buhārī fc broom: ~ देना to sweep. = झाड़ू q. v.

bāīnd mc (a) band/group of musicians: पुलिस का ~ police --; फ़ौजी ~ military --; शादी में ~ बुलाया गया a band was sent for at the marriage. (b) band/ group instruments [also ~ बाजा]; ~ बज रहा है the band is playing music.

bahudhandī a (a) multi- purpose [मशीन machine, योजना plan, शिक्षा education, स्कूल school]. (b) much occupied [व्यक़्ति person, व्यापारी businessman].

bahak·nā vi to go astray, to wander: वह अपने विषय से बहक गया he wandered away from his subject; बहका-बहका incoherent; बहककर बोलना to talk incoherently. [vt बहकाना, n. बहकावा]

barfānī a (a) snowy [तूफ़ान storm, दिन day, मौसम weather]. (b) snow-clad [घाटी valley, चोटियाँ peaks, पहाड़ mountain].

barḵẖāst a dismissed = बरख़ास्त q. v.

botal fc (a) bottle: दूध की ~ milk --; काँच की बोतलें glass --s; ~ की डाट cork of a --; ~ का ब्रुश -- brush. (b) bottle of liquor: ~ चढ़ाना to drink a large quantity~ of liquor; ~ पीना to drink.

bābā mc [unchanged] (a) grandfather = दादा q. v. (b) old man = बूढ़ा q. v. (c) mendicant = साधु q. v.

besudh a unconscious, senseless: रोगी ~ पड़ा है the patient is lying --. [syn. अचेत, बेख़बर, बेहोश]

bã̄g fc 1. call to prayers: ~ देना to call to prayers; मस्जिद से बाँग दी जा रही है call to prayers is being made from the mosque. 2. crowing of a cock: मुर्गें की ~ पर उठना to rise at the --.