عرابه aﻌrāba P s. m. A car, a chariot, a cart.

عارض āﻌriẓ A (from عرض) s. m. 1. The cheek. 2. An accident. 3. A mustermaster, also the general of an army. 4. part. act. Happening, befalling.

عدن aﻌdn A (Heb. ) s. f. Eden, paradise. ¶ aﻌdan, Name of an island or town in Yaman.

عصمت iﻌṣmat A (from عصم Heb. To be strong, to strengthen, to protect or defend, to preserve from sin) s. f. 1. Defence, protection (especially from sin); hence, 2. Chastity, ho- nour, integrity, continence.

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.

عجايبات aﻌjāʼịbāt A s. plur. See عجايب aﻌjāʼịb.

عصفور uﻌṣfūr A s. m. A sparrow. (Plur. عصافير).

عصيان iﻌṣyān A (from عصا Ch. and Syr. and To commit violence, to resist, to rebel) s. m. Sin, transgression.

عمده uﻌmda A (from عمد) 1. adj. Great, noble. 2. s. m. A grandee, a support, a pillar, a prop, confidence, reliance, trust.

عبادتي iﻌbādat-ī A. s. m. A devotee, a religious person.