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

عقرب aﻌḳrab A s. m. 1. A scorpion. 2. The sign Scorpio. 3. (met.) A quarrelsome person.

عفونت uﻌfūnat A (from عفن) s. f. Corruption, in- fection, stink, fetidness.

عيب aﻌib A s. m. Fault, defect, a vice, blemish, infirmity, sin, disgrace, infamy. (Plur. عيوب). عيب پوش aﻌib-posh, Concealer of fault or de- fect. عيب پوشي aﻌib-posh-ī, s. f. Concealment of fault. عيب جو aﻌib-jo, adj. Censorious, ma- levolent, malicious, malignant; caviller, carper. عيب جوي aﻌib-jo-ī, s. f. Censoriousness, criti- cism, cavil. عيب چيني aﻌib-chīn-ī, s. f. Picking out faults, criticism. عيب گو aﻌib-go, One who finds fault, a slanderer. عيب گيري aﻌib- gīr-ī, s. f. Finding fault. عيب لگانا aﻌib-lagā- nā, To defame, asperse.

عزازيل aﻌzāzīl A n. prop. Name of a devil or fal- len angel.

عسکر aﻌskar A (from Pers. لشکر) s. m. An army, force, troop. (Plur. عساکر). A. P. عسکري aﻌskar-ī, adj. Relating to the army, military; s. m. A soldier.

عقلي aﻌḳl-ī A adj. Reasonable, rational, relating to intellect, intellectual.

عبث aﻌbas̤ A 1. adj. Vain, idle, absurd, trifling, profitless. 2. adv. In vain, idly, absurdly, uselessly. 3. subst. Vanity, absurdity.

عروس aﻌrūs A (from عرس) s. f. Bride. عروس الخطوط aﻌrūsu-l-ḵẖut̤ūt̤, A kind of handwriting. A. P. عروسانه aﻌrūs-āna, adj. or adv. Bride-like.

عرضي aﻌrẓ-ī A s. f. A representation, memorial, petition, letter (from an inferiour).