شبک shabak A s. plur. of شبکه shabaka, q. v.

شلق shalḳ A s. f. 1. A round, a discharge (of musketry, &c.). 2. A beating with a whip, &c. 3. Coitus. See شلخ shalḵẖ, sign. 1.

شکستگي shikasta-gī P s. f. Breaking, brokenness; defeat, sickness, dejection, affliction.

شاخول shāḵẖūl P s. m. Name of a grain. (Cy- tisus cajan).

شيرين shīrīn P adj. 1. Sweet. 2. Pleasant,

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.

شوميت shūm-iyat A s. f. Stinginess, niggardliness.

شنجرف shanjarf A s. m. for Pers. شنگرف shan- garf, q. v.

شدهہ शुद्ध shuddha S adj. 1. Accurate, correct. 2. Pure, clean, unpolluted.

شب shab P s. f. Night. (Pers. plur. شبہا or شبان). شب باز shab-bāz, s. A person who ex- hibits various figures for amusement at night, a puppet-show man: one who is up or vigilant at night: a bat. شب باش shab-bāsh, One who stays all night, a lodger. شب باشي shab- bāsh-ī, s. f. Staying all night, nightly lodging. شب بخير shab ba-ḵẖair, Good night, salutation at night. شب برات shab-i-barāt, s. f. The 14th day of the month Shaﻌbān, on which the Musalmāns make offerings and oblations, in the names (if not to the manes) of deceased rela- tions: see برات barāt. شب بيدار shab-bedār, Waking, or watching all night, sleepless. شب پره shab-para, s. m. A bird of night (as, a bat, owl, &c.). شب تار يا تاريک shab-i-tār, or -tārīk, A dark night. شب خوابي shab-ḵẖẉāb-ī, s. f. Night-clothes. شب خون shab-ḵẖūn, s. m. A night-attack. شب خوني shab-ḵẖūn-ī,