شدا shaddā A. (perhaps, from شدّ To run, to charge an enemy; or, corrupt. of شہدا shuhadā, Mar- tyrs) s. m. The banners that are carried with the taﻌziya, in the muḥarram.

شہانه shah-āna P m. adj. Royal, princely; nup- tial (dress).

شجره shajara A s. m. A list of saints, or holy predecessors (in the manner of a genealogical tree) given to disciples.

شيو shiv शिव S̱. n. prop. The Deity in the character of Producer and Destroyer, or Time personified. See سو siva and مہاديو mahādev.

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,

شطرنجي shat̤ranj-ī A s. f. A kind of carpet. شطرنجي باف shat̤ranjī-bāf, s. m. A carpet- weaver.

شامخ shāmiḵẖ A part. act. (from شمخ) 1. High, elevated. 2. Proud.

شراٿا sharāṭā H s. m. Sound, noise, voice.

شدهہ शुद्ध shuddha S adj. 1. Accurate, correct. 2. Pure, clean, unpolluted.

شافه shāffa A (part. act. f. from شفّ To be fine, or thin, to extenuate, to pinch as cold: Chald. To scrape, to rub, to plaster, to polish) s. m. A bougie, a pessary, a suppository.