امامیه imāmiya A (Followers) of the Imām; name of a Muhammadan sect, who make Alī the rightful imām immediately after Muhammad.

آماج āmāj P s. m. A mound or heap of earth on which a mark is fixed to shoot arrows at, a mark or butt for shooting arrows at, an instru- ment with which land is ploughed, a throne, the twenty-fourth part of a parasang. آماجگاه āmāj- gāh, The place where the mark is fixed for shooting arrows at.

اٿن aṭan S̱. s. m. plur. of اٿا aṭā, q. v.

ابهک ubhak H s. m. A bear.

اکثیر iks̤īr A. s. f. for اکسیر iksīr, q. v.

اهير ahīr आभीर S̱. s. m. A cowherd, a cast or tribe whose business it is to attend on cows.

اوڙن oṛan H s. m. Shield, target.

اشرفي ashrafī P s. f. A gold coin so called. (The Calcutta ashrafī is worth ₤1. 11s. 8d. and the gold of it is better than English standard gold by five shillings in the ounce, or about 1/16. By the regulations of May 1793, it should weigh 190.894 grains troy).

اوغرا og̠ẖrā H s. m. A dish of food so called.

آرایش ārāʼịsh P s. f. Ornament, embellishment, preparation, dressing, equipage.