رکيب rakīb A (part. from رکب) s. Any thing ridden upon, placed upon: fellow-rider.

راني rān-ī P s. f. in compos. Driving.

رسمسا rasmasā S̱. (see رسمسانا) adj. or part. Wet with perfumed essences or perspiration.

ران rān P 1. s. f. m. The thigh. ران تلي دبانا rān tale dabānā, (i. q. عاجزکرنا) To subdue, humiliate, make weak (?). ران سي ران باندهنا rān se rān bāndhnā, v. a. To guard or watch diligently. 2. part. in compos. (from راندن) Driving.

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.

رهڙو rahṛū H s. m. A cart.

راست rāst P adj. 1. Right, true, good, just, upright, honest, sincere. 2. Right (opposite to left). 3. Straight, even, level. 4. adv. Ac- tually, certainly. راست آنا rāst ānā, v. n. To regain oneʼs temper, to be set to rights. راست باز rāst-bāz, adj. Honest, upright, righteous, faithful, to be depended on, candid, sincere. راست بازي rāst-bāz-ī, s. f. Fair play, honesty, uprightness, fidelity. راست گفتاري rāst-guf- tār-ī, s. f. Veracity, speaking truth. راست گو rāst-go, adj. Speaking truth. راست گوئي rāst- go-ī, s. f. Speaking truth. راست معامله rāst- muʼāﻌmala, adj. Proper, just, of good actions. راست منا rāst-numā, adj. Appearing true.

رقصان raḳaṣān A s. Dancing, skipping about.

رکهوال rakhwāl S̱. (from رکهنا) s. m. A keeper, guard, shepherd, cow- herd, goatherd.

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.