صنمخانه ṣanam-ḵẖāna P s. m. An idol temple.

صرير ṣarīr A s. f. The scratching sound of a pen, the grating of a door, &c.

صد ṣad P adj. Hundred. (Sans. शत). صدمني ṣad-man-ī, adj. Containing a hundred man.

صله ṣila A (from وصل) s. m. 1. Conjunction, connexion. 2. A present, a gift. 3. Poetick li- cence. 4. The relative in respect to the ante- cedent. حرف صله ḥarf-i-ṣila, A conjunctive par- ticle.

صعوبت ṣuʼūﻌbat A s. f. Difficulty, hardship, trouble.

صفراي ṣafrā-ī A. adj. Bilious.

صراف ṣarrāf A (adj. superl. from صرف) s. m. A banker, a moneychanger.

صندوقي ṣandūḳ-ī A. adj. Like a box. (Applied to a tomb and a scabbard of a sword made in that form).

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.

صوبه ṣūba A s. m. 1. A province. 2. A governour. (Term peculiar to Hindūstān). A.P. صوبه دار ṣūba-dār, s. m. 1. The chief, viceroy, or lieutenant of a province. 2. A military offi- cer among Indian troops, whose rank corres- ponds to that of captain. A.P. صوبه داري ṣūba-dār-ī, s. f. The office of lieu- tenant of a province, the government of a صوبه ṣūba or province.