امتداد imtidād A (inf. viii. of مدّ) 1. s. m. Pro- traction, prolongation, extension, prorogation. 2. adj. Protracted.

اصلح aṣlah A adj. compar. (of صالح) Best, most correct, most advisable.

اپین अपीन a-pīn S adj. Light, lean.

احق aḥaḳḳ A adj. compar. (of حقیق) More or very proper or deserving.

ابانا ubānā H v. a. To sow, to plant.

آنڐ ānḍ S̱. or āṅṛ (अण्ड) s. m. A testicle.

اجنبي ajnabī A adj. Foreign, strange, un- known (person).

ابیر abīr H s. m. Powder used in the holī. See عبیر aﻌbīr.

ارداوا ardāwā H s. m. Coarsely ground meal.

آسرم आश्रम ā-sram S s. m. 1. Abode, resi- dence. 2. A religious order (of which there are four kinds referable to the different periods of life: as, 1st. That of the ब्रह्मचारी brahma- chārī, or student; 2d. That of the गृहस्थ gr̤ihastha, or householder; 3d. That of the वानप्रस्थ vānaprastha, or anchorite: and 4thly. That of the भिक्षु bhiksh̤u, or beggar).