اشرفي ashrafī P s. f. A gold coin so called. (The Calcutta ashrafī is worth ₤1. 11s. 8d. and the gold of it is better than English standard gold by five shillings in the ounce, or about 1/16. By the regulations of May 1793, it should weigh 190.894 grains troy).

افیم afīm H (corrup. of افیون) s. f. Opium. (Sans. modern अफेन, आफुक. Hunter).

افیم چي afīm-chī H adj. Opium-eater; (fig.) a sot.

افیمن afīman H adj.f. Opium-eater; (fig.) a sot.

افیمي afīmī H adj. m. Opium-eater; (fig.) a sot.

خفي ḵẖafī A adj. Secret, concealed; fine or small (handwriting, opposed to جلي jalī).

خفيف ḵẖafīf A (from خفّت) adj. Light, of no weight or consequence, of light character, im- moral, undignified. خفيف هونا ḵẖafīf honā, To be vilified, to be spoken ill of, to be put to shame, to be ashamed. خفيفي دايره ḵẖafīfī dāʼịra, The centre of a circle: Hunter.

دفينه dafīna A s. m. Buried or hidden treasure, hoard.

رفيع rafīﻌ A (from رفع) adj. High, sublime, elevated, exalted. رفيع الشان rafīʼuﻌ-sh-shān, A person of dignity, a nobleman of high rank. رفيع القدر rafīʼuﻌ-l-ḳadr, Of high estimation. رفيع المکان rafīʼuﻌ-l-makān, Of exalted rank.

رفيق rafīḳ A (from رفق See رفاقت) s. m. f. A friend, ally, associate, companion, comrade, ac- complice, adherent. (Pers. plur. رفيقان).

سفير safīr A s. m. An envoy, an ambassadour.

سفينه safīna A (Heb. from سفن Heb. To cover, &c.) s. m. 1. A ship, a vessel, boat. 2. A blank book, a commonplace-book.

سفيه safīh A (from سفه) adj. Foolish, stupid, ignorant.

شفيع shafīﻌ A (from شفع) adj. 1. Advocate, patron. 2. Possessing a right of preemption founded on contiguity. (See شفعه shufʼaﻌ). شفيع جار shafī-iﻌ-jār, The occupant of ground which is simply in the neighbourhood of ano- ther estate. شفيع خليط shafī-iﻌ-ḵẖalīt̤, The occupant of ground in actual contact, or in- termixed with another estate. (The right of

شفيعا shafīʼāﻌ A. s. m. A kind of Persian charac- ter or handwriting.