آبستان ābistān P adj. Pregnant, with young.

آتشستان ātash-istān P s. f. The region of fire, a place where fire abounds; (hence the word is applied to) a hot fire of cannon or small arms in battle; a large fire, a funeral pile.

آستان āstān P (Sans. स्थान Place, r. ष्ठा Stand) s. m. A threshold, a fakīrʼs residence. آستان بوسي āstān-bos-ī, s. f. Kissing the threshold; paying respects. ستان stān, or استان istān (in compos. signifies) Place.

آستانه āstāna P s. m. Same as آستان q. v. آستانه بوسي āstāna-bos-ī, s. f. Kissing the threshold; paying respects.

اتان उत्तान उत and r. तन Extend, stretch utān S. or ut-tān, adj. Supine, lying on the back; shallow.

افتان و خیزان uftān o ḵẖezān P Now falling now rising; with much ado.

انبتانا ambatānā S̱. (from अम्ल Sour) v. n. To grow sour, to be acidulated.

اکتانا uktānā S̱. (उत् and r. कठ Grieve) v. n. 1. To fret, to be melancholy or dejected. 2. To be out of humour with, to be tired of, to tire.

بتانا batānā H v. a. 1. (perhaps, from वदन Speaking, telling) To point out, to shew, indi- cate, signify, to explain, to teach, to tell. 2. To appear. 3. s. m. An under turband. 4. A small bracelet of metal.

بتانا bitānā S̱. (trans of بتنا or بيتنا) v. a. To pass.

برتانا bartānā H 1. v. a. To distribute. 2. s. m. Old clothes.

برتانت वृत्तांत britānt S or brittānt or vr̤ittānt, s. m. Intelligence, tidings, narration, story, his- tory, topick, mode, circumstance.

بستان bustān P s. m. A flowergarden. See بوستان bo-stān.

بستاني bustān-ī P adj. Of the flowergarden.

بـﮩتان buhtān A s. m. Calumny, false imputation, aspersion, defamation.