شکنجه shikanja P s. m. 1. Stocks (for the legs). 2. Boards in which binders press books. 3. A press. 4. Rack, torment, torture.

شترتا शत्रुता shatrutā S s. f. Enmity.

شفعه shufʼaﻌ A (from شفع) s. m. Any possession coveted. حق شفع ḥaḳḳ-i-shufʼaﻌ, Right of preemption in favour of a person whose posses- sions adjoin to a land offered for sale.

شناساٴي shināsā-ī P s. f. Acquaintance, know- ledge.

ششم shashum P adj. Sixth.

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.

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

شابي shābī A. s. f. (dakh.) Likeness, &c.: see شبيه shabīh.

شاما shāmā S̱. s. m. 1. (श्यामा) The little bird generally called Shāma. 2. (श्यामाक) Name of a grain. (Panicum colonum or fru- mentaceum).

شاخچه shāḵẖ-cha P s. m. Branch, small branch.