شاکني शाकिनी shākinī S s. f. A female divi- nity of an inferiour character, attendant espe- cially on Siva and Durgā.

شگفتن shuguftan P inf. or verb. n. To bloom, blooming.

شورش shorish P (from شوريدن) s. f. 1. Tumult, insurrection, confusion. 2. Brackishness, saltness.

شام shām P 1. s. f. Evening. 2. (a) s. m. Sy- ria. شام کي مرديکوکب تک روٴيي shām ke murde ko kab tak roʼiye, is applied to express a circumstance which is likely to be a subject of regret for life. (The expression is taken from the custom, among the relations of a dead per- son, of venting loud lamentations while the corpse remains in the house. If the death hap- pens in the morning, the body is soon removed; but, if towards evening, it remains till next morning; in which case the mourners are apt to be overtaken by sleep).

شکسته shikasta P 1. part. pass. (of شکستن) Bro- ken; bankrupt, sick. (Plur. شکستگان). 2. s. m. A kind of writing, the Persian running hand. شکسته بال shikasta-bāl or شکسته پر shi- kasta-par (lit. Broken-winged) Distressed, bro- ken down, wretched. شکسته بالي shikasta-bāl-ī, s. f. Distress, wretchedness, affliction. شکسته پا shikasta-pā, adj. Infirm, broken down, reduced. شکسته پاي shikasta-pā-ī, s. f. Infirmity, wretch- edness. شکسته حال shikasta-ḥāl, adj. Distres- sed, wretched, broken down, ruined. شکسته حالي shikasta-ḥāl-ī, s. f. Indigence, distress, wretch- edness. شکسته خاطر shikasta-ḵẖāt̤ir, adj. Dis- tressed in mind, afflicted, offended. شکسته دل shikasta-dil, adj. Distressed, afflicted. شکسته دلي shikasta-dil-ī, s. f. Distress, affliction. شکسته رنگ shikasta-rang, adj. Altered in colour (from affliction). شکسته رنگي shikasta-rang-ī, s. f. Altered colour (from affliction). شکسته وعده shikasta-waﻌda (Broken engagements) adj. Faithless.

شبکه shabaka A (Heb. from شبک To weave) s. m. 1. A net. 2. A lattice, a reti- culated veil.

شبکوري shab-korī P s. f. The night-blindness.

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

شہادت shahādat A (from شہد Chald. To testify) s. f. 1. Evidence, testimony, witness. 2. Martyrdom.

شنکرا shankarā S̱. (from शंकर) s. m. Name of a musical mode or rāgiṇī.