اخیافي aḵẖyāfī A adj. By the same mother but by a different father (a brother or sister).

اسفل asfal A adj. compar. (of سافل) Inferiour, lower, the lowest, nether, nethermost. اسفل السافلین asfalu-s-sāfilīn, The lowest hell.

اسفنج isfanj G (spoggos) s. m. A sponge; a yeast dumpling.

اسفندیار isfandiyār P n. prop. The son of کشتاسب kishtāsb of the first dynasty of Persian kings.

اشرفي ashrafī P s. f. A gold coin so called. (The Calcutta ashrafī is worth ₤1. 11s. 8d. and the gold of it is better than English standard gold by five shillings in the ounce, or about 1/16. By the regulations of May 1793, it should weigh 190.894 grains troy).

اضافه iẓāfa A s. m. Addition, junction, annex- ion, annexation, augmentation, attribute.

افق ufḳ A or ufuḳ, s. m. 1. The horizon. 2. A tract or region of the earth. 3. (poet.) The world.

افلاس iflās A (inf. iv. of فلس) s. m. Poverty, penury, indigence, bankruptcy.

افلاطون aflāt̤ūn A n. prop. Plato.

افلاک aflāk A s. plur. (of فلک) The heavens, heavenly bodies, celestial orbs or spheres.

افواج afwāj A s. plur. (of فوج) Armies, crowds. افواج قاهره afwāj-i-ḳāhira, A victorious army.

افواه afwāh A plur. (of فوه) 1. s. m. Mouths. 2. s. f. Doubtful news. 3. Fame, report.

افواهي afwāh-ī A. adj. Reported, famed, noised about.

الفي alfī A 1. s. f. See الفا alfā. 2. adj. Co- vered with marks like the letter alif (cloth, &c.).

بافنده bāfanda P part. act. (of بافتن) Weaver.