شروع shurūﻌ A (from شرع) s. m. f. Beginning, commencement. (Plur. شروعات Beginnings). شروع کرنا shurūﻌ ḳarnā, To commence, to begin. شروع هونا shurūﻌ honā, To be begun or com- menced.

شکم shikam P or shikm, s. m. The belly. شکم بنده shikam-banda, An epicure, glutton.

شق shaḳḳ A (Heb. To run about) s. m. 1. Trouble, labour, suspense. 2. Dawn of day. 3. A fissure, crack, rent, cleft. شق القمر shaḳḳu-l-ḳamar, Splitting of the moon. شق هونا shaḳḳ honā, To be torn, to be split, rent, &c. ¶ shiḳḳ, s. f. The half of a thing, the side of a mountain, a brother, a friend, difficulty.

شبينه shab-īna P adj. Nocturnal, nightly; last nightʼs, stale.

شين shain A s. Disgrace, dishonour.

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.

شريف sharīf A (from شرف) adj. Noble, eminent, honourable. شريف النفس sharīfu-n-nafs, adj. Noble of soul. شريف مکه sharīf-i-makka, The prince of Mecca.

شنبه shamba P s. m. Saturday.

شاکي shākī A 1. part. act. (of شکو) Complaining, querulous. 2. s. m. A complainer, a backbiter censurer, murmurer.

شتا shattā A (from شتّ Was separate or dis- persed) adj. Distinct, different, various.