شباهت shabāhat A (from شبه) Similarity, resem- blance, likeness.

شريفه sharīfa A. s. m. A custard apple. (Annona squamosa).

شکويٰ shakwạ̄ A s. m. Complaint. See شکوا shakwā.

شعبه shuʼba A s. m. The cleft or crack of a moun- tain in which water stands, a channel in which water flows especially through the sand.

شہاب shihāb A s. m. 1. A bright star, a falling star, a meteor. 2. Flame. 3. (Pers.) ¶ sha- hāb, A red colour.

شادي shād-ī P s. f. 1. Pleasure, delight, joy. 2. Marriage, festivity, rejoicing. شادي مرگ shā- dī-marg, 1. s. f. An easy death, death from joy. 2. adj. Dying easily or from joy. شادي کرني shādī karnī, To feast. شاديان گنانا shadiyāṅ ginānā (dakh.) To make merry.

شبکوري shab-korī P s. f. The night-blindness.

شکسته shikasta P 1. part. pass. (of شکستن) Bro- ken; bankrupt, sick. (Plur. شکستگان). 2. s. m. A kind of writing, the Persian running hand. شکسته بال shikasta-bāl or شکسته پر shi- kasta-par (lit. Broken-winged) Distressed, bro- ken down, wretched. شکسته بالي shikasta-bāl-ī, s. f. Distress, wretchedness, affliction. شکسته پا shikasta-pā, adj. Infirm, broken down, reduced. شکسته پاي shikasta-pā-ī, s. f. Infirmity, wretch- edness. شکسته حال shikasta-ḥāl, adj. Distres- sed, wretched, broken down, ruined. شکسته حالي shikasta-ḥāl-ī, s. f. Indigence, distress, wretch- edness. شکسته خاطر shikasta-ḵẖāt̤ir, adj. Dis- tressed in mind, afflicted, offended. شکسته دل shikasta-dil, adj. Distressed, afflicted. شکسته دلي shikasta-dil-ī, s. f. Distress, affliction. شکسته رنگ shikasta-rang, adj. Altered in colour (from affliction). شکسته رنگي shikasta-rang-ī, s. f. Altered colour (from affliction). شکسته وعده shikasta-waﻌda (Broken engagements) adj. Faithless.

شاقه shāḳḳa A (from شقّ To split, to tear, to be difficult) adj. Difficult, perplexing, trouble- some, severe.

شتا shattā H adj. (dakh.) 1. See حراف ḥarrāf. 2. See مکاره makkāra. 3. See قحبه ḳaḥba.