صوت ṣaut A s. f. Sound, voice, clamour, noise, calling for help, shout, shriek of distress.

صريحًا ṣarīḥaṉ A adv. Clearly, openly, evidently, plainly.

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

صفي ṣafī A (from صفو) adj. 1. Pure. 2. Just. 3. n. prop. The name of a Persian dynasty that

صنمکده ṣanam-kada P s. m. An idol temple.

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

صحيفه ṣaḥīfa A (from صحف) s. m. A book, a leaf, a page, a letter.

صفہان ṣifahān P See اسفہان isfahān.

صبيح ṣabīḥ A adj. Beautiful. s. A fine com- plexion.

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.