شحناٴي shaḥnā-ī A. s. f. Superintendence.

شبنم shab-nam P (شب Night, and نم Moisture, dew) 1. s. f. Dew. 2. s. m. A kind of fine linen.

شبا shubā A. s. (dakh.) for شبہہ shubha, q. v.

شب shab P s. f. Night. (Pers. plur. شبہا or شبان). شب باز shab-bāz, s. A person who ex- hibits various figures for amusement at night, a puppet-show man: one who is up or vigilant at night: a bat. شب باش shab-bāsh, One who stays all night, a lodger. شب باشي shab- bāsh-ī, s. f. Staying all night, nightly lodging. شب بخير shab ba-ḵẖair, Good night, salutation at night. شب برات shab-i-barāt, s. f. The 14th day of the month Shaﻌbān, on which the Musalmāns make offerings and oblations, in the names (if not to the manes) of deceased rela- tions: see برات barāt. شب بيدار shab-bedār, Waking, or watching all night, sleepless. شب پره shab-para, s. m. A bird of night (as, a bat, owl, &c.). شب تار يا تاريک shab-i-tār, or -tārīk, A dark night. شب خوابي shab-ḵẖẉāb-ī, s. f. Night-clothes. شب خون shab-ḵẖūn, s. m. A night-attack. شب خوني shab-ḵẖūn-ī,

شدت shiddat A (from شدّ Heb. To plunder, lay waste) s. f. 1. Violence, force, vehemence. 2. Adversity, affliction, difficulty.

شيرني shīrnī P. (corrupt. of شيريني) s. f. Sweet- meats, &c. offered in memory of saints, &c.

شاخول shāḵẖūl P s. m. Name of a grain. (Cy- tisus cajan).

شتر शत्रु shatru S s. m. An enemy. شتربهاو शत्रुभाव shatru-bhāv, Like an enemy, as bad as an enemy.

شبديز shabdez P s. m. A black horse of extraor- dinary size, belonging to King Ḵẖusrau Par- wez; a black horse, a horse of noble breed.

شيفته shefta P part. pass. (of شيفتن) Distracted, infatuated, enamoured, mad.