عورات aﻌurāt A s. f. plur. (of عورت in Persian and Hindī) Women.

عيد īﻌd A s. f. 1. A solemnity, festival, holy day (returning at stated intervals; perhaps, from عود Heb. To return continually to the same act). 2. Easter. عيد الفطر īﻌdu-l-fit̤r or عيد صغير īﻌd-i-ṣag̠ẖīr, A festival held when the fast of

عاشق āﻌshiḳ A part. act. (of عشق) used substan- tively, A lover. (Pers. plur. عاشقان). عاشق هونا āﻌshiḳ honā, To fall in love. A.P. عاشقانه āﻌshiḳ-āna, adj. Amorous, lover-like.

عزا aﻌzā A s. f. Condolence, mourning. عزادار

عيساٴي īﻌsāʼī A. adj. Christian.

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.

عاقرقرحا āﻌḳarḳarḥā A s. m. Pellitory.

عاصم āﻌṣim A (part. act. of عصم) adj. Virtuous, chaste, protected, safe. ابو عاصم abū āﻌṣim (fa- ther of the safe or defended) i. e. Barley broth.

عصاره uﻌṣāra A (from عصر) s. m. Expressed juice.

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.