آب شناس āb-shinās P s. m. The sailor who heaves the lead in sounding.

آشنائي āshnā-ī P s. f. Acquaintance, friendship. آشناٴي کرنا āshnā-ī-karnā, v. a. To associate, to be familiar, to unite. آشنائي لگنا āshnā-ī lagnā, v. n. To become intimate, to be united in friendship.

ابنائي جنس abnā-i-jins A s. plur. Of the same quality or rank; comrades, companions, equals. A.P. ابنائي دهر abnā-i-dahr, s. plur. Sons of the age or time, contemporaries. A.P. ابنائي روزگار abnā-i-rozgār, s. plur. Sons of the age or time, contemporaries.

ابناس a-binās S̱. (अ and विनाश Annihilation) s. m. Exemption from loss, safety.

ابناسي a-binās-ī अविनाशी S̱. adj. Imperishable, exempt from decay, everlasting, eternal.

اجتناب ijtināb A (inf. viii. of جنب) s. m. Turning aside from, avoiding; abstinence, continence.

اجناس ajnās A s. f. plur. (of جنس) 1. Kinds, sorts, species. 2. Goods, chattels, merchandise.

استیناس istīnās A (inf. x. of انس) s. m. Fami- liarity, intimacy, sympathy.

اسفاناج isfānāj P s. m. Spinage.

اسناد asnād A s. plur. (of سند q. v.) Grants, law papers in general, deeds, sanads, warrants.

اطناب at̤nāb A s. plur. (of طنب) Tent-ropes.

امتناع imtināﻌ A (inf. viii. of منع) s. m. Pro- hibition, restraint.

انابت inābat A (inf. iv. of نوب) s. f. Conver- sion to God, repentance.

اناتهہ अ and नाथ Master, &c. a-nāth S. adj. Husbandless, without lord or master, without chief or sovereign.

اناج anāj S̱. (perhaps from अन्न Food, and ज Produced) s. m. Grain.