ربع rubﻌ A (Heb. ) s. m. A fourth part, a quarter. ربع مسکون rub-iﻌ-maskūn, The inhabit- ed parts of the earth.

روستا rostā P s. m. 1. A village. 2. A peasant, villager, rustick.

راورا rāʼorā H (in Braj) pron. Yours.

رخ ruḵẖ P s. m. 1. The cheek. 2. The castle at chess. 3. Face, point, side, quarter. رخ پهيرنا يا بدلنا ruḵẖ-pherna or -badalna, 1. To be inattentive. 2. To reject. 3. To turn away from. 4. To be angry, to be displeased. رخ دينا ruḵẖ denā, To familiarize. رخ رکهنا ruḵẖ rakhnā, To continue friendship, to maintain friendly intercourse. رخ کرنا ruḵẖ karnā, To turn the face (towards), to proceed (towards); to attend to, to accede to.

رنگيني rangīn-ī P s. f. The being coloured or of various colours, figurativeness, variety, variableness, gaudiness, showiness.

رکشا रक्षा raksh̤ā S s. f. Protection, preserva- tion, defence, safety.

رقعه ruḳʼaﻌ A (from رقع To repair a garment, to piece: Heb. To extend, to expand) s. m. 1. A bit, a piece. 2. A note, epistle, letter, billet. رقعه وار ruḳʼaﻌ-wār, Paper fit for writing letters on.

رفيع rafīﻌ A (from رفع) adj. High, sublime, elevated, exalted. رفيع الشان rafīʼuﻌ-sh-shān, A person of dignity, a nobleman of high rank. رفيع القدر rafīʼuﻌ-l-ḳadr, Of high estimation. رفيع المکان rafīʼuﻌ-l-makān, Of exalted rank.

رنگارنگ rang-ā-rang P adj. Various, many-co- loured, motley, of many kinds.

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.