سک शुक suk S s. m. A parrot.

سختي saḵẖt-ī P s. f. 1. Hardness, firmness, harshness, intenseness, vehemence, severity, as- perity, atrocity, grievance, hardship. 2. Obdu- racy. 3. Stinginess, indigence. 4. Distress, difficulty. سختي کوپينا saḵẖtī ko pīnā, (dakh.) See برداشت کرنا bar-dāsht karnā under برداشت.

سفوف safūf A (from سفّ To take a medicine in a state of powder and dry) s. m. A medicine taken dry and unmixed, a powder (in opposi- tion to an electuary).

سيد saiyid A (verbal adj. from سود) s. m. 1. A lord, a prince. 2. A descendant of Ḥusain, who was the grandson of the prophet Muḥammad. سيد الانام saiyidu-l-anām (the prince of men and of all living creatures), سيد البشر saiyidu-l-bashar (the prince of mortals), سيد المرسلين يا انبيا saiyidu-l-mursalīn or -ambiyā (the head of the apostles, or prophets) are epithets of Muḥammad.

سرشته sar-rishta P s. m. See سررشته. ¶ si- rishta, pass. part. (of سرشتن) Mixed, created.

ستاده sitāda P part. pass. (of ستادن) Taken away. ¶ (for استاده istāda) Standing.

سرمغزن sarmag̠ẖzan P. s. m. Trouble, vexation, labour, perplexity, fatigue.

سره گاٴي sura-gāʼe S̱. s. The Yāk of Tartary or bushy-tailed bull of Tibet (bos grunniens), an animal of the tail of which an instrument is formed to drive away flies. See As. Res. vol. iv.

سلي silī शिला S̱. s. f. 1. A whetstone. 2. A small kiln. ¶ sulī, s. (dakh.) Empaling stake: see سولي sūlī.

سرفراز sar-farāz P adj. Exalted, eminent, dis- tinguished, promoted. سرفرازکرنا sar-farāz karnā, To exalt, dignify, honour, ennoble.