شفاي shifā-ī P n. prop. Name of a Persian poet.

شوب shob P (from شستن) s. m. Washing.

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

شحنه shaḥna A (or shiḥna, from شحن To drive away, to propel) s. m. 1. A viceroy, lieutenant, representative, superintendent of police. 2. A peon, or servant of a tax-gatherer.

شگفته shugufta P or shigufta (rather شکفته shikuf- ta, q. v.) part. pass. (of شگفتن) Expanded, blooming, blown (as a flower). شگفته خاطري shugufta-ḵẖāt̤ir-ī, s. f. Blooming or expansion of mind. شگفته هونا shugufta honā, 1. To be blown (a flower), to bloom. 2. To be delighted.

شہوار shah-wār P adj. Worthy of a king, princely; s. m. A matchless pearl.

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

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

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.

شباهت shabāhat A (from شبه) Similarity, resem- blance, likeness.