رسول rasūl A (from رسل) s. m. 1. A messenger. 2. The prophet Muhammad.

رمنيک ramnīk रमणीय S̱. adj. Pleasant.

رسالت risālat A (from رسل) s. f. Mission, divine mission. رسالت پناه risālat-panāh, Asylum of prophecy, i. e. Muḥammad.

ريشم resham P s. m. Silk. See ابريشم.

رت rat S̱. s. f. Contract. of رات q. v. رت جگا rat-jagā (perhaps, for रात्रियज्ञ) Watching all night on religious occasions (a female cere- mony), vigil. رتوندها rat-aundhā, Blindness at night, Nyctalopia. رتوندهيا rataundhiyā, adj.

رهگرا rah-girā P (from رهگير rah-gīr) adj. Tending towards, taking the way (of).

راه राहु rāhu S s. m. 1. Typhon, or the dragon that is supposed to devour the sun or moon during an eclipse. 2. The ascending node.

رستم rustam P n. prop. One of the twelve cham- pions of Persia. His combat with Isfandyār is famous in the east; it lasted two days: and, as the brazen body of his enemy was proof against his arrows, he at last killed him with his mace. He was son of Zāl, who was son of Sām, son of Narīmān. He was general to Kaikāʼūs, and considered by the Persians des- cended from Māmūn, son of Benjamin, son of Jacob. He overcame Afrāsiyāb, king of Tur- kistān, who was joined by the Indians and Tartars: nevertheless, he fell into disgrace with his master, principally on account of his rejecting the religion of Zoroaster; and, it was upon this occasion that he killed Kaikāʼūsʼs son Isfandyār above mentioned. He was killed by the wound of an arrow in an engagement with Bahman (or Artaxerxes Longimanus) son of Isfandyār. Hence a hero is called Rustam.

راتر रात्रि rātr S or rātri, s. f. Night. See رات.

روٴين roʼeṅ S̱. (plur. of روان roʼāṅ, q. v.) s. f. The hair on the arms, &c. bristle, pile, nap, down. روٴين بدلنا roʼeṅ-badalnā, To become sleek and fat (a horse), to change his coat.