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

رامون rāmmūn H s. m. A kind of goat.

رينگني rengnī H s. f. Name of a medicinal herb. See بهٿ کٿيا bhaṭ kaṭaiyā.

ربيع rabīﻌ A (from ربع) s. f. 1. The spring. 2. The spring harvest or grain cut in the spring (as peas, wheat, &c.).

رکن rukan S̱. (see رکنا) s. f. Stopping.

رواني rawān-ī P s. f. Going, proceeding, running, flowing; fluency, reading.

رنز runz A s. m. Rice.

رات rāt रात्रि S̱. s. f. Night. رات تهوڙي اورسانگ بـﮩت rāt thoṛī aur sāng bahut, is applied to express a hurry of business with little time to perform it in; also great expense with a small income. Mīr says:-- بن جو کچهـ بن سکي جواني مين رات تهوڙي هي اوربـﮩت هي سانگ Ban jo kuchh ban sake jawānī meṇ; rāt thoṛī hai aur bahut hai sāng, Acquire whatever you can in the season of youth: the task is arduous and the time short. (Ars longa vita brevis. Hippoc.). آدهي رات ādhī rāt, Midnight. راتون رات rātoṅ rāt, In the middle of the night.

ريوتي रेवती rewatī S s. f. 1. The twenty-se- venth mansion of the moon, consisting of z Piscium and thirty one other stars. 2. n. prop. The name of Balarāmaʼs wife.

رفيق rafīḳ A (from رفق See رفاقت) s. m. f. A friend, ally, associate, companion, comrade, ac- complice, adherent. (Pers. plur. رفيقان).