اشباح ashbāḥ A s. plur. (of شبح) Bodies.

اشبهہ अशुभ अ and शुभ Happy, well, right a-shubh S. adj. Unfavourable, inauspicious; subst. Unhappiness, distress.

امشب im-shab P (این This, and شت Night) adv. To-night.

اپشبد अपशब्द apa-shabd S s. m. A disagree- able sound, wind broken backwards, ungram- matical language.

برشبهـ brishabh S or brashabh (for वृषभ vr̤ish̤abh) s. m. A bull.

تشبه tashabbuh A (inf. v. of شبه) s. m. Resem- blance, similitude.

تشبيه tashbīh A (inf. ii. of شبه) s. f. A simile, comparison, allegory, metaphor. حرف تشبيه ḥārf-i-tashbīh, Adverb of similitude. تشبيه دينا tashbīh denā, To assimilate, liken, compare.

خوشبو ḵẖụsh-bo P 1. adj. Sweet-smelling, fra- grant, odoriferous. 2. s. f. Perfume, odour. خوشبودار ḵẖụsh-bo-dār, adj. Aromatick, odori- ferous, fragrant.

خوشبوٴي ḵẖụsh-bo-ī P s. f. Perfume, fragrance.

شب shab P s. f. Night. (Pers. plur. شبہا or شبان). شب باز shab-bāz, s. A person who ex- hibits various figures for amusement at night, a puppet-show man: one who is up or vigilant at night: a bat. شب باش shab-bāsh, One who stays all night, a lodger. شب باشي shab- bāsh-ī, s. f. Staying all night, nightly lodging. شب بخير shab ba-ḵẖair, Good night, salutation at night. شب برات shab-i-barāt, s. f. The 14th day of the month Shaﻌbān, on which the Musalmāns make offerings and oblations, in the names (if not to the manes) of deceased rela- tions: see برات barāt. شب بيدار shab-bedār, Waking, or watching all night, sleepless. شب پره shab-para, s. m. A bird of night (as, a bat, owl, &c.). شب تار يا تاريک shab-i-tār, or -tārīk, A dark night. شب خوابي shab-ḵẖẉāb-ī, s. f. Night-clothes. شب خون shab-ḵẖūn, s. m. A night-attack. شب خوني shab-ḵẖūn-ī,

شب shabb A s. m. Alum.

شب بو shab-bo P (or گل شب بو) s. m. The Po- lianthes tuberosa.

شبا shabā P. s. (dakh.) Night-attack: see شب خون shab-ḵẖūn, under شب shab.

شبا shubā A. s. (dakh.) for شبہہ shubha, q. v.

شباب shabāb A (from شبّ) s. m. Youth, prime of life.