راسي rās-ī A. (from a. راس rās) adj. 1. Of mid- dling breed (a horse). 2. Indifferent, so so.

رحم raḥm A (Heb. ) s. m. Mercy, compassion,

رهلا rahlā H s. m. A kind of pulse (chanā. Cicer arietinum). P. S̱. رهمار rah-mār, s. m. Robber, highwayman.

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

روز roz P (or roj) s. m. A day. روز افزون roz-afzūn, Increasing daily. روز باعيش roz bā- aﻌish, A good day (to you). روز بروز roz ba-roz, adv. Daily, constantly. روز به roz-bih, Fortunate days, happy times, prosperity. روزجزا roz-i-jazā, Day of judgment. روزگذاري roz-guzār-ī, s. f. Passing of time. روزسياه roz-i-siyāh, Adversity, misfortune, trouble. روزوشب roz-o-shab, Day and night, always, constantly. روزشمار roz-i-shumār, The day of (reckoning) judgment.

روافض rawāfiẓ A s. plur. (of رافض) Hereticks, particularly Shīʼaﻌs.

رک ruk S̱. (from رکنا ruknā) s. m. Stoppage.

رسيانا rasiyānā S̱. (from रस Juice) v. n. 1. To be moist, to be juicy. 2. To commence ripening, to ooze.

رسک रसिक rasik S adj. Witty.

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.