دعوا daﻌwā A s. m. See دعوي daﻌwī.

دعوات daﻌwāt A s. plur. (of دعوت) Benedic- tions, invitations.

دعوت daﻌwat A s. f. 1. Invitation, convocation, benediction. 2. Pressing people to become Musalmāns. 3. Pretension. 4. A feast, banquet. دعوت کرني daﻌwat-karnī, To invite.

شعور shuʼūﻌr A (from شعر Heb. and Chald. To estimate, think, conjecture) s. m. Wisdom, in- telligence, knowledge, discernment.

صعوبت ṣuʼūﻌbat A s. f. Difficulty, hardship, trouble.

صعود ṣuʼūﻌd A s. m. Ascent, ascension.

عوام aﻌwāmm A s. plur. (of عامّة) The vulgar, po- pulace, common people. عوام الناس aﻌwāmmu- n-nās, The vulgar, common people.

عوامل aﻌwāmil A s. plur. (of عامله) Governing words (in grammar).

عوج بن عوق يا عنق ūﻌju-bnu-ūﻌḳ A or -uﻌnuḳ, The Og, king of Bashan, mentioned in the Bible.

عود ūﻌd A s. m. 1. Wood, timber. 2. A staff, a stick. 3. The wood aloes. (In dakh. this word, however, seems used for gum benzoin). 4. A lute or harp. ¶ aﻌud, s. m. 1. Returning. 2. A man of abilities, experience, and prudence.

عوذ aﻌuẕ A (Heb. ) s. m. Refuge, asylum, fleeing to God for protection.

عور ūﻌr A adj. plur. (of اعور aﻌwar) Naked, one- eyed.

عورات aﻌurāt A s. f. plur. (of عورت in Persian and Hindī) Women.

عورت aﻌurat A (Heb. from Heb. To blind, to strip naked, or To be naked) s. f. 1. The pudenda of man or woman, that which is concealed through modesty. 2. (in Persian and Hindī) A woman, a wife.

عوض iﻌwaẓ A s. m. Reward, retribution, return, retaliation, any thing substituted for another, exchange, recompense. adv. Instead, for.