ارقان arḳān A s. m. Jaundice, mildew or blight in corn.

برق barḳ A s. f. (Heb. ) Lightning. برق زده barḳ-zada, Struck with lightning. برقنداز barḳ- andāz, A matchlock man, a musketeer.

ترقيق tarḳīḳ A (inf. ii. of رقّت) s. f. Softening, thinning, dilution, rarefaction.

ترقيم tarḳīm A (inf. ii. of رقم) s. f. Writing, noting. A. P. ترک turk, s. m. 1. A soldier. 2. A Musal- mān (properly, a Turk, which in Persian takes many other meanings. Sans. तुरष्क). ترک چشم turk-chashm, A murdering or captivating eye. ترک سوار turk-sawār, s. m. A horseman, a cavalier. ترک مزاج turk-mizāj, adj. Wicked, sly; depraved. (Plur. ترکان turkān).

خرق عادت ḵẖarḳ-i-āﻌdat A s. f. Contrary to na- ture, a miracle. (Plur. خرق عادات).

زرق zarḳ A s. m. 1. Turning the eyes. 2. (in Pers.) Hypocrisy, fraud. 3. Detraction. زرق برق zarḳ-barḳ, s. m. Glare, glitter, show, splen- did cloths, splendour.

شرق sharḳ A s. m. 1. The East. 2. Rising.

شرقي sharḳ-ī A adj. Eastern, oriental.

عاقرقرحا āﻌḳarḳarḥā A s. m. Pellitory.

عقرقرحا aﻌḳarḳarḥā A. s. m. The name of a medi- cine. See عاقرقرحا.

غرق g̠ẖarḳ A 1. s. m. Drowning, immersion, sinking. 2. adj. Drowned, immersed, sunk. غرق هونا g̠ẖarḳ honā, To be immersed, to be absorbed (in meditation, &c.), to drown. A. P. غرقاب g̠ẖarḳ-āb, Deep water, a whirlpool.

غرقي g̠ẖarḳ-ī A. s. f. Flooding lands, inundation.

فرق farḳ A (Heb. To break, to divide) 1. s. m. Difference, distance, distinction, separa- tion, interruption, dispersion. 2. The head, the

فرقدان farḳadān A s. m. Two stars near the pole, the greater and lesser bears.

قرقرا ḳarḳarā A s. m. The name of a bird. (Ardea virgo).