صباح ṣabāḥ A s. f. The morning, dawn of day. صباح الخير ṣabāḥu-l-ḵẖair, 1. Morning salutation, good morning! 2. Name of a bird.

صناعت ṣināʼaﻌt A (from صنع To make) s. f. Art, trade, profession.

صيانت ṣiyānat A s. f. Defence, guarding, keeping, preservation, support.

صدقه ṣadḳa A (prop. ṣadaḳa, Heb. ) s. m. 1. Alms. 2. Propitiatory offerings, sacrifice. صدقي جانا يا هونا ṣadḳe-jānā or -honā, To become a sa- crifice for the welfare, &c. of another. صدقي کرنا ṣadḳe karnā, To sacrifice for the welfare, &c. of another.

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

صرافي ṣarrāf-ī A. s. f. Banking, money-changing.

صالح ṣāliḥ A (part. act. of صلح Heb. To be good or useful) adj. Good, apt, fit, proper. s. m. 1. A man of probity and honour. 2. A sedate, steady person (opposite to enthusiast).

صحراٴيه ṣaḥrā-iya A. adj. Of the desert, wild.

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

صرفه ṣarfa A s. f. 1. Expense, expending. 2. Profusion, profit, utility, surplus, redundancy, addition. 3. The twelfth mansion of the moon, a star in the tail of Leo.