اسباب asbāb A s. m. (plur. of سبب) 1. Causes, motives, means. 2. Goods and chattels, effects, furniture, tools, apparatus, stores, baggage, ma- terials, necessaries. اسباب جنگي asbāb-i-jangī, Warlike provisions or necessaries, ammunition.

اسباط asbāt̤ A s. plur. (of سبط sibt̤) Tribes (es- pecially of Israel).

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

انسب ansab A adj. compar. (of مناسب) Most suitable, convenient, proper, worthy.

بسباسه basbāsa A s. m. Mace (the spice so called). P. A. بسبب ba-sabab, By reason, on account.

بسبسانا bisbisānā H v. n. To yield a sound as in the fermentation of putrefying vegetables or of vinous liquors. See بج بجانا.

تسبيح tasbīḥ A (inf. ii. of سبح Heb. He praised) s. f. 1. The act of praising God. 2. A rosary, a chaplet of beads (not applied to a Hindū rosary). تسبيح خانه tasbīḥ-ḵẖāna, A chapel. تسبيح خوان tasbīḥ-ḵẖẉān, 1. Saying prayers. 2. A person hired to pray for ano- ther, a private chaplain. تسبيح خواني tasbīḥ- ḵẖẉān-ī, The office of a chaplain.

تناسب tanāsub A (inf. vi. of نسب) s. m. f. Re- sembling, relation, proportion.

حسب ḥasab A (Heb. He computed, es- timated) s. m. 1. Pedigree, nobility. 2. Num- ber, computation. 3. Quantity, measure, pro- portion, value. 4. Way, mode, manner. 5. Religion. حسب ونسب ḥasab-o-nasab, s. m. Pedigree, lineage.

حسب ḥasb A adv. 1. Agreeably, conformably, according to, in conformity with. 2. s. m. Com- puting, reflecting upon, considering. 3. Suffi- ciency. 4. See ḥasab, sign. 3. and 4. حسب الامکان ḥasbu-l-imkān, As far as possible. حسب الامر ḥasbu-l-amr, or حسب الارشاد ḥasbu-l-irshād,

رسبتي ras-batī S̱. 1. (रसवती) See رسوت ra- saut. 2. (रसवर्त्ति) A port-fire.

سب sab S̱. (or dakh. sub for सर्व) adj. All, every, the whole, total. (In the inflection of the plural, this word generally becomes سبهون sabhoṅ). سب مصري کي هين ڐليان sab miṣrī kī haiṅ ḍaliyāṅ (All are pieces of sugar) is ap- plied to denote equality or similitude of state, form, &c. سب کچهہ sab kuchh, Every thing, all. سب کوٴي sab koʼī, Every body, every one, all. سبکهوا sab-khauwā, Omnivorous, one who eats all kinds of food without exception.

سبا sabā A n. prop. A country in Arabia Felix, where they suppose Bilḳīs, the queen who vi- sited Solomon, to have reigned.

سبا sabā S̱. s. f. See سبها sabhā.

سبابه sabbāba A s. The forefinger.