s. f. (M.), ) A wife:—Jumeráṭ mulláṇ de ghar shádíyáṇ dil taṇg te báháṇ khushádíáṇ. On Thursdays there is joy in the mulláṇ's house; his heart is niggard, but his arms are open (to receive offerings).—Prov. on the avarice of mulláṇs:—undí báṇh nas gái. His wife has eloped:—báṇh gahiṉí or phaṛṉí, v. a. To hold one's arms; to protect:—báṇh bhajjní or ṭṭṭṉí, v. n. To have one's arms broken; to lose a friend or protector by death.