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बंगला

 

Bengali, bungalow

बंद

 

Closure; embankment; knot; joint; stanza; closed; stopped

बंद करना

T

To close, to end

बंदर

M

Monkey

बंध

M

Bond; tie; fetters, string; band; ligature; batch; stanza

बंधन

 

Tie, bond, restriction, bondage

बक-झक करना

 

To chatter, to talk nonsense

बख़ूबी

Adv

Excellently

बख़ूयी

Adv

With excellence; excellently, thoroughly

बग़ल में

Adv

See की बग़ल में (by the side of, adjoining, close by)

बगीचा

M

Garden

बगीचे में

Adj

In the park

बगैर

 

See के बगैर (without)

बग़ैर

 

Without, except, save

See के बग़ैर (without)

बग़ैरा

Adv

Etc.

बचकर

 

Watch out, be careful

बचके

 

Watch out, be careful

बचचा

M

Child

बचना

I

To be saved

When used with reduplicated imperfect participle = almost

बचपन

F

Childhood, infancy

बचवाना

C

To cause to save

बचाना

T

To save

With a reduplicated imperfect participle, indicates "almost"

बच्चा

M

Child

बजना

I

To be played

बजवाना

I

To cause to play, to have an agent play (a musical instrument)

बजाना

T

To play an instrument

बजाय

 

See

बजे (पर)

Adv

X बजे (पर) =at X oçlock

बटुआ

M

Wallet, cooking pot

बड़ा

M, Adj, Adv

M: elder

Adj: big

Adv: very, exceedingly

See:

बड़ावा देना

 

To encourage

बढ़ई

M

Carpenter

बढ़ता

 

Increase/advance

बढ़ना

I

To increase, advance

बढ़िया

 

Excellent

बताना

T

To tell

बतौर

Adv

As, like, on the pattern of

बत्तीस

 

Thirty-two

बद

Adj

Bad

बदक़िस्मत

Adj

Unlucky

बदतमीज़

Adj

Discourteous, rude

बदनाम

Adj

Infamous, disgraced

बदबू

F

Bad smell or odor

बदले

 

See के बदले (instead of)

बदले में

 

See के बदले में (in return/exchange for)

बदसूरत

Adj

Ugly

बदस्तूर

Adv

According to custom, as usual

बद़िया

 

Good, excellent

बदौलत

 

By virtue of, by means of, for, due to, through

बदौल्त

Adv

By the good fortune of; by means of (Google)

बद्ध

 

Bound, tied, joined, settled, determined

बधाई

F

Congratulations

बनना

I

To be made or built

बनवाना

C

To cause to be made

बनवारीलाल

PN

Banavareelel (personal name)

बना हुआ

 

Made

बनाना

T

To make or build; to boil, bake, cook, or prepare

बनाम

Adv

By the name of

बनारस

M

Banaras

बनावट

F

Construction, structure, form, appearance

बनिया

M

Merchant

बन्द

 

Closed, stopped

बन्ध्या

 

Barren

बमुश्किल

Adv

Hardly, with difficulty

बयालीस

 

Forty-two

बयासी

 

Eighty-two

बरस

M

Year

बरसात

F

Rainy season

बराबर

Adv

Constantly, continuously

See के बराबर (equal to, on the same level as)

बरैया

PN

Baraiya (personal name)

बर्तन

M

(Cooking) vessel

बल

M

Strength, power

बलभद्र

PN

Balabhad (personal name)

बलवान

Adj

Strong

बलिराम

PN

Baliram (personal name)

बल्कि

Conj

But also, but rather (not only X... but also/rather Y)

बस

F, Adj,

Adv

(F) Bus

(Adj) Enough

(Adv) Only, merely

बसना

 

To dwell, be settled

बहत्तर

 

Seventy-two

बहन

F

Sister

Plural = बहनें

बहाने (से)

 

See के बहाने (से) (on the pretext of, with a pretense of)

बहिरंग

 

External

बहुक्म

Adv

By the order of

बहुत

Adv, Adj

Very

(Adj) A lot, much, very much, many

See:

बहुत कुछ

 

A great deal, quite a bit, a lot

बहुत ख़ूब

 

Excellent, well done

बहुत देर से

 

Since long

बहुत सारा

 

Lots of

बहुत ही

SM

Superlative marker

बहुत-से

 

Many

बहू

 

Bride, daughter in law, wife

बाँध

T

To tie

बाँधना

T

To tie

बाअदब

Adj, Adv

Respectful, respectfully

बाअसर

Adj, Adv

Effective, influential; effectively, influentially

बाईमान

Adj, Adv

Honest, faithful; Honestrly, faithfully

बाईस

 

Twenty-two

बाएँ

Adv

To the left

बाएँ हाथ पर

Adv

On the left hand side

See:

बाग़

M

A large garden

बाज़ार

M

Market

बाढ़

F

Flood

बाण

M

Arrow, barb

बात

F

Matter, thing , conversation

See:

बात करना

T

To converse

बात चलाना

 

To broach something, or to introduce or initiate a conversation in regard to something

बात दरअसल यह है

 

The fact of the matter is, the real thing is, the fact is

बाद

 

See

बाद में

Adv

Later, subsequently

बादल

M

Cloud

बाधक

 

Causing hindrance or obstruction, obstructive, impeding, troublesome

बानवे

 

Ninety-two

बाप रे

 

Oh dear, oh goodness

बाप रे बाप

 

Oh dear, oh goodness

बाबू

PN

Babu (personal name)

बाबूराम

PN

Baburam (personal name)

बायीं ओर

 

See के बायीं ओर (to the left of)

बार

F

Time (as occurrence)

See:

बार बार

Adv

Repeatedly, again and again

बारम्बार

Adv

Frequently

बारह

 

Twelve

बारहचाँ

 

Twelfth

बारिश

F

Rain

बारीश

F

Rain

बारे में

 

About

See के बारे में (about, pertinent to, relating to)

बालचन्द्र

PN

Balachandra (personal name)

बावजूद

 

See के बावजूद (in spite of, despite)

बावन

 

Fifty-two

बाहर

Adj

Outside, out

See:

बाहरी

Adj

Outer

See:

बाहरी वातावरण

 

Setting (lit. external atmosphere)

बाह्य

Adj

Outer, foreign, apparent

बिंदु

 

Point, dot, zero, spot

See:

बिकना

I

To be sold

बिकवाना

C

To have an agent sell

बिखरना

 

To scatter, disperse, diffuse, be disheveled, amazed, confounded, to become angry, to shatter (the last from Google)

बिजली

F

Lightning, electricity

बिठवाना

C

To have someone seated

बिठाना

T

To seat someone

बिना

 

But, without;

Without ___ing (following a perfect particple in the invariable, signjular, oblique form)

See

बिना... के

 

Without

बिन्दु

 

Drop

See:

बिल्कुल

Adv

Completely, absolutely

बिल्ली

F

Cat

बीच

 

In between

See:

बीच (में)

 

See के बीच (में) (in the middle of; between, among; during)

बीच बीच में

Adv

At intervals

बीच में

Adv

In between, meanwhile

बीचोंबीच

Adv

In the very middle, exactly in the center

बीज

M

Seed, origin, beginning, germ, semen, cause, nucleus

बीतना

I

To pass or elapse (time)

बीमार

Adj

Ill

बीमारी

F

Illness

बीस

 

Twenty

बीसवाँ

 

Twentieth

बीसवीं

 

Twentieth

बुख़ार

M

Fever

बुटना

I

To flee, run away

बुढ़िया

F

Old woman

बुद़ियाँ

F

Old women

बुद्ध

 

Buddha (personal name)

बुद्धि

F

Intellect

बुद्धिमान

Adj

Intelligent

बुद्धू

M

Idiot

बुधवार

M

Wednesday

बुनियाद

F

Foundation, basis

बुनियादी

Adj

Basic, fundamental

बुरा

Adj

Bad

बुराई

F

Evil, wickedness; vice, defect

बुलाना

T

To call

बुहत्

Adj

Larger

बू

F

Smell, odor

बूढ़ा

 

Elderly

बूढ़ा

 

Old

बूद़ा

 

Elderly

बेअक़्ल

Adj

Stupid, foolish

बेघर

Adj

Homeless

बेचना

T

To sell

बेचैनी से

Adv

Anxiously

बेटा

M

Son

Plural = बेटे

बेटी

F

Daughter

बेतहाशा

Adv

Very swiftly, recklessly, indiscreetly

बेरोज़गार

Adj

Unemployed

बेशक

Adv

Undoubtedly, no doubt, of course, certainly

बेशर्म

Adj

Shameless

बेहतर

Adverb

Better

बेहतर कि...

 

It is better if...

बेहोश

Adj

Unconscious

बैंगनी

 

Purple

बैठ जाना

I

To sit

बैठना

I & T

To sit

As an auxiliary verb:

Implies the actor is unaware of the ramifications of her rash or foolish action

Used when force is used to obtain a result and implies that the actor is unworthy of the result

Suggests anticlimactic or decline

Conveys a thorough completion of an action

बोद्ध

 

Buddhist

बोध

 

Knowledge

बोधक

 

Indicator, imparter of knowledge

बोधगम्य

 

Intelligible, comprehensible, understandable

बोलना

T

To speak

बोली

F

Speech; dialect; language; idiom; conversation; auction bid; song; taunt

See: खड़ी बोली (Khari-Boli: Modern Hindi)

बौद्ध

 

Buddhist

बौद्धिक

 

Intellect

बौद्धिकता

 

Intellect

ब्याहा

Adj

Married

ब्रजभाषा

 

Vrajbhasha (the language of Vindraban)

ब्रजभूमि

 

Vindraban -- land of Krishna's birth

Vindraban (name of a region)

ब्रझचर्य

 

Chastity

ब्रहस्पतिवार

M

Thursday

ब्रह्म

 

Brahma, God

See:

ब्राह्मण

 

Brahmin


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