ابراهیم ibrāhīm A n. prop. Abraham.

اقل aḳṣạ A adj. compar. (of قصي) Extreme, most distant; the extreme, ex- tremely.

امام imām A s. m. 1. A leader in religious af- fairs, a prelate, patriarch, priest, chief. 2. A large bead in a rosary, which remains fixed in the hand and is not turned over in counting (called by the Hindūs sumeru).

اطفا it̤fā A (inf. iv. of طفا Ch. Was extin- guished) s. m. Extinction (of fire).

آنٿ ānṭ S. or anaṭ (आनद्ध Bound) s. f. 1. A knot. 2. Envy.

افیون afyūn A s. f. Opium, the inspissated juice of the Papaver somniferum. (The word may be derived from افن To deprive of reason or pru- dence (Gol.); or, rather from Gr. ʼopos, Juice, especially of the Laserpitium (Hippoc.), whence ʼopion (Dioscor.); or, from the Sans. अहिफेन ahiphen, comp.of अहि Serpent, and फेन Froth, foam. Hunter).

اپرتشٿها अप्रतिष्ठा a-pratish̤ṭhā S s. f. Want of respectability.

از az P prep. From, of, than, by, with. ازآنجمله az ān-jumla, Of that number. ازبس az bas, From the abundance, sufficiently, notwithstanding, although. ازخود رفته az ḵẖụd rafta or از خویش رفته az ḵẖẉesh rafta, Absent in mind, out of mind, distracted. از خود رفتگي az ḵẖụd raf- tagī, Departure from oneʼs self, distraction of mind. از خود شدن az ḵẖụd shudan, To be out of oneʼs self, the being out of oneʼs mind. ازراه az rāh, By the way. ازسرنو az sar-i-nau, Anew, afresh. It may, also, be prefixed to Persian words beginning with a vowel; as, ازان az-ān, From that; ازین az-īn, From this.

اڙهکنا uṛhaknā H v. n. To overset. اڙهک پر uṛhak par, Abroach, atilt.

ابیر a-ber S̱. s. f. Delay, lateness.