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

صدمه ṣadma A (from صدم To impinge, to dash) s. m. A blow, a stroke of fortune, shock, adversity, accident, calamity, collision, an adventure.

صدا ṣadā A s. f. Sound, tone, echo, voice, noise.

صاحبه ṣāḥiba A (fem. of صاحب) s. f. A lady, mis- tress, &c.

صلوات ṣalawāt A s. plur. (of صلوة) Prayers, bene- dictions.

صبيه ṣabīya A s. f. 1. A damsel, a girl, child. 2. A daughter.

صندل ṣandal A (from Sans. चंदन) s. m. San- dal wood, sanders. A.H. صندلوٿا ṣandal-auṭā, s. m. A stone on which sandal wood is ground.

صراحت ṣarāḥat A (from صرح To be pure, ge- nuine) 1. s. f. Palpableness. 2. Pureness. 3. adj. Pure, unadulterated. صراحتا ṣarāḥataṉ, adv. Publickly, evidently.

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.

صغريٰ ṣug̠ẖrạ̄ A (fem. of اصغر) 1. adj. Less, least. 2. s. m. The minor term of a syllogism.