صبوره ṣabūra A. s. m. See سبورا sabūrā.

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

صداع ṣudāﻌ A (from صدع To split) s. m. Vertigo, megrim, headach.

صلات ṣalāt A (from صلا Ch. and To pray) s. f. 1. Prayer, benediction. 2. The first chap- ter of the ḳurʼān.

صناديد ṣanādīd A s. plur. (of صنديد) 1. Princes, chiefs. 2. Misfortunes, dangers.

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

صيغه ṣīg̠ẖa A (from صوغ) s. m. 1. A mould (for casting metal). 2. A word declinable and de- rivative. 3. The mood, tense, or voice of a verb, conjugation, derivation. 4. Trade, pro- fession. 5. A form of words used in marriage ceremonies. (Plur. صيغ).

صحاف ṣaḥḥaf A (adj. superl. from صحف) s. m. A bookbinder, a bookseller.

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.

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