رکت کوڙهـ rakt-koṛh रक्तकुष्ठ S̱. s. m. A kind of leprosy in which the part affected is red.

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.

رمل raml A s. m. Sand. ¶ ramal, s. m. Geo- mancy, foretelling by figures, divination. P. H. رمنا ramnā (from رميدن) 1. v. n. To turn. 2. To roam, to go, to range, to wander. 3. s. m. A park or chase (for game).

ريتيلا ret-īlā S̱. (from ريت Sand) adj. Sandy.

روت rūwat H s. f. (dakh.) 1. Beauty, symme- try: see رونق raunaḳ. 2. Regard, attention to the wishes: see پاس خاطر under پاس or see ملاحظه.

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.

روسي rūsī रूक्षीय S̱. s. f. Scurf.

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.

روڙهـ रूढ rūṛh S adj. Hard, stiff, rough, grim, cross.

راڙهـ राढ rāṛh S s. m. Name of that portion of Bengal which lies to the west of the Ganges.