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

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).

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

برفي barf-ī P s.f. A kind of sweetmeat. adj. Icy, snowy.

تخفيف taḵẖfīf A (inf. ii. of خّف) s. f. 1. Ma- king light, alleviating. 2. Despising. 3. Ab- breviating. 4. Alleviation, abatement, relief, remission, abridgment, mitigation, palliation, extenuation, decrease, diminution, decay. 5. Softening the pronunciation of letters, or changing one for another euphoniæ gratia. تخفيف تصديع taḵẖfīf-i-taṣdīﻌ, 1. Banishing care. 2. Relieving pain or trouble. تخفيف دينا taḵẖfīf- denā, To alleviate, assuage, &c. تخفيف کرنا taḵẖfīf karnā, To extenuate, mitigate, allay, remit.

تدفين tadfīn A (inf. ii. of دفن) s. f. Burial, interment, funeral.

تشفي tashaffī A (inf. v. of شفي) s. f. 1. Conso- lation. 2. Becoming calm (after anger), calmness.

تصرفي taṣarruf-ī A. s. f. Common provisions given to dependants, &c. (خاصه ḵẖāṣṣa, being what the master and his company eat).

تصفيه taṣfiya A (inf. ii. of صفا) s. m. 1. Purifying (particularly, the mind from ill will), purifica- tion, purgation, purity. 2. Reconciling, reconciliation.

تعريفي taﻌrīf-ī A. adj. Commendable, notable.

تلافي talāfī A (inf. vi. of لفو) s. f. Compensation, recompense, reparation, making amends.

تنافي tanāfī A (inf. vi. of نفي) s. f. 1. Expelling, pursuing, persecuting. 2. Denial (that another person has performed some thing, as that he has paid a debt).

توفير taufīr A (inf. ii. of وفر or وفور) s. f. In- creasing, perfecting.

توفيق taufīḳ A (inf. ii. of وفق) s. f. The com- pletion of oneʼs wishes, the divine grace, the favour of God, prosperity. (Plur. توفيقات tau- fīḳāt).

تکفير takfīr A (inf. ii. of کفر or کفاره) s. f. 1. Co- vering. 2. Expiating a crime, doing penance or paying a mulct as atonement. 3. Humbling oneʼs self before another (putting the hand upon the breast, and inclining the head), showing distant respect. 4. Accusing one of impiety, calling him infidel, making one an unbeliever. 5. Guiltiness.