علو uﻌlūw A (Heb. To be lofty or eminent) s. m. An eminence, height, sublimity.

عدد aﻌdad A s. m. Number. عدد مطلق aﻌdad mut̤laḳ or عدد ذاتي aﻌdad ẕātī, Cardinal number. عدد وصفي aﻌdad waṣfī, Ordinal number.

عقيق aﻌḳīḳ A (Ch. ) s. m. A cornelian.

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.

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.

عنصر uﻌnṣur A or uﻌnṣar, s. m. Origin, element.

عسس aﻌsas A s. m. The night-watch or guards.

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

عجم aﻌjam A s. m. 1. Barbarians, all people not Arabian. 2. Persians. 3. Countries not Ara- bian. 4. Persia.

عروض aﻌrūẓ A (from عرص) 1. s. f. Versification. 2. s. m. Mecca and Medina, with their adjacent territory.