ريل پيل rel pel H s. f. 1. Abundance, plenty. 2. Crowd, bustle.

رحمن raḥman A adj. See رحمان raḥmān.

رقوب ruḳūb A s. m. Expecting, watching, contemplating the stars, waiting.

رچانا rachānā S̱. (caus. of رچنا) v. a. 1. To set to work, to set a going. 2. To make, to do. 3. To make merry. 4. To stain the hands, feet, &c. with ḥinnā, &c. 5. To celebrate.

راماين रामायण rāmāyaṇ S s. f. An epick poem by Vālmīki, containing the history of Rāma. (Poems on the same subject and under the same title have been composed by other authors).

راهي rāh-ī P (from راه) s. m. A traveller, way- farer, travelling.

رافع rāfiﻌ A part. act. (of رفع) 1. Elevating, exalting. 2. Repelling. 3. Carrying off.

ر re called راي مـﮩمله and راي غيرمنقوطه is the tenth letter in the Arabic and twelfth in the Per- sian alphabet, corresponding to र in Sanskrit. Its pronunciation is that of the English r when fully sounded. In denoting numbers by the letters of the Arabic alphabet, it stands for 200. It is interchangeable with ل and د; as, يدسل for يرسل he will send; دجره for دجله the river Tigris; اروند for الوند the name of a mountain. Sometimes ي is used for it; as, قيراط for قرّاط the name of a weight. In Hindī, besides ल it is also interchanged with ड. In almanacks, it is the astronomical character for the moon: and, in dates, it denotes the month ربيع الاوّل.

ريشمي reshm-ī P adj. Silken.

ربودن rubūdan P inf. or verbal noun, To rob, robbing.