صحاري ṣaḥārạ̄ A or ṣaḥārī, s. plur. (of صحرا) De- serts, plains.

صناديد ṣanādīd A s. plur. (of صنديد) 1. Princes, chiefs. 2. Misfortunes, dangers.

صدمه ṣadma A (from صدم To impinge, to dash) s. m. A blow, a stroke of fortune, shock, adversity, accident, calamity, collision, an adventure.

صدبرگ ṣad-barg P s. m. Name of a flower. (Ro- sa glandulifera: Roxb.).

صفراي ṣafrā-ī A. adj. Bilious.

ص ṣād called صاد مہمله and صادغيرمنقوطه the four- teenth letter of the Arabic alphabet, does not properly occur in the Persian language; but, in a few words it has, in modern times, been substituted for the original س to distinguish them from others of a different signification; as, in صد, originally سد One hundred; and in شصت originally شست Sixty; to prevent their being confounded with سد A wall, and شست An aim. It has no corresponding let- ter in the Sanskrit alphabet. In Persia and

صفاٴي ṣafā-ī A. s. f. Purity, cleanness, clearness, perspicuity. صفاٴي بتاني ṣafā-ī batānī, To reject a petition without ceremony, to refuse flatly. صفاٴي کرنا ṣafā-i karnā, To make clean work of it, to accomplish fully.

صغير ṣag̠ẖīr A (from صغر) adj. Small, slender, inferiour, junior. صغيرسن ṣag̠ẖīr-sinn, adj. Of tender age.

صنم ṣanam A (Heb. ) s. m. l. An idol. 2. A mistress, lover, sweetheart. 3. The name of a game among children: one says, صنم آي ṣanam āʼe, The idol or sweetheart is come; and asks whence? in which dress is she clothed? what does she eat? &c. With whatever letter the answer to the first question begins, those to the others must begin with the same; otherwise, the person failing is condemned, by way of pe- nalty, to imitate the voice of some animal, as a cock or ass, &c.

صفحه ṣafḥa A (from صفح To turn the face) s. m. Page (of a book), surface, face.