ع aﻌin called عين مـﮩمله or عين غير منقوطه the eighteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet, does not occur in pure Persian, and has no analagous character in Sanskrit. It is one of the guttural letters, being formed in the lower part of the throat, by a compression of the fauces stronger and deeper than that used in the formation of hamza. Its sound has been compared to the voice of a calf calling its mother, or to that of a person who is making some painful exertion. It is one of the radical letters. In the denota- tion of numbers by the Arabic letters, it stands for 70. In Persian words introduced into Ara- bic it is substituted for ا as لعل for لال.

عا جز āﻌjiz A (part. act. of عجز ) adj. Unable, weak, humble, exhausted, dejected, hopeless. A.P. عاجزانه āﻌjiz-āna, adv. Weakly, humbly.

عابد āﻌbid A (part. act. of عبد Heb. To serve, to worship) s. m. An adorer, worshipper, vota- ry, devotee.

عابر āﻌbir A part. act, (of عبر Heb. ) Passing; (substant.) A passenger.

عاج āﻌj A s. m. Ivory.

عاجزي āﻌjiz-ī A. s. f. Weakness, dejection, humi- lity, hopelessness. عاجزي کرنا āﻌjiz-ī karnā, To implore, to beseech.

عاجل āﻌjil A part. act. (of عجل) Hastening, fleeting. adj. Transitory, agile.

عادتي āﻌdat-ī A. s. m. (met.) A catamite.

عادل āﻌdil A (part. act. of عدل) adj. Just.

عادي āﻌdī A part. act. (of عدو Heb. To pass) 1. Passing. 2. Superseding. 3. Transgres- sing. 4. adj. Unjust, wicked. 5. (substant.) An enemy. 6. adj. (irreg. from عادت but much used in Hindūstān) Accustomed, addict- ed. عادي کرنا āﻌdī karnā, To addict.

عاذر āﻌẕir A part. act. (of عذر) 1. Making ex- cuses. 2. s. m. An apologist. 3. The scar of a wound.

عار āﻌr A (from عري Heb. To be naked) s. f. m. 1. Bashfulness, modesty. 2. Ignominy, dis- grace, shame, reproach.

عارس āﻌras A. s. (dakh.) See عروس aﻌrūs.

عارض āﻌriẓ A (from عرض) s. m. 1. The cheek. 2. An accident. 3. A mustermaster, also the general of an army. 4. part. act. Happening, befalling.

عارضه āﻌriẓa A s. m. Any thing necessary to be done, an accident, an event, an affection.