آسما āsmā P s. See آسمان āsmān.

آسمان āsmān P (comp. of آس ās, A millstone, and مانند Like) s. m. The sky, the firmament, heaven, the celestial orb. آسمان پر قدم رکهنا āsmān par ḳadam rakhnā, To give oneʼs self airs, to aspire, to be vain. آسمان پر کهینچنا

آسماني āsmān-ī P adj. Heavenly, celestial, from heaven, sky-coloured, cerulean, azure. آسماني تیروغیره āsmānī tīr wa g̠ẖairah, An arrow, &c. shot in the air. S. اسمرت स्मृति (r. समृ Remember) ismirti or smr̤iti, s. f. The Hindū law.

آسمنتات आसमन्तात् आ, सम् and अन्त End āsamantāt S. adv. All around, on every side; wholly, altogether.

اسم ism A s. m. Name, a noun. اسم با مسميٰ ism bā musammā, Name coinciding with the named, or name fitly denoting the qualities of the named. اسم جامد ism-i-jāmid, A noun pri- mitive. اسم جلالي ism-i-jalāl-ī, The name of God. اسم جنس ism-i-jins, A noun appellative or generick. اسم حالیه ism-i-ḥāliya, Present participle. اسم صفت ism-i-ṣifat, A concrete noun or adjective. اسم نویسي ism-nawīsī, s. f. A list or roll of names, a catalogue, file, muster- roll. (Plur. اسمأ asmā).

اسمار asmār A s. plur. (of سمر) Nightly conver- sations.

اسماعیل ismāʼīﻌl A n. prop. Ishmael son of Abraham.

اسمرتهہ असमर्थ a-samarth S adj. Powerless, weak.

اسمعیل ismaʼīﻌl A n. prop. (Heb. ) Ishmael.

اسمنجس असमंजस a-samanjas S s. m. Doubt, suspense, uncertainty.

اسمین a-samaiṅ S̱. adv. Out of season. S. آسن आसन (r. आस Sit) āsan, s. m. 1. A stool, a seat, a small carpet on which the Hindūs sit at prayer, a carpet to sit on. 2. Stay, abiding, posture, attitude, sitting (espe- cially, the attitudes adopted by jogīs in their devotional exercises, of which they enumerate eighty-four). 3. The inside or under part of the thigh. 4. The withers of an elephant, the part where the driver sits. آسن تلي آنا āsan tale ānā, To come under subjection. آسن حوڙنا āsan joṛnā, To sit on the hams. آسن ڐولنا āsan ḍolnā, Spoken of a holy man, who perceiving by supernatural intelligence that some one in distress has called on him, interposes in his behalf. آسن سي آسن جوڙنا āsan se āsan joṛnā, To sit close in contact with another person. آسن لگانا āsan lagānā, To sit obstinately in a given posture till oneʼs request be obtained. آسن مارنا

ان سمجها an-samjhā S̱. (ان priv. and سمجها Under- stood) adj. Not understood, not knowing.

اکسمات अकस्मात् akasmāt S adv. Imme- diately, accidentally, without a cause.

بسم الله bismi-l-lāh A In the name of God, or بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم bismi-l-lāhi-r-rahmāni-r-raḥīm, In the name of God the most merciful. (An invocation generally used by Muhammadans at the beginning of all actions and works). بسم الله کرنا bismi-l-lāh karnā, To begin, to com- mence. بسم الله هوا bismi-l-lāh hūʼā, Said of a child who has just commenced learning to read. A. P. بسمه پوس basma-posh, see under وسمه wasma.

بسما basmā A. (Arab. وسمه) s. m. Staining (par- ticularly, the beard: or women staining the legs, so as to have the appearance of being dressed in tight drawers, when they are in fact naked).