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.

صف ṣaff A s. f. 1. Series, order, line, rank, file, row. 2. A mat. صف آرا ṣaff-ārā, Arraying,

صفا ṣafā A (from صفو Heb. To be clear, to shine) s. f. 1. Purity, cleanness, clearness. 2. Pleasure, content. 3. adj. (dakh.) Pure, clean. صفا صاف ṣafaṉ ṣāf (smack smooth) Without a trace or vestige.

صفاٴي ṣafā-ī A. s. f. Purity, cleanness, clearness, perspicuity. صفاٴي بتاني ṣafā-ī batānī, To reject a petition without ceremony, to refuse flatly. صفاٴي کرنا ṣafā-i karnā, To make clean work of it, to accomplish fully.

صفحه ṣafḥa A (from صفح To turn the face) s. m. Page (of a book), surface, face.

صفر ṣafar A or ṣafaru-l-muz̤affar, s. m. The se- cond month of the Muhammadan year. (On the 20th day of this month is held the festival of Sarotan, in commemoration of the junction of the head and body of Ḥusain. The 28th and the last days of this month are reckoned unfortunate; the former on account of Ḥasanʼs being poisoned by his wife; the latter because destructive vegetables are supposed to be pro- duced on that day). ¶ ṣifr, s. m. A cipher.

صفرا ṣafrā A s. f. Bile, gall, yellow.

صفراي ṣafrā-ī A. adj. Bilious.

صفي ṣafī A (from صفو) adj. 1. Pure. 2. Just. 3. n. prop. The name of a Persian dynasty that

صفير ṣafīr A (from صفر To whistle) s. f. 1. Sound, whistling, a hissing noise, blowing, singing (as, of a bird). 2. A sapphire.

مصفا muṣaffā A (prop. مصفيٰٰ part. pass. II. of صفو) adj. Clean, clarified, pure.