شگاف shigāf P (properly شکاف q. v.) s. m. Split, rent, slit, cleft, chasm, fissure, crack, flaw, cre- vice. 2. part. act. (of شگافتن) in compos. Splitting, rending, breaking, cracking.

شخص shaḵẖṣ A (from شخص To raise oneʼs self, to be borne on high) s. m. A person, body, individual.

شکل shakl A s. f. Shape, form, figure, effigy, ap- pearance, semblance, mode. شکل نويس shakl- navīs, s. m. A portrait-painter. شکل مثالي shakl-i-mis̤āl-ī, s. f. A model, a pattern.

شايسته shāyista P or shāyasta, adj. Worthy, ho- nourable, suitable, proper, expedient, wellbred, polite. شايسته مزاج shāyasta-mizāj, adj. Affa- ble, mild, goodtempered.

شلڐي shilḍī H adj. (dakh.) Mad, ill-tempered.

شدن shudan P inf. or verbal noun, in compos. To become, becoming.

شنکراچاري shankarāchārī S̱. The followers of Shankarāchārj, q. v.

شان shān A (from شأن Heb. To do, to act, to make, to take care of) s. f. 1. Business, affair. 2. Dignity, pomp, state, condition, degree. 3. Constitution, nature, disposition. شاندار shān-dār, adj. Stately, a person of state and dignity, or man of rank.

شره sharah A (Heb. To contend for power) s. m. Desire, appetite, avidity, gluttony.

شہاني shah-ānī P. f. adj. Royal, princely; nup- tial (dress).