علوفه uﻌlūfa A (from علف) s. m. Stipend, salary, daily pay, subsistence money, provisions.

عمدا aﻌmdā A or aﻌmdaṉ, adv. Deliberately, de- signedly, intentionally, purposely. A. P. عمدانه uﻌmdāna, adv. Like one noble. A. P. عمدگي uﻌmda-gī, s. f. Greatness, &c. sump- tuousness.

عادي āﻌdī A part. act. (of عدو Heb. To pass) 1. Passing. 2. Superseding. 3. Transgres- sing. 4. adj. Unjust, wicked. 5. (substant.) An enemy. 6. adj. (irreg. from عادت but much used in Hindūstān) Accustomed, addict- ed. عادي کرنا āﻌdī karnā, To addict.

عامل āﻌmil A (part. act. of عمل Heb. To work, to labour) s. m. An intendant of the finances, collector of the revenues, a ruler, go- vernour.

عنصل uﻌnṣul A or uﻌnṣal, s. A squill.

علت iﻌllat A (from علّ Heb. To attempt, to cause) s. f. 1. Disease, defect. 2. Cause, pre- tence, pretext. 3. Filth, dirt. (Plur. علل iﻌlal). حرف علت ḥarf-i-iﻌllat, The interchangeable letter و,ا or ي. Every material substance is said to have four causes: علت صوري iﻌllat-i-ṣūrī, Formal cause, i. e. that form in which its es- sence consists: علت غاٴي iﻌllat-i-g̠ẖāʼī, Final cause, or purpose for which it was made. علت فاعلي iﻌllat-i-fāʼiﻌlī, Efficient cause (as the maker, if the work of man): علت مادي iﻌllat-i-māddī, Material cause, or the matter of which the thing is made.

عظيم aﻌz̤īm A (from عظم) adj. Great, high in dig- nity, large. عظيم الشان aﻌz̤īmu-sh-shān, adj. Of high station or dignity, magnificent.

عبث aﻌbas̤ A 1. adj. Vain, idle, absurd, trifling, profitless. 2. adv. In vain, idly, absurdly, uselessly. 3. subst. Vanity, absurdity.

عجمي aﻌjam-ī A adj. Persian.

عنين iﻌnen A. s. (dakh.) Reins of a bridle: see عنان iﻌnān.