عبور uﻌbūr A (from عبر) s. m. Passing, crossing (a river), passing over, a ford, or pass.

علم iﻌlm A s. m. Science, knowledge. علم اسما iﻌlm-i-asmā, The knowledge of the names, i. e. of the attributes of God. علم الـﮩ‍ي iﻌlm-i-ilāh-ī, Theology. علم اليقين iﻌlmu-l-yaḳīn, Certain know- ledge, demonstration. علم تصوف iﻌlm-i-taṣau- wuf, The mystick, or contemplative science. علم تواريخ iﻌlm-i-tawārīḵẖ, Chronology. علم حکمت iﻌlm-i-ḥikmat, Philosophy, physicks. علم رقم يا غباريا حساب iﻌlm-i-raḳam, or -g̠ẖubār, or -ḥisāb, Arithmetick. علم رياضي iﻌlm-i-riyā- ẓī, The mathematical sciences. علم سحر iﻌlm-i-siḥr, Magick. علم طبيعي iﻌlm-i-t̤abīʼīﻌ, Natural philosophy. علم عروض iﻌlm-i-aﻌrūẓ, Prosody, ver- sification. علم غيب iﻌlm-i-g̠ẖaib, The know- ledge of what is occult or absent, or what has not yet existed, foreknowledge, divination. علم قيافه iﻌlm-i-ḳiyāfa, The science of physiognomy. علم کلام يا بيان يا بلاغت يا معاني iﻌlm-i-kalām, or -bayān, or -balāg̠ẖat, or -maʼāﻌnī, The explana- tory science, i. e. Rhetorick, oratory, eloquence. علم لدن يا لدني iﻌlm-i-ladun, or -ladunnī, Inspired

عز aﻌzza A 3d. pers. sing. mas. past tense, Was or is excellent or glorious. عزاسمه aﻌzza-smuhu, Glorious is his name. عزّوجلّ aﻌzza wa jalla (applied to the Deity) The great and glorious.

عاري āﻌrī A (part. act. of عري Heb. ) adj. Naked, void of, free from.

ع aﻌin called عين مـﮩمله or عين غير منقوطه the eighteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet, does not occur in pure Persian, and has no analagous character in Sanskrit. It is one of the guttural letters, being formed in the lower part of the throat, by a compression of the fauces stronger and deeper than that used in the formation of hamza. Its sound has been compared to the voice of a calf calling its mother, or to that of a person who is making some painful exertion. It is one of the radical letters. In the denota- tion of numbers by the Arabic letters, it stands for 70. In Persian words introduced into Ara- bic it is substituted for ا as لعل for لال.

علامت aﻌlāmat A s. f. A mark, sign, symptom, coat of arms, ensign, emblem. (Plur. علامات).

عاقبت āﻌkibat A (from عقب Heb. ) s. f. 1. The end, conclusion, futurity, future state. 2 Success. 3. adv. Finally, at the end, at last, after all. عاقبت انديش āﻌḳibat-andesh, Pro- vident, prescient, considerate, discreet, looking into futurity. عاقبت اند يشي āﻌḳibat-andesh-ī, s. f. Foresight, regard to the issue, end, conse- quence or future.

عجالت iﻌjālat A s. f. Haste, anticipation.

عزلتي uﻌzlat-ī A. s. m. A recluse, hermit.

علام aﻌllām A adj. superl. (of علم) Most knowing, omniscient. علام الغيوب aﻌllāmu-l-g̠ẖuyūb, Knowing all mysteries (an epithet of God).