عقيدت aﻌḳīdat A s. f. (from عقد) Faith, belief, a fundamental article of religion, tenet.

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

عورت aﻌurat A (Heb. from Heb. To blind, to strip naked, or To be naked) s. f. 1. The pudenda of man or woman, that which is concealed through modesty. 2. (in Persian and Hindī) A woman, a wife.

عنصري uﻌnṣur-ī A. adj. Elemental, original.

عاصمه āﻌṣima A adj. f. (of عاصم q. v.) Chaste.

عارضه āﻌriẓa A s. m. Any thing necessary to be done, an accident, an event, an affection.

عجالت iﻌjālat A s. f. Haste, anticipation.

عنايت iﻌnāyat A s. f. Favour, gift, present, boun- ty. عنايت کرنا iﻌnāyat karnā, To give, to grant.

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.

عجب aﻌjab A (Heb. ) s. m. Wonder, admi- ration, astonishment; adj. Wonderful, astonishing, amazing, miraculous, rare, strange, droll, &c. ¶ uﻌjb, s. m. Pride, haughtiness. عجب کرنا aﻌjab karnā, To be astonished, to wonder.