اپواس उपवास उप and r. वस Dwell upa-vās S. s. m. Fasting, a fast.

ابهلاک abhi-lāk अभिलाष S̱. s. m. Wish, desire.

اجوره ajūra A s. m. Hire, rent, wages, fare, re- ward, fee. اجوره دار ajūra-dār, s. m. A la- bourer for hire (whether by time or by the job), a hireling.

آزادي āzād-ī P s. f. Freedom, independence, release, manumission, conduct, life or practice of an آزاد āzād or hermit.

انشا inshā A (inf. iv. of نشأ) s. f. Producing, creating; (common acceptation) writing, compo- sition, elegance of style, the belles lettres. انشا پردازي inshā-pardāz-ī, s. f. Writing, letter writing, composition. انشاطراز inshā-t̤arāz, An ele- gant writer. انشاطرازي inshā-t̤arāz-ī, s. f. Ele- gance of composition.

اشتقاق ishtiḳāḳ A (inf. viii. of شقّ) s. m. Deri- vation of one word from another, etymology.

ادر उदर udar S s. m. The belly.

اوچهـ auchh H s. m. Name of a root from which an orange colour is extracted. (Morinda ci- trifolia).

انيت अनीति a-nīti S s. f. Unmannerliness, rudeness, impropriety, injustice, immorality.

اتهوا अथ Now, &c. and वा Or atha-vā S. conj. Or. S. اتي इति (r. इ Go) itī, a particle implying Cause, manifestation, reference, something ad- ditional, conclusion: and may be translated by Thus therefore, lo, behold, et cetera, so says, finis, the end; in which latter sense it is usually written like زیاده چه in Persian and تم in Arabic, at the end of a book, letter, &c.