Badrah, _lit._ a myriad, ten thousand dirhams, i. 278.
—— (_Arab._) = a purse of ten thousand dirhams, v. 58.
Badr al-Budúr, _i.e._ Full moon of full moons, iii. 95.
Badrat Zahab = a purse of gold (ST.) v. 58.
—— (_Arab._) often used for hot spices (_tr._ “pimento”), iv. 138.
—— Al- = the “Bahalul” of D’Herbelot, vi. 155.
Bahluwán (Arab. for Pers. Pahluwán) = a brave, a warrior, i. 131.
Bahman, meaning one of the Spirits that presides over beasts of burden, iii. 502.
Bahr al-Azrak = the Blue Sea (Mediterranean) vi. 256.
—— al-Muhít (_Arab._) = Circumambient Ocean, iv. 323.
Bahrjaur (in Pers. Bahr-i-Jaur = luck of Jaur-city) i. 57.
Bak’ah (=“a hollow where water collects”) and “Buk’ah” (=“a patch of ground”) compared, vi. 12.
Bakar (Ox) and Taur (Bull) Moslem emblems of stupidity, ii. 178.
Bakar = black cattle, whether bull, cow, or ox, vi. 136.
Bakhshísh (written “Bakshísh” after Fellah-fashion) iv. 243.
—— (i) Zamán (Persian) = Luck of the Time, i. 102.
Bákiyah = may also mean Eternal, as opposed to Fániyah = temporal (_tr._ “abide”) i. 39.
Bákúlat = pot-herbs (_tr._ “almond cakes”), probably clerical error for “Bakláwát,” i. 261.
Bál (_Arab._) sing. Bálah = a tale, iv. 210.
Balass ruby = of rare wood, set with rubies, ii. 251.
Balát = the flags (slabs of limestone and sandstone) ii. 21.
Baliyah = bane and bale (to jingle with “Bábiliyah”) ii. 153.
Ballát, limestone, slabs cut in the Torah quarries south of Cairo, v. 80.
Baltah, for Turk. “Báltah” = an axe, a hatchet, v. 336.
Baltah-ji, a pioneer, one of the old divisions of the Osmanli troops, surviving as a family name amongst Levantines, v. 336.
Bámiyah = Gumbo, etc., of Brit. India (_tr._ “rose-mallows”) iv. 243.
Banát al-hawá = _lit._ daughters of love (_tr. here_ “a merry girl”) ii. 137.
Bandukah = a little bunduk, nut, bullet, (_tr._ “degrees”) i. 353.
Banj al-tayyar, _i.e._, volatile = that which flies fastest to the brain (_tr._ “flying Bhang”) v. 26.
Bánú = a lady, a dame of high degree, iii. 419.
Banú Adam = Sons of Adam (as opposed to Banú Elohim = Sons of the Gods) iii. 88.
Banú al-Asfar = Sons of the yellow (Esau’s posterity in Edom) iii. 88.
Banú al-Khashkhash = Sons of the (black) poppy (viz. Ethiopians) iii. 88.
Banú Shaybán = the King’s own tribe, ii. 199.