استقرا istiḳrā A (inf. x. of قرء Heb. He read) s. m. Reasoning from induction.

اقرار iḳrār A (inf. iv. of قرار) s. m. Confession, avowal, affirmation, confirmation, assurance, promise, agreement, attestation, allegation, assertion. اقرار کرنا iḳrār karnā, To promise, confess, acknowledge, avow, assure, affirm, agree, allege, assert, aver, declare. اقرار نامه iḳrār-nāma, s. m. Written agreement, bond, contract, indenture, &c.

اقران aḳrān A s. plur. (of قرین) Equals, contem- poraries.

اقرب aḳrab A adj. compar. (of قریب) More or most near.

اقربا aḳribā A s. plur. (of قریب) Kindred, friends, allies.

اقربه aḳriba A. (Hind. corrupt. of اقربا q. v.) Kin- dred, &c.

باقرخاني bāḳir-ḵẖānī P s. f. A kind of bread or cake mixed with butter and milk. (Probably devised by some nobleman, named باقرخان).

تقرب taḳarrub A (inf. v. of قرب) s. m. Propin- quity, nearness, approximation, access; approach or access to God.

تقرر taḳarrur A (inf. v. of قرار) s. m. Confirma- tion, ratification, approbation, appropriation.

عاقرقرحا āﻌḳarḳarḥā A s. m. Pellitory.

عقرب aﻌḳrab A s. m. 1. A scorpion. 2. The sign Scorpio. 3. (met.) A quarrelsome person.

عقرقرحا aﻌḳarḳarḥā A. s. m. The name of a medi- cine. See عاقرقرحا.

فقرا fuḳarā A s. plur. (of فقير) Dervises, &c.

قرابت ḳarābat A (from قرب) s. f. Kin, vicinity, relationship, affinity, propinquity, alliance.

قرابتي ḳarābat-ī A. adj. Related, relative, akin; (substantively) A relative, a relation.