استعفا istiﻌfā A (inf. x. of عفو) s. m. Asking forgiveness, deprecating.

اضعف āẓʼaﻌf A adj. compar. (of ضعیف) Very weak or helpless, most impotent.

تعفن taʼaﻌffun A (inf. v. of عفن) s. m. Stink, fetor, fetidness.

جعفر jaﻌfar A s. A river; a proper name.

جعفري jaﻌfar-ī A s. f. 1. A kind of cupola. 2. A sort of screen (the interstices of the frame being lozenged). Lattice-work (corrupt. of ضفيره). 3. The purest kind of gold. 4. The name of a yellow flower (called also گل اشرفي Linum trigynum).

زعفران zaﻌfarān A s. f. Saffron. (Hence Ital. zafferano).

زعفراني zaﻌfarān-ī A 1. adj. Of saffron, saffron- coloured, yellow. 2. s. f. A yellow colour.

ضعف ẓaﻌf A or ẓuﻌf, s. m. Infirmity, weakness, imbecility of mind or body.

عف عف aﻌfaﻌf H An imitative sound (as, of a dog barking).

عفت iﻌffat A (from عفّ) s. f. Purity, chastity, continence, virtue, abstinence, modesty.

عفريت iﻌfrīt A (from عفر To roll in the dust) s. m. 1. Any thing frightful or horrible. 2. A giant, demon, spectre. (Plur. عفاريت).

عفص aﻌfṣ A s. m. Gall (both the tree and the nut).

عفف aﻌfaf H An imitative sound (as, of a dog barking).

عفو aﻌfū A s. m. Absolution, forgiveness, pardon. عفو کرنا aﻌfū karnā, To pardon. عفو هونا aﻌfū honā, To be pardoned.

عفوصت uﻌfūṣat A s. f. Astringency, bitterness.