اشعب ashʼaﻌb A n. prop. Name of a man noto- rious for greediness.

تعب taʼaﻌb A s. m. f. Labour, lassitude, weariness, toil, trouble. تعب کش taʼaﻌb-kash, adj. Enduring labour, &c.

تعبير taﻌbīr A (inf. ii. of عبر Heb. He passed over) s. f. 1. Explanation, interpretation (par- ticularly, of dreams). 2. Attribute, quality. (Plur. تعبيرات taﻌbīrāt). تعبيرگو taﻌbīr-go, s. m. An interpreter of dreams.

تعبيه taﻌbiya A (inf. ii. of عبأ or عبو) s. m. 1. Arrangement, disposition. 2. Drawing up of an army. 3. Inlaying.

جعبه jaﻌba A s. A quiver.

سعبان shaﻌbān A (from شعب) s. m. The eighth Arabian month. (The 14th day of it is the festival called برات barāt, q. v.: on this day, an angel is supposed to examine a record, on which is written the names of the living).

صعب ṣaﻌb A adj. Hard, difficult, arduous, rough, troublesome, disagreeable, disobedient, stubborn, perverse.

عبا aﻌbā A or iﻌbā, s. plur. Garments said to be generally black and made of goatʼs hair.

عباس aﻌbbās A s. m. Name of a plant, marvel of Peru. (Mirabilis jalapa).

عباسي aﻌbbās-ī A adj. Red (colour). s. f. Name of a flower. See عباس aﻌbbās or گل عباس gul- i-aﻌbbās under گل gul.

عبث aﻌbas̤ A 1. adj. Vain, idle, absurd, trifling, profitless. 2. adv. In vain, idly, absurdly, uselessly. 3. subst. Vanity, absurdity.

عبد aﻌbd A (Heb. ) s. m. 1. A servant of God, devotee. 2. A slave.

عبـﮩر aﻌbhar A s. The narcissus, jasmine, amaranth. A. P. عبهـري aﻌbhar-ī, 1. adj. Of the narcissus, &c. 2. s. f. Name of a flower. A. عبيد 1. uﻌbaid (dimin. of عبد) s. m. A servant, a slave; a devotee. ¶ 2. aﻌbīd, s. plur. (of عبد) Servants, worshippers.

عبير aﻌbīr A s. m. Saffron, ambergris, powder of various colours used in the هولي holī.

عبيري aﻌbīr-ī A. adj. Of or like عبير aﻌbīr.