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

صلاحيت ṣalāḥiyat A (from صلح) s. f. Virtue, chastity, integrity, goodness, probity, sanctity.

صحابت ṣaḥābat A s. f. Society.

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

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.

صرير ṣarīr A s. f. The scratching sound of a pen, the grating of a door, &c.

صوفيه ṣūfīya A s. The ṣūfīs or sect of ṣūfīs.

صحاري ṣaḥārạ̄ A or ṣaḥārī, s. plur. (of صحرا) De- serts, plains.

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

صوبه ṣūba A s. m. 1. A province. 2. A governour. (Term peculiar to Hindūstān). A.P. صوبه دار ṣūba-dār, s. m. 1. The chief, viceroy, or lieutenant of a province. 2. A military offi- cer among Indian troops, whose rank corres- ponds to that of captain. A.P. صوبه داري ṣūba-dār-ī, s. f. The office of lieu- tenant of a province, the government of a صوبه ṣūba or province.