buz·dil a coward, timid [आदमी person, बच्चे children]. [syn. कायर]

begārī mc forced labourer: किसी को ~ नहीं रखा जा सकता no one can be employed as a --; ~ पकड़ा गया compelled to do forced labour.

balā fc evil spirit (symbol of calamity): यह कौन ~ है what is this --; ~ टल गई calamity is averted; ~ पीछे लगी है undesirable elements are pestering; ~ मोल लेना to subject oneself to trouble; मेरी ~ से I damn it; मेरी ~ जाने I don't know; ~ उतरना to get rid of a calamity; बलाएँ लेना to own up smb's affliction.

bud·budānā vi 1. to bubble: झरना बुदबुदाता है the brook bubbles; बुदबुदाता हुआ पानी bubbling water. 2. to mutter: वह मन में क्या बुदबुदा रहा है what is he muttering to himself; बुदबुदाकर बात करना to talk mutteringly/ indistinctly.

ban mc forest, jungle [better वन q. v.]

bul·bul fc nightingale: ~ का गाना song of a --; ~ फूलों पर आशिक़ होती है a -- is enamoured of flowers.

bikāū a saleable: ~ माल -- goods, goods for sale; यह घर ~ है this house is for sale.

bīghā mc bigha, a land measure equivalent to five-eighths of an acre: चार बीघे ज़मीन four bighas of land.

bū̃d-bū̃d adv drop by drop; पानी ~ गिर रहा है water is falling --. △ ~ से तालाब भर जाता है many a drop makes an ocean, many a little makes a mickle.

boriyā mu [usu. ~ -बिस्तर] effects, belongings; ~ बाँधना to pack up one's --; ~ उठाना/समेटना to prepare to leave with bag and baggage.