اغلب ag̠ẖlab A adj. compar. (of غالب) Supe- riour, stronger. ¶ adv. Most likely.

بلب ba-lab P In or on the lip.

بلبهـ ballabh S (वल्लभ) 1. adj. Dear, beloved. 2. s. m. A favourite, a friend. 3. A superin- tendant, a master.

ثعلب s̤aﻌlab A s. m. A fox. (Plur. ثعالب).

ثعلب مصري s̤aﻌlab miṣrī A s. m. Salep (the root of a species of orchis (Orchis mascula), considered, particularly in the east, to be a strong restorative and aphrodisiack).

حلبي ḥalab-ī A adj. From, or belonging to (حلب) Aleppo.

درلبهـ दुर्लभ दुर् Hardly, and r. लभ Ac- quire dur-labh S. adj. Difficult of acquirement, hard to be got or met with; scarce, rare. P. H. درلانا dar lānā, v. a. To comprise.

زنجلب zan-jalab P s. m. A cuckold.

زنجلبي zan-jalab-ī P s. f. Cuckoldom.

طلب t̤alab A 1. s. f. Pay, wages, salary. 2. Desire, wish, inquiry, search, demand, request, application, sending for, summons. 3. part. act. (of طلبيدن) in compos. Seeking, seeker, re- quiring. طلب کرنا t̤alab karnā, To demand, seek, require, ask for, call, summon.

طلبانه t̤alab-āna A. s. m. Daily pay to constables &c. paid by those they guard, &c. A. P. طلبدار t̤alab-dār, 1. adj. Desirous. 2. part. act. Asking, inquiring. 3. s. m. One who re- ceives pay. A. P. طلبگار t̤alab-gār, adj. Desirous; (substant.) A seeker. A. P. طلبگاري t̤alab-gār-ī, s. f. Desiring, wishing, inquiring, seeking.

طلبه t̤alaba A (or t̤ulaba for طلبا t̤ulabā) s. plur. (of طالب) Inquisitive, the studious, students.

غلبه g̠ẖalaba A s. m. Superiority, prevalence, conquest, overcoming, advantage, assault, strength. غلبه کرنا g̠ẖalaba karnā, To overpower, over- come, conquer.

لب lab P s. m. f. 1. Lip. لب بستگي lab-basta- gī, s. f. State of having the lips closed. لب خا lab-ḵẖā, adj. Fastidious, fretful. (substan- tively) A prig. لب ولـﮩجه lab-o-lahja, s. m. Conversation. 2. Brim, edge, verge, margin, shore, bank, brow (of a hill), coast. لبريز lab-rez, adj. Brimful, overflowing. لبريزي lab- rez-ī, s. f. Overflowing, abundance. لبين ليني labeṅ lenī, To shave or prune the beard of the upper lip.

لب لوس lab-los H 1. adj. Naked, shapeless. 2. (Pers. لب Lip, and لوس Flattery) s. f. Flattery.