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

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.

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

صبوحي ṣabūḥ-ī A. s. f. A bottle for holding wine; the morning draught of wine. صبوحي کش ṣa- būḥī-kash, A drinker of the morning draught.

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

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

صادر ṣādir A (part. act. of صدر) adj. Proceeding, produced, derived, happened, arrived, passed, issued. صادرهونا ṣādir honā, To proceed, to be produced, derived, emerged, issued, &c.

صدارت ṣadārat A (from صدر) s. f. The office of prime minister, or of chief justice, the chancel- lorship.

صلحه ṣulḥa A s. m. Friendship.

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.