صحرا ṣaḥrā A s. m. A desert, a plain. صحراگرد ṣaḥrā-gard, Wandering or travelling through deserts. صحرا نشين ṣaḥrā-nishīn, s. m. A her- mit, an inhabitant of the desert. صحرا نورد ṣaḥ- rā-naward, Wanderer of the desert. صحرا نوردي ṣaḥrā-naward-ī, s. f. Wandering in the desert or forest.

صراقه ṣarrāf-a A. s. m. The place where bankers transact their business, a bank.

صداع ṣudāﻌ A (from صدع To split) s. m. Vertigo, megrim, headach.

صمداني ṣamdān-ī A adj. Divine.

صمغ ṣamg̠ẖ A or ṣamag̠ẖ, s. Gum. صمغ حماما ṣamag̠ẖ ḥamāmā, Gum ammoniac. صمغ عربي ṣamg̠ẖ-i-aﻌrabī, Gum arabic.

صفر ṣafar A or ṣafaru-l-muz̤affar, s. m. The se- cond month of the Muhammadan year. (On the 20th day of this month is held the festival of Sarotan, in commemoration of the junction of the head and body of Ḥusain. The 28th and the last days of this month are reckoned unfortunate; the former on account of Ḥasanʼs being poisoned by his wife; the latter because destructive vegetables are supposed to be pro- duced on that day). ¶ ṣifr, s. m. A cipher.

صعب ṣaﻌb A adj. Hard, difficult, arduous, rough, troublesome, disagreeable, disobedient, stubborn, perverse.

صابون ṣābūn A s. m. Soap. (Hence Gr. *sa/pwn).

صراط ṣirāt̤ A s. f. A road. صراط المستقيم ṣirāt̤u- l-mustaḳīm, The right way, i. e. the Muhamma- dan religion. ¶ ṣurāt̤, A long sword.

صغر ṣig̠ẖar A s. m. Smallness, minuteness.