رکهي ऋषि r̤ikh̤ī S s. m. A sage. See رکهـ rikh.

رسونت rasont H s. f. See رسوت rasaut.

رمال rammāl A (adj. sup. from رمل) s. m. A soothsayer, a fortuneteller, prophet, conjurer.

رونا raunā H s. m. Bringing home a wife to consummate a marriage.

ريگ reg P s. f. Sand. ريگ روان reg-i-rawāṅ,

ريکهـ rekh S̱. (रेखा or लेखा r. लिख Write) s. f. Writing, line, mark, fate, destiny.

رف raff A s. m. 1. Shining, glittering. 2. Eating much. 3. Kissing (a woman) with the tips of the lips. 4. Sucking (the lips) when kissing. 5. Sucking milk (a colt). 6. Defending, pre- serving. 7. Favouring, serving. 8. Honouring. 9. Swelling with moisture (herbage). 10. Winking or twinkling with the eye. 11.

روافض rawāfiẓ A s. plur. (of رافض) Hereticks, particularly Shīʼaﻌs.

رجال rijāl A s. pl. (of رجل) Men. رجال الغيب rijālu-l-g̠ẖaib (by the Hindūs called योगिनी yoginī) s. m. An invisible being which moves in a circular orbit round the world: on the 1st, 9th, 16th, and 24th days of a lunar month, his station is in the east: on the 3d, 11th, 18th, and 26th, in the south-east: on the 5th, 13th, 20th, and 28th, in the south: on the 4th, 12th, 19th, and 27th, in the south-west: on the 6th, 14th, 21st, and 29th, in the west: on the 7th, 15th, and 22d, in the north-west: on the 2d, 10th, 17th, and 25th, in the north: and, on the 8th, 23d, and 30th, in the north-east. His influence on each day is especially exerted during nine ghaṛis, or three hours thirty six minutes, at the close of that tith or lunar day; and, in that interval, it is unfortunate to begin a journey towards the station of this being, or in such a direction as to place him on the right hand.

رانپي rāmpī H s. f. An iron instrument for scraping leather, scraper for leather.