ارسٿا arsaṭṭā H s. m. 1. Guess, conjecture, va- luation, appraisement. 2. A mediator, a broker.

اپسنا upas-nā S̱. v. n. To become musty, to rot.

ابهکت a-bhakt S̱. (अ and भक्ति Service) s. f. Want of desire or faith, disregard, indifference.

ابرو abrū P (Sans. भ्रू bhrū) s. f. The eyebrow. ابرو پر گره مارنا abrū par girih mārnā, v. a. To frown.

ابتلا ibtilā A (inf. viii. of بلا) s. Trial, affliction.

آب یخني āb-i-yaḵẖnī P Water in which meat has been boiled down, gravy.

اشمام ishmām A (inf. iv. of شمّ) s. m. 1. Dif- fusing odour, shedding perfume. 2. Giving to a quiescent consonant a slight sound of ẓamm or

افیون afyūn A s. f. Opium, the inspissated juice of the Papaver somniferum. (The word may be derived from افن To deprive of reason or pru- dence (Gol.); or, rather from Gr. ʼopos, Juice, especially of the Laserpitium (Hippoc.), whence ʼopion (Dioscor.); or, from the Sans. अहिफेन ahiphen, comp.of अहि Serpent, and फेन Froth, foam. Hunter).

ادهیلي adh-elī S̱. s. f. Half a rupee or gold mohur.

او ओ o S The vocative interjection, O!