بدايت badāyat A s. f. Beginning.

بدايع badāʼịﻌ A s. plur. (of بديعه) Rare things.

خدايا ḵẖudā-yā P s. voc. O God! P. A. خدايتعاليٰ ḵẖudā-e-taʼāﻌlạ̄, The most high God.

دايا dāyā P. s. m. The husband of a nurse called داٴي dāʼī, q. v. A male nurse.

دايجا dāʼejā S̱. s. m. Dowery, dower. See ديجا daijā.

داير dāʼịr A part. act. (of دور Heb. ) Encir- cling. داير و ساير dāʼịr-o-sāʼịr, Going the circuit (judges, &c.), absolute, invested with autho- rity.

دايره dāʼịra A (from دور) s. m. 1. A circle, a ring, circumference, orbit. 2. A tambourin. 3. A monastery. دايره دار dāʼịra-dār, Chief of a monastery, an abbot, prior, &c.

دايم dāʼịm A (part. act. of دوم) adj. Perpetual, permanent, ceaseless, eternal, continual, always. دايم الخمر dāʼịmu-l-ḵẖamr, adj. Sot, drunkard. دايم المرض dāʼịmu-l-maraẓ, Eternally sick.

دايمي dāʼịm-ī A. adj. Perpetual, continual, lasting, durable, standing.

دايه dāya P s. f. A nurse, a midwife.

دايک दायक dāyak S or dāʼik, s. m. Giver, do- nor, giving.

سمداي समुदाय samudāʼe S adj. Aggregate.

سوندايگي soṅdāʼegī S̱. s. f. (dakh.) Fragrance: see سوندهاهٿ.

شدايد shadāʼịd A s. plur. (of شديدة) Difficult things, difficulties.

مدايح madāʼịḥ A s. plur. (of مدحة or مديح) Laudable actions.