شہر shahr A s. m. A month. (Plur. شہور).

شفق shafaḳ A (Heb. To applaud. Chald. To suffice, to be in doubt, q. d. between day and night) s. m. 1. Evening twilight. 2. Con- dolence, sympathy, kindness. 3. Fear.

شوال shauwāl A s. m. The tenth month of the Muhammadan year; on the first day of which the festival of Bairām, or īﻌd is celebrated, being the first day after the musalmān Lent; and, on this day it is customary to make presents, &c.

شعرا shuʼaﻌrā A s. plur. (of شاعر shāʼiﻌr) Poets.

شام shām P 1. s. f. Evening. 2. (a) s. m. Sy- ria. شام کي مرديکوکب تک روٴيي shām ke murde ko kab tak roʼiye, is applied to express a circumstance which is likely to be a subject of regret for life. (The expression is taken from the custom, among the relations of a dead per- son, of venting loud lamentations while the corpse remains in the house. If the death hap- pens in the morning, the body is soon removed; but, if towards evening, it remains till next morning; in which case the mourners are apt to be overtaken by sleep).

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

شيرني shernī P. s. f. A lioness or tigress.

شاهنشاهي shāhanshāh-ī P 1. s. f. Empire. 2. adj. Imperial.

شکري shakarī P s. f. A kind of phālsā so called. (Grewia Asiatica).

شيرين shīrīn P adj. 1. Sweet. 2. Pleasant,