استفہام istifhām A (inf. x. of فہم) s. m. Desiring or seeking information; inquiry, interrogation. حرف استفہام ḥarf-i-istifhām, An interrogative pronoun.

استفہامي istifhām-ī A adj. Interrogative.

استفہامیه istifhām-iya A adj. Interrogative.

اسرافیل isrāfīl A s. m. 1. The name of an angel who, it is said, will sound the last trumpet at the resurrection. 2. A seraph.

اسفہان isfahān P n. prop. Ispahān, the capital of Persian عراق iﻌrāḳ (the ancient Parthia).

اصفہان iṣfahān P n. prop. See اسفہان isfahān.

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

افیم afīm H (corrup. of افیون) s. f. Opium. (Sans. modern अफेन, आफुक. Hunter).

افیم چي afīm-chī H adj. Opium-eater; (fig.) a sot.

افیمن afīman H adj.f. Opium-eater; (fig.) a sot.

افیمي afīmī H adj. m. Opium-eater; (fig.) a sot.

افیون afyūn A s. f. Opium, the inspissated juice of the Papaver somniferum. (The word may be derived from افن To deprive of reason or pru- dence (Gol.); or, rather from Gr. ʼopos, Juice, especially of the Laserpitium (Hippoc.), whence ʼopion (Dioscor.); or, from the Sans. अहिफेन ahiphen, comp.of अहि Serpent, and फेन Froth, foam. Hunter).

افیوني afyūn-ī A adj. See افیم چي afīm-chī.

صفہان ṣifahān P See اسفہان isfahān.

صفہاني ṣifahān-ī P adj. Of Ispahan.