عنقريب aﻌn-ḳarīb A (عن prepos. and قريب Near) adv. Near, soon, shortly, nearly, almost.

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.

علوم uﻌlūm A s. plur. (of علم iﻌlm) Sciences.

عدول uﻌdūl A (from عدل) s. m. Declining, re- fusing, receding, deserting, returning. عدول حکمي کرنا ūﻌdul-ḥukm-ī-karnā, To disobey or- ders. عدول کرنا ūﻌdūl karnā, To deviate from, disobey, decline, refuse.

عساکر aﻌsākir A s. plur. (of عسکر) Armies, troops.

عاريت āﻌriyat A (from عور) s. f. Borrowing or lending any thing which is itself to be returned. See ادهار udhār.

عز iﻌzz A s. m. Glory, dignity, grandeur, excel- lence, power.

عرس uﻌrs A s. m. 1. Oblations, offerings to a saint. 2. A marriage feast. ¶ iﻌrs, s. m. f. A spouse.

عنين iﻌnnīn A (from عنّ) adj. Impotent.

عمره uﻌmra A s. m. 1. Pilgrimage to Mecca. 2. Visiting a wife while in the house of her parents.