آب شناس āb-shinās P s. m. The sailor who heaves the lead in sounding.

ابناس a-binās S̱. (अ and विनाश Annihilation) s. m. Exemption from loss, safety.

ابناسي a-binās-ī अविनाशी S̱. adj. Imperishable, exempt from decay, everlasting, eternal.

اجناس ajnās A s. f. plur. (of جنس) 1. Kinds, sorts, species. 2. Goods, chattels, merchandise.

استیناس istīnās A (inf. x. of انس) s. m. Fami- liarity, intimacy, sympathy.

اناسي unāsī उनाशीति S̱. adj. Seventy-nine.

بناس binās S (विनाश from वि and r. णश Dis- appear) s. m. Annihilation, disappearance, de- struction.

بناسپتي banās-pattī वनस्यपत्र S̱. s. f. Forest leaves.

بهوناس bhaunās S̱. s. m. A post driven into the ground for chaining an elephant to.

تاس ناس tās-nās H s. See ستياناس satyānās.

تناسب tanāsub A (inf. vi. of نسب) s. m. f. Re- sembling, relation, proportion.

تناسخ tanāsuḵẖ A (inf. vi. of نسخ) s. m. Trans- migration, metempsychosis.

تناسل tanāsul A (inf. vi. of نسل) s. m. Unin- terrupted descent through a series of genera- tions.

خناس ḵẖannās A (from خنس To abscond, to retire; to backbite, to calumniate: because, says Jauharī, he flees when God is named: perhaps rather, like *diabolos, The accuser) s. m. 1. The devil. 2. (met.) A wicked person.

خناسي ḵẖannās-ī A adj. Devilish.