روکهـ rūkh रूक्ष S̱. 1. s. m. A tree. روکهـ چڙها rūkh-chaṛhā (q. d. A climber of trees) s. m. A monkey. 2. adj. Plain, unseasoned.

رجهانا rijhānā रंजन S̱. v. a. 1. To please. 2. (met.) To plague, to tease, to perplex.

رکن rukan S̱. (see رکنا) s. f. Stopping.

رنگي rang-ī P. S̱. 1. s. m. A dier. 2. s. f. Chints, the colour of which will not stand washing. 3. A kind of cloth peculiar to Khairābād. 4 See رنگيني rangīn-ī. P. S̱. رنگيلا rang-īlā (or rang-elā, from رنگ) 1. s. m. A rake. 2. adj. Gaudy, fine, showy, airy, buxom.

راستا rāstā P s. m. A road, way. راستاکترانا rāstā katrānā, To slink away: see کترانا katrānā, sign. 2.

ريشمينه reshmīna P adj. Silken.

رفيع rafīﻌ A (from رفع) adj. High, sublime, elevated, exalted. رفيع الشان rafīʼuﻌ-sh-shān, A person of dignity, a nobleman of high rank. رفيع القدر rafīʼuﻌ-l-ḳadr, Of high estimation. رفيع المکان rafīʼuﻌ-l-makān, Of exalted rank.

رواس ro-ās S̱. (رو from रोदन To weep, and आशा Desire) s. f. Inclination to cry.

رسم rasm A (from رسم rasama, Heb. He marked or wrote) s. f. 1. Custom. 2. Law. 3. Model, plan. 4. A game among children, the laws of which are, that one puts a question to another, who is obliged to reply in words which do not contain either of the three letters س ر or م which compose the word رسم. If one of these should be found in his answer, he is condemned, by way of penalty, to imitate the voice of any animal which may be directed by the questioner.

روي rūʼī H s. f. Cotton. روي دار rūʼī-dār, adj. Quilted with cotton, stuffed with cotton.