanā ] n. fem a young cow that has not yet calved, a heifer.

বকবক [ bakabaka ] int denoting: intolerable prattling or chattering; overmuch talking. বকবক করা v. to prattle or chatter disgustingly; to talk overmuch.

বকবকম [ bakabakama ] int denoting: the cooing of the pigeon or any similar noise.

বকবকানি [ bakabakāni ] n intolerable prattling; mean ingless jabber or chatter; overmuch talking.

বকমকাঠ [ bakamakāṭha ] n a kind of tree or its timber.

বকরা [ bakarā ] n the he-goat, the billy-goat; the goat.

বকরি [ bakari ] n the she-goat, the nanny-goat; the goat.

বকরিদ [ bakarida ] n a Muslim festival commemo rating Ibrahim's (cp. Abraham) sacri fice of his own son to God.

বকলম [ bakalama ] n the name of an illiterate person signed by another; (loos.) act of sign ing for another.

বকলস [ bakalasa ] n a buckle. বকলস আঁটা v. to buckle.

বকশি [ bakaśi ] a high government official of the Muslim regime in India whose chief duty was to act as a paymaster.

বকশিশ [ bakaśiśa ] n a reward; a tip. বকশিশ দেওয়া v. to reward; to tip.

বকা1 [ bakā1 ] v to indulge in garrulity; to prattle, to talk overmuch; to scold, to chide.

বকাণ্ডপ্রত্যাশা [ bakāṇḍapratyāśā ] n a hope as vain as the ex pectation of a heron to obtain an egg of a bull, a vain hope.

বকানো [ bakānō ] v to cause to talk overmuch.

বকাবকি [ bakābaki ] n a debate; an alteration; a scolding. বকাবকি করা v. to debate, to ar gue; to altercate, to bandy words; to scold; to chide.

বকুনি [ bakuni ] n scolding, chiding; garrulity, prattling. বকুনি খাওয়া v. to be scolded or chid or rebuked. বকুনি দেওয়া v. to scold, to chide, to rebuke.

বকেয়া1 [ bakēẏā1 ] n a kind of hem-stitch which may be undone easily.

বকেয়া2 [ bakēẏā2 ] a still unpaid or undone; out standing. ☐ n. arrears, arrearage. বকেয়া বাকি arrears or arrearage of the last year.

বক্কাল [ bakkāla ] n a medicinal tree-bark.

বক্তব্য [ baktabya ] a to be said; worth saying: under discussion; discussible. ☐ n. one's say; a subject or context or discussion.