ابقا ibḳā A (inf. iv. of بقي) s. m. Rendering permanent, confirmation, establishment, preservation.

اسبق asbaḳ A adj. compar. (from سبق He out- stripped) More or most surpassing or excellent; past times, days of yore.

بقا baḳā A s. f. Duration, permanence, remaining, eternity, immortality.

بقال baḳḳāl A adj. superl. (from بقل, used sub- stantively) A grain-merchant, shopkeeper, gro- cer.

بقايا baḳāyā A s. plur. (of بقيه baḳīya) Remain- ders, balances. بقاياتوجيه baḳāyā taujīh, Ac- count of balances.

بقر baḳar A s. m. (Heb. ) A bull. بقرعيد baḳar- īﻌd, A festival held in commemoration of Abra- hamʼs offering to sacrifice his son, Ismāʼīl (agree- able to Muhammadans, and not Isʼhāk). P.A. بقسميه ba-ḳasm-īya, On oath, by oath.

بقعه buḳʼaﻌ A s. m. A house, a place. P.A. بقفا ba-ḳafā, In the back or rear. P. A. بقلت ba-ḳillat, With scarcity.

بقلةالحمقا baḳlatu-l-ḥamḳā A s. m. (The stupid herbage) Purslain.

بقله baḳla A s. A potherb.

بقم baḳam A s. f. Sappan wood. (Cœsalpinia sappan).

بقول buḳūl A s. plur. (of بقله) Plants. P.A. بقول ba-ḳaul, By the word or saying, according to.

بقيه baḳīya A s. m. Remainder, balance.

بقچه buḳcha T s. m. A small bundle of cloth. P.A. بقدر ba-ḳadr, By the power, by or in the quantity, by the means, according to.

تطابق tat̤ābuḳ A (inf. vi. of طبق) s. m. Simi- larity, congruity, concurrence, analogy, cohe- rence, cohesion.

زنبق zambaḳ P s. Name of a flower, the white jasmine, a lily, or an iris.