شکرپاره shakar-pāra P s. m. A kind of sweet- meat.

شگاف shigāf P (properly شکاف q. v.) s. m. Split, rent, slit, cleft, chasm, fissure, crack, flaw, cre- vice. 2. part. act. (of شگافتن) in compos. Splitting, rending, breaking, cracking.

شط shat̤t̤ A s. Bank of a river.

شمسي shams-ī A adj. Solar. شمسي قمري shams-ī ḳamar-ī, adj. (solar and lunar) 1. A perquisite taken by the officers of government, being the difference between the pay for a lunar and solar month. 2. A monthly period of three or four days, during which the female attendants in the womenʼs apartments have leave of absence.

شقايق shaḳāʼịḳ A (from شقّ) s. m. 1. A tulip. شقايق النعمان shaḳaʼiḳu-n-nuﻌmān, The anemone. 2. plur. (of شقيقه) Cracks, fissures. A. P. شقدار shiḳḳ-dār, 1. s. m. An officer appoint- ed to collect the revenue from a certain division of land. 2. adj. Perplexing, uncertain. A. P. شقداري shiḳḳ-dār-ī, s. f. 1. The business of a shiḳḳ-dār. 2. Perplexity, uncertainty.

شبر shibr A s. m. A span, the distance from the end of the thumb to the tip of the little finger when the hand is expanded.

شيورات shiv-rāt S̱. A night so called by the Hindūs.

شعر shiﻌr A s. m. Poetry, verse. شعرخواني shiﻌr-ḵẖẉānī, s. f. Reading or studying poetry.

شرطي shart̤-ī A 1. adj. Conditional. 2. s. f. A lottery.

شنگ shang P 1. adj. Amorously playful, elegant and sweet in manners (a mistress). 2. s. A thief, robber, knave.