اسفل asfal A adj. compar. (of سافل) Inferiour, lower, the lowest, nether, nethermost. اسفل السافلین asfalu-s-sāfilīn, The lowest hell.

اسفنج isfanj G (spoggos) s. m. A sponge; a yeast dumpling.

اسفندیار isfandiyār P n. prop. The son of کشتاسب kishtāsb of the first dynasty of Persian kings.

سفل sufl A or sifl, 1. s. m. Meanness (of origin). 2. adj. Ignoble, inferiour.

سفله sifla A or safila, adj. 1. Ignoble, mean, contemptible. 2. Stingy, miserly. 3. Envious. سفله خو sifla-ḵẖū, adj. Mean-spirited. سفله دان sifla-dān, s. m. A cup, or plate, to throw scraps, bones, &c. on.

سفلي sufl-ī A adj. Lower, inferiour, infernal.

سفوف safūf A (from سفّ To take a medicine in a state of powder and dry) s. m. A medicine taken dry and unmixed, a powder (in opposi- tion to an electuary).

سفيد sufaid P or sufed or safed, adj. White.

سفيدا safed-ā H s. m. White lead.

سفيدار safed-ār P s. m. The name of a wood, the white poplar-tree. (Meninski).

سفيده sufaid-a P s. m. The dawn, whiteness, white lead, ceruse.

سفيدي sufaid-ī P s. f. Whiteness; leprosy.

سفير safīr A s. m. An envoy, an ambassadour.

سفينه safīna A (Heb. from سفن Heb. To cover, &c.) s. m. 1. A ship, a vessel, boat. 2. A blank book, a commonplace-book.

سفيه safīh A (from سفه) adj. Foolish, stupid, ignorant.