استفہام istifhām A (inf. x. of فہم) s. m. Desiring or seeking information; inquiry, interrogation. حرف استفہام ḥarf-i-istifhām, An interrogative pronoun.

اسوبها अशोभा a-sobhā S adj. Shapeless, ill-made, ugly.

اتم उत्तम uttam S adj. Excellent, best, princi- pal, first, chief.

اجابت ijābat A (inf. iv. of جوب) s. f. Answering (of prayer or of a petition), consent, appro- bation, compliance.

ارانا arrānā H v. n. To produce a continued sound (as a mill; the word being an imitation of the sound).

اهيري aher-ī S̱. (आखेटी) s. m. A sports- man, a hunter.

اوجهڙ aujhaṛ H s. f. Thrust, push.

انهتر un-hattar ऊनसप्तति S̱. adj. Sixty-nine.

آکر आकर आ and r. कृ Make ā-kar S. s. f. 1. Mine, quarry. 2. Multitude.

اوتار अवतार अव and r. तृ Cross, pass ava-tār S. vulgarly autār, s. m. Descent, espe- cially of a deity from heaven; incarnation. (The Hindūs reckon the following ten avatārs of the God Vish̤ṇu: 1. मत्स्य matsya, A fish: 2. कच्छप kachchhapa, A tortoise: 3. वराह varāha, A hog: 4. नृसिंह nr̤i-singha, A man- lion: 5. वामन vāmana, A dwarf: 6. परशुराम parasurāma: 7. राम rāma: 8. बलराम ba- larāma: 9. बुद्ध buddha: 10. कल्की kalkī).