اسباب asbāb A s. m. (plur. of سبب) 1. Causes, motives, means. 2. Goods and chattels, effects, furniture, tools, apparatus, stores, baggage, ma- terials, necessaries. اسباب جنگي asbāb-i-jangī, Warlike provisions or necessaries, ammunition.

اسباط asbāt̤ A s. plur. (of سبط sibt̤) Tribes (es- pecially of Israel).

اسبق asbaḳ A adj. compar. (from سبق He out- stripped) More or most surpassing or excellent; past times, days of yore.

بسباسه basbāsa A s. m. Mace (the spice so called). P. A. بسبب ba-sabab, By reason, on account.

بهس بهسا bhasbhasā H adj. Flabby, loose (as meat).

تسبيح tasbīḥ A (inf. ii. of سبح Heb. He praised) s. f. 1. The act of praising God. 2. A rosary, a chaplet of beads (not applied to a Hindū rosary). تسبيح خانه tasbīḥ-ḵẖāna, A chapel. تسبيح خوان tasbīḥ-ḵẖẉān, 1. Saying prayers. 2. A person hired to pray for ano- ther, a private chaplain. تسبيح خواني tasbīḥ- ḵẖẉān-ī, The office of a chaplain.

حسب ḥasb A adv. 1. Agreeably, conformably, according to, in conformity with. 2. s. m. Com- puting, reflecting upon, considering. 3. Suffi- ciency. 4. See ḥasab, sign. 3. and 4. حسب الامکان ḥasbu-l-imkān, As far as possible. حسب الامر ḥasbu-l-amr, or حسب الارشاد ḥasbu-l-irshād,

مسبرد masbird मांसवृद्धि S̱. s. m. A wart, a fleshy excrescence or swelling.

کسب kasb A s. m. 1. Trade, profession, em- ployment. 2. Gain, acquirement, acquisition (by labour).

کسبي kasb-ī A. s. m. 1. An artisan, artificer. 2. s. f. A prostitute, courtezan.