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

رپٿ rapaṭ H s. f. 1. Fatigue, hard labour. 2. Slipperiness. 3. Chase.

رهبري rah-bar-ī P (from رهبر) s. f. Guidance, di- rection, showing the road. S. رهت रहित (r. रह Quit, abandon) rahit, adj. Destitute, void of.

رومٿي rūmṭī H s. f. Subterfuge, trick, wran- gling.

روايت riwāyat A (from روي) s. f. A history, narrative, tale, fiction, fable.

رباطي ribāt̤-ī A. s. m. The keeper of a ribāt̤.

رشٿ پشٿ रिष्टपुष्ट rish̤ṭ-push̤ṭ S adj. Fat.

رقيب raḳīb A (from رقب) s. m. A rival, ene- my, one who watches, a guardian.

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

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.