اعیان aﻌyān A s. plur. (of عین) Eyes; grandees, nobles.

اجاره ijāra A s. m. 1. Hire, rent, a privilege or income of variable amount sold or let for a fixed sum. 2. A farm. A. P. اجاره دار ijāra-dār, s. m. A farmer of land or of revenue: one who has purchased the la- bour of another: the holder of a monopoly.

آنٿي ānṭī S̱. (see آنٿ) s. f. A handful, a skein of thread, a bundle of grass, &c. a wisp, a small fagot.

اداسي udās-ī S̱. 1. s. f. Solitude, loneliness, sadness, dejection. 2. (उदासी) adj. Lonely, retired, dejected. 3. (उदासीन) s. m. An hermit, anchorite; a class of faḳīrs.

استہزا istihzā A (inf. x. of هزا) s. m. Derision, laughing at, joke, jest, scorn, scoff. S. استهل स्थल (r. ष्ठल Stand) asthal or sthal, s. m. Place, site, soil, dry or firm ground; place or stand of a faḳīr.

اهم ahamm A adj. compar. (from همت) Im- portant, very momentous. اهم کار ahamm-i-kār, Important business.

امروز im-roz P (این This, and روز Day) adv. To- day. امروز فردا imroz fardā, To-day or to-

اپجت upajit S̱. adj. Produced, propagated.

احوال aḥwal A adj. Squinting, one who sees ob- jects double.

اعتکاف iﻌtikāf A (inf. viii. of عکف) s. m. 1. Continuing in the temple or mosque (especially at Mecca). 2. Restraining, curbing the pas- sions from religious motives, as in lent.