رازق rāzik A (part. act. of رزق) s. m. Sustainer, affording sustenance, a title of the deity.

رتهي रथी rath-ī S s. m. An owner of a رتهـ rath, q. v. or a rider in a car or chariot.

رؤف raʼuf A (from رأف) adj. Merciful, forgiving.

رندانه rindāna P (from رند) adj. Licentious, rakish, like a debauchee.

رنجن ranjan H s. (dakh. i. q. بڙاگهڙا) A large water-pot or pitcher (?).

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.

رقاص raḳḳāṣ H (from رقص) s. A dancer.

راستي rāst-ī P s. f. Honesty, probity, uprightness, veracity, truth, fidelity, justice, loyalty, can- dour, sincerity, rectitude, straightness, justness.

رمدوپهٿو ramdū phaṭṭū H Populace, the vulgar. (Compound. of two names peculiar to the lowest ranks; as, in English, Tom, Dick, and Harry; or Tag, Rag, and Bobtail).

راتنا rātnā S̱. (from راتا) 1. v. a. To die (with co- lour), to stain. 2. v. n. To be strongly attached or in love (lit. stained with the die of love).