آب نقره āb-i-nuḳra P Quicksilver, silver reduced by any menstruum to a liquid state.

احقر aḥḳar A adj. compar. (of حقیر) More or most contemptible. (A self-humiliatory expres- sion).

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.

باقر bāḳir A part. act. (of بقر) Deeply learned, abounding in wealth and science.

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

بقر baḳar A s. m. (Heb. ) A bull. بقرعيد baḳar- īﻌd, A festival held in commemoration of Abra- hamʼs offering to sacrifice his son, Ismāʼīl (agree- able to Muhammadans, and not Isʼhāk). P.A. بقسميه ba-ḳasm-īya, On oath, by oath.

بيت السقر baitu-s-saḳar A s. m. The infernal abode, hell.

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.

تقريب taḳrīb A (inf. ii. of قرب) s. f. 1. Bringing near, approximation, approaching, proximity, access. 2. Recommendation, mentioning any one to another before meeting. 3. Occasion, conjunction, cause, pretence, motive, probability. تقريب کرنا taḳrīb karnā, To commend, to re- commend, to prepare a person for the reception of another.