bogas a bogus [आदमी person, दान donation, माल goods, बात talk].

bīs a twenty [खिलाड़ी players, बच्चे children, बोतलें bottles, बकरियाँ goats]; चार पंजे ~ four fives are --. [ordinal बीसवाँ]

balb mc bulb: बिजली का ~ electric --/lamp; ~ ख़रीदना (लगाना, हटाना) to buy (fix, remove) a --; ~ की रौशनी कम है the -- has dim light; ~ फ़्यूज़ हो गया the -- got fused.

bichh·nā vi (a) to be spread: बिस्तर बिछ गई the bed was spread; दरीयाँ बिछ गईं carpets were spread. (b) to be laid: ज़मीन के नीचे तार बिछ गए cables were laid under the ground. [cf. फैलना]

behoshī fu unconsciousness, swoon: ~ की हालत में in a swoon; उसको ~ आ गई he/she swooned/fainted; he/she became unconscious; ~ छा गई unconsciousness pervaded. [syn. बेसुधी, अचेतता]

baheliyā mc fowler: ~ चिड़ियों को मारता (फँसाता, बेचता) है a -- kills (traps, sells) birds. [syn. चिड़ीमार]

bat·lānā, [better] बताना batānā vt (a) to tell: मुझे बताओ कि वहाँ कौन-कौन था tell me who were there; क़ीमत (नाम, विषय) ~ -- price (name, subject); मुझे बताया गया है I have been told; किसी को न बताना don't tell anybody. (b) to show: रास्ता or हिसाब ~ to show the way या account; मुझे वह कमरा बता दो show me that room. (c) अब बताओ show say (what you have to say); मैं तुम्हें बताऊँगा I will take you to task.

be- pref. without, in-, un-: बे-अदब impolite; बे-इंसाफ़ी injustice; बेकार unemployed; बेघर homeless; etc. [see below. There is a large number of such words, mostly, बे be- + noun = adj. or adv Noun is formed by · ī suffix.]

baṭānā vt to share, etc. = बँटाना.

bar·fīlā a icy, snowy = बर्फ़ीला.