آب بازي āb-bāzī P s. f. Play or sport in water; swimming.

آتش انداز ātash-andāz P adj. Casting out fire.

آتش باز ātash-bāz P s. m. A player of fireworks, a maker of fireworks.

آتش بازي ātash-bāz-ī P s. f. Exhibition of fire- works, fireworks.

آز āz P s. f. Avarice.

آزاد āzād P 1. adj. Free, unfettered, liberated. 2. Solitary, lonely. 3. s. m. A kind of faḳīr who shaves his beard, eye-lashes and eye-brows, and vows chastity; a hermit. ازادکرنا āzād

آزاده āzāda P adj. Free, noble. (Plur. آزادگان).

آزادي āzād-ī P s. f. Freedom, independence, release, manumission, conduct, life or practice of an آزاد āzād or hermit.

آزادگي āzāda-gī P s. f. Freedom, independence, release, manumission, conduct, life or practice of an آزاد āzād or hermit.

آزار āzār P 1. s. m. Sickness, disorder, disease, trouble, affliction, injury. 2. Part. act. in com- pos. (of آزردن) Troubling, afflicting, as in مردم آزار mardum-āzār. آزارده āzār-dih, adj. Vexa- tious, troublesome. آزار دهي āzār-dih-ī, s. f. Vexatiousness, troublesomeness.

آزاري āzār-ī P adj. Sick, a sick person.

آزرده āzurda P adj. Afflicted, sad, dispirited, sorrowful, vexed, displeased, weary. آزرده خاطر āzurda-ḵẖāt̤ir or آزرده دل āzurda-dil, Vexed, troubled in mind, offended, disgusted, dejected, sad. آزرده خاطري āzurda-ḵẖāt̤ir-ī, s. f. Sadness, &c. آزرده کرنا āzurda karnā, To afflict, vex, displease, offend.

آزردگي āzurda-gī P s. f. Displeasure, vexation, affliction, sorrow.

آزما āzmā P part. (in compos.) Trying, proving. P. H. آزمانا āzmā-nā, v. a. To try, to prove, to examine; to touch gold, &c. on the touchstone.

آزمایش āzmāʼịsh P (from آزمودن) s. f. Trial, proof, examination, essay, experiment.