سلي silī H s. f. 1. The trunk of a tree. 2. Plank. 3. A teal.

ساعت sāʼaﻌt A s. f. A moment, minute, hour. ساعت ساز sāʼaﻌt-sāz, Clockmaker.

سفاهت safāhat A (from سفه) s. f. Stupidity, folly, buffoonery, insolence.

سرچشمه sar-chashma P s. m. A spring, a foun- tain, source, fountain-head.

سہجنا sahajnā शोभांजन S̱. A tree the root of which supplies the place of horseradish. (Gui- landina morunga: Linn. Hyperanthera mo- runga: Roxb.). P. S̱. سہرا sihrā (comp. of سه Three, and هار Gar- land, &c.) s. m. A chaplet, a garland, wreath (worn on the head by a bridegroom and bride at the marriage ceremony).

سمادهہ samādh S (समाधि) s. f. 1. Tomb of a Jogī, particularly where Hindūs, from religious motives, submit to be buried alive. 2. An ex- ercise of austerity among Jogīs, whereby they are supposed to acquire the power of suspending during their pleasure the connexion between their soul and body.

س sīn usually named سين مـہمله or سين غيرمنقوطه the twelfth letter in the Arabic and fif- teenth in the Persian alphabet, corresponds to स in Sanskrit. Its sound is that of the English s in sun, sin. In denoting numbers by the let- ters of the Arabic alphabet, it stands for 60. In almanacks it represents the Sun, and a sextile aspect of the planets. It is also used as an abbreviation for the salutation السلام. It is changed (in Arabic) (1) into ي as سادي for سادس The sixth: (2) into ت as طست for طسّ A bason: (3) into ص as صلخ for سلخ The last day of the month; and (in Pers.) اصفـہ‍ان for اسپـہ‍ان: (4) into ا as دساها for دسسها He exposed her to deceit: (5) (in Arab. and Pers.) into ز; see ز: (6) (in Pers.) into چ as خروچ for خروس A cock: (7) into ش as فرشته for فرسته Sent: (8) into ه as آماه for آماس A swelling: this last substitution, also, takes place in the aorist of Persian verbs which have س before تن of the infinitive, as خواهم from خواستن (9) (in the same tense) into ن as بندم from بستن: (10) into ي as آرايم from آراستن (11) into ل as گسلم from گسستن. It is substituted (1) in the aorist of Persian verbs for خ as شناسم from شناختن (2) for ش as مسک when adopted into Arabic for مشک Musk. In the aorist of some verbs it suffers elision, as گريم from گريستن To weep. Prefixed to the aorist of Arabic verbs it implies quickness or expedition, as سينصر He will quickly assist. In Sanskrit words, س sa (for स) is a prepositive particle signifying with; as, in سجيو सजीव sa-jīva (with life) Alive. ¶ س su (for सु) prepos. Good, well, easy, very (the reverse

سوسن sosan A (Heb. from obsolete root To be white) s. f. A lily.

سوٴي sūʼī सूचि S̱. s. f. A needle. سوٴي کا سينبل sūʼī kā seṅbal, A bubble. سوٴي کي ناکي سي خداٴي کو نکالنا sūʼī ke nāke se ḵẖudā-ī ko nikālnā, Applied to express the performance of things apparently impossible. Hidāyat says:-- تها کام يہہ تيراهي خداوند تعاليٰ لا سوٴي کي ناکي سي خداٴي کو نکالا

سري sarī शर S̱. s. f. 1. The shaft of an arrow. 2. A reed of which arrows are made.