BĪD (also deraḵt-e bīd or bīd-bon), common desig­nation in modern Persian for the genus Salix L., willow. i. The word….

BESṬĀM (or Bestām), an Iranian man’s name, now obsolete, which as a result of its popularity in past centuries has…

BERJĪS, Arabic word listed in the dictionaries as meaning the planet Jupiter (usually al-Moštarī in Arabic, Hormozd in Persian). Perhaps…

BEH “quince, Cydonia” i. The word. ii. The tree. iii. Culinary uses of the fruit. i. The Word Beh, from…