آب دانه āb-dāna P s. m. Drink and food.

آب دندان āb-i-dandān P s. Sharpness and polish of the teeth. āb-dandān, 1. s. Watering of the mouth; weakness, trouble, crime or fault, a kind of pear, a kind of pomegranate, a kind of sweetmeat. 2. adj. Bad, weak, subjected, silly, base, in vain, useless.

آبادان ābādān P adj. See آباد ābād.

آباداني ābādān-i P s. f. A habitation, a cultivated, inhabited, populous, or pleasant place; population, cultivation, prosperity, abundance.

آتش دان ātash-dān P s. A chafingdish, a fire- place, any receptacle for fire, a brazier.

ابدال abdāl A s. m. (plur. of بدیل) A religious person, a devotee, an enthusiast.

ابدال ibdāl A (inf. iv. of بدل Heb. and Ch. To separate, to divide) s. m. Change, exchange, substitution of one thing for another.

ادام الله adāma-llāh A May God preserve (him).

اداني adānī A adj. plur. (of دني danī) Mean, contemptible (people).

اداهت udāhaṭ S̱. (from اودا ūdā) s. f. Brownness.

اداهرن उदाहरण udāharaṇ S s. m. An ex- ample, a simile, a comparison.

ارداوا ardāwā H s. m. Coarsely ground meal.

استخدام istiḵẖdām A (inf. x. of خدم) s. m. Em- ploying, making use of the labour of another, asking or getting employment.

استدامت istidāmat A (inf. x. of دوام) s. f. Seeking to be permanent, quiet, steady, everlasting; assiduity.

اعتدال iﻌtidāl A (inf. viii. of عدل) s. m. Evenness, equilibrium, moderation, temperateness, temperature, mean, moderateness, rectitude.