رديف radīf A (from ردف Heb. To follow) 1. s. m. A man riding behind another on the same horse. 2. s. f. The rhyming word of a poem. See under قافيه ḳāfiya.

ريوڙي rewṛī H s. f. A kind of sweetmeat. ريوڙي کي پهيرمين پڙنا rewṛī ke pher meṅ paṛnā, v. n. To be involved in difficulties. (This alludes to a game founded on the principle of geometrical progression, wherein one party bets that he will eat one of these sweet cakes so many times doubled, and is confounded at finding it amount to a quantity far beyond his expectation).

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

رعيت raʼaﻌiyat A (prop. raʼīﻌyat, from رعي Heb. ) s. f. A subject or the subjects, tenant. (Plur. رعايا). رعيت پرور raʼaﻌiyat-parwar, Protector of subjects. رعيت پروري raʼaﻌiyat- parwar-ī, s. f. Protection of subjects. رعيت نواز raʼaﻌiyat-nawāz, Cherisher of subjects.

رکهـ ऋषि rikh S or r̤ikh̤i, s. m. A sage, a saint.

رقمي raḳam-ī A. adj. Written, marked.

رسته rusta P part. pass. (of رستن) Grown, vege- tated. ¶ rasta, Saved, delivered.

رسن rasan A s. m. String, cord, rope. (Plur. ارسان arsān). رسن باز rasan-bāz, A ropedancer. رسن ساز rasan-sāz, Ropemaker. S. رسنا रसना (r. रस Taste) rasanā, s. f. The tongue.

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

راگي रागी rāg-ī S 1. s. m. A singer. 2. A lover. 3. adj. Passionate.