آصف āṣaf A s. m. 1. The caper tree (Capparis spinosa). 2. The name of a man considered to have been Solomonʼs wazīr. آصف راي āṣaf rāʼe, Prudent as Āsaf. آصف الدوله āṣafu-d-daula, The Āsaf of the state.

استصواب istiṣwāb A (inf. x. of صواب) s. m. 1. Approving, approbation. 2. Consultation.

اصفار aṣfār A s. plur. (of صفر ṣifr) Ciphers.

اصفر aṣfar A adj. Yellow.

اصفہان iṣfahān P n. prop. See اسفہان isfahān.

اصفیا aṣfiyā A s. plur. (of صفي) The pure, the just, the saints.

اصل aṣl A s. f. 1. Root, origin, original, founda- tion. 2. Lineage. 3. Capital, principal sum, stock in trade.

اصل السوس aṣlu-s-sūs A s. m. Liquorice.

اصلا aṣlā A or aṣlaṉ, adv. In the least, at all, by no means, never, not at all. اصلامطلقا aṣlaṉ mut̤laḳaṉ, Never absolutely, by no means.

اصلاح iṣlāḥ A (inf. iv. of ضلح Heb. and Ch. Prospered, was fit) s. f. Correction, amend- ment, emendation. اصلاح کرنا iṣlāḥ karnā, To correct, to amend.

اصلح aṣlah A adj. compar. (of صالح) Best, most correct, most advisable.

اصلي aṣl-ī A adj. Original, radical, essential, genuine, principal; noble, of a noble family.

اصم aṣamm A adj. Deaf; a surd number (in arithmetick) opposed to منطق munt̤iḳ. جذراصم jaẕr-i-aṣamm, The square root of a surd.

اصناف aṣnāf A s. plur. (of صنف) Sorts, kinds.

اصوات aṣwāt A s. plur. of صوت ṣaut, q. v.