رسنا risnā H v. n. To drop slowly.

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

رگڙنا ragaṛnā H v. a. To rub, to scour, to grate, to fret, to abrade, to excoriate.

روپيه rūpiya S̱. (from روپا) s. m. A coin so called. The Calcutta Sicca Rupee is worth two shil- lings, and the silver of it is better than English standard silver by 2 3/4 pence the ounce. By the regulations of Government passed in May 1793, it should weigh 179 2/3 grains (Troy wt.). (The inflect. of the sing. and the plur. nom. is ge- nerally made روپيي rūpiye, rụpiye, rụpaʼe or رپي rupai or روپي rụpai).

رن ऋण r̤iṇ S s. f. 1. Borrowing, debt. 2. Negative quantity in algebra.

راتب rātib A s. m. Daily allowance of food (to animals, particularly dogs and elephants), al- lowance, portion, provision.

رسوٴيا rasoʼiyā S̱. (from رسوٴي) s. m. A cook.

رجال rijāl A s. pl. (of رجل) Men. رجال الغيب rijālu-l-g̠ẖaib (by the Hindūs called योगिनी yoginī) s. m. An invisible being which moves in a circular orbit round the world: on the 1st, 9th, 16th, and 24th days of a lunar month, his station is in the east: on the 3d, 11th, 18th, and 26th, in the south-east: on the 5th, 13th, 20th, and 28th, in the south: on the 4th, 12th, 19th, and 27th, in the south-west: on the 6th, 14th, 21st, and 29th, in the west: on the 7th, 15th, and 22d, in the north-west: on the 2d, 10th, 17th, and 25th, in the north: and, on the 8th, 23d, and 30th, in the north-east. His influence on each day is especially exerted during nine ghaṛis, or three hours thirty six minutes, at the close of that tith or lunar day; and, in that interval, it is unfortunate to begin a journey towards the station of this being, or in such a direction as to place him on the right hand.

روان rawāṅ P (part. pres. of رفتن) 1. adj. Going, moving, flowing, running, fluent, current. 2. s. m. Text. 3. Reading. 4. Life, soul. روان کرنا rawāṅ karnā, v. a. 1. To set agoing. 2. To despatch, to forward, to send. 3. To make current.

رياحين riyāḥīn A s. plur. of ريحان rīḥān, q. v.