شنگرف shangarf P s. m. Cinnabar, vermilion.

شاد مان shād-mān P adj. Pleased, delighted, joyful, cheerful, gay, merry, glad.

شہود shuhūd A (from شہد) 1. s. The being pre- sent. 2. adj. Present. 3. s. plur. (of شاهد) Witnesses, evidences. ¶ shahūd, Friday, the day of the resurrection.

شقاوت shaḳāwat A (from شقا) s. f. Misery, dis- grace, poverty, villany.

شاگرد shāgird P s. m. 1. A scholar, disciple, ap- prentice. 2. A servant. شاگرد پيشه shāgird- pesha, s. m. A servant. شاگرد رشيد shāgird-i-rashīd, s. m. A complete scholar, an apt scholar.

شوريت shoriyat P. s. f. Saline quality.

شکست shikast P (from شکستن) 1. s. f. Breaking, fracture, deficiency, loss, defeat. 2. (for شکسته q. v.) adj. Broken, odd, uneven, unpaired. شکست خورده shikast-ḵẖụrda, adj. Broken off, interrupted, defeated.

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,

شيري shīrī P 1. s. f. Part of a ship. 2. adj. Milky, relating to milk. 3. ¶ sher-ī, adj. Of or like the tiger. 4. s. f. Tiger-like conduct, intre- pidity, boldness.

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).