آصف āṣaf A s. m. 1. The caper tree (Capparis spinosa). 2. The name of a man considered to have been Solomonʼs wazīr. آصف راي āṣaf rāʼe, Prudent as Āsaf. آصف الدوله āṣafu-d-daula, The Āsaf of the state.

اتصال ittiṣal A (inf. viii. of وصل) s. m. Conjunc- tion, contact, adhesion, union, continuity, attach- ment, neighbourhood, contiguity, adjacency.

اصم aṣamm A adj. Deaf; a surd number (in arithmetick) opposed to منطق munt̤iḳ. جذراصم jaẕr-i-aṣamm, The square root of a surd.

افصح afṣaḥ A adj. compar. (of فصیح) Very elo- quent, speaking very correctly.

اقل aḳṣạ A adj. compar. (of قصي) Extreme, most distant; the extreme, ex- tremely.

القصه al-ḳiṣṣa A adv, In short, in a word. S. الک अलक (r. अल Adorn) alak, s. f. A ringlet or curl of hair. الکابلي alakābalī (अलकावली) s. f. A row of side curls. ¶ See الکهہ a-lakh.

بصد ba-ṣad P With a hundred.

بصر baṣar A s. m. Seeing, discerning, vision, sight, the eye, understanding, knowledge.

بصل baṣal A s. f. An onion. P.A. بصورت ba-ṣūrat, In the manner, by the way.

بيت الصنم baitu-ṣ-ṣanam A s. m. An idol temple.

تصدق taṣadduḳ A (inf. v. of صدق) s. m. 1. Giving alms (particularly, with a religious view). 2. Alms. 3. Sacrificing, sacrifice, devoting. (Plur. تصدقات). تصدق کرنا taṣadduḳ karnā, To de- vote, to sacrifice.

تصرف taṣarruf A (inf. v. of صرف) s. m. 1. Posses- sion, use, sway. 2. Expenditure, disposal, em- bezzlement, extravagance. تصرف کرنا or تصرف مين لانا taṣarruf karnā, or taṣarruf meṅ lānā, To take or get possession of, to apply to oneʼs own purpose, embezzle, occupy. Plur. تصرفات taṣarrufāt (in general acceptation for) The sum total of expenses.

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

تصنع taṣannuﻌ A (inf. v. of صنع) s. m. Making a show of art, pretending to an art, speciousness.

تصور taṣauwur A (inf. v. of صورت) s. m. Imagi- nation, contemplation, meditation, reflection,