احرام iḥrām A (inf. iv. of حرم) s. m. Act of for- bidding or interdicting, putting on the pilgrimʼs habit at a certain distance from Mecca, determi- nation or resolution. (At a certain distance from Mecca, the pilgrims interdict themselves all worldly enjoyments, &c. There their reso- lution is fixed to complete the pilgrimage; and, hence, the word means the determination then formed). جامۀ احرام jāma-i-iḥrām, The gar- ment worn by pilgrims on entering Mecca.

اسقاط isḳāt̤ A (inf. iv. of سقط Heb. and Ch. He fell, &c.) s. m. Causing to fall; procuring an abortion, miscarrying, miscarriage, taking away, dying (of cattle). H. A. اسقدر is-ḳadar, To this degree, thus much, so much, thus.

ادبو उद्भव उद् and r. भू Be ud-bhav S. s. m. Act of being born or of springing up (as plants from seed), birth, production.

اسیجهنا usījhnā H (caus. of اسجنا usijnā) v. a. To boil.

ابجد abjad A s. m. A particular arrangement of the Arabic alphabet; the alphabet; a mode of denoting numbers by the letters of the alphabet.

اشبهہ अशुभ अ and शुभ Happy, well, right a-shubh S. adj. Unfavourable, inauspicious; subst. Unhappiness, distress.

اشتمال ishtimāl A (inf. viii. of شمل) s. m. Com- prehension, containing.

امانیه अमान्य amānya S adj. Not to be credited, incredible.

امرد amrad A adj. Beardless; handsome (a youth). امردپرست amrad-parast, A sodomite.

ادهیلي adh-elī S̱. s. f. Half a rupee or gold mohur.