آسماني āsmān-ī P adj. Heavenly, celestial, from heaven, sky-coloured, cerulean, azure. آسماني تیروغیره āsmānī tīr wa g̠ẖairah, An arrow, &c. shot in the air. S. اسمرت स्मृति (r. समृ Remember) ismirti or smr̤iti, s. f. The Hindū law.

ادهکہا adh-kahā S̱. adj. m. Half-spoken, half- uttered.

ادل بدل adl badl H s. m. Exchange, altera- tion. ادلا بدلا کرنا adlā badlā karnā, or ادلي بدلي کرنا adlī badlī karnā, To exchange, to swop or barter, to confuse, to displace.

اوس os H s. f. Dew. اوس پڙجني os paṛ jānī, To fall in value, to be deprived of importance, splendour, &c., to become less in demand than formerly.

اساوري asāwarī S̱. s. f. 1. (आसावरी) Name of a rāginī or musical mode. 2. A kind of pi- geon. 3. A sort of cotton cloth.

استحباب istiḥbāb A (inf. x. of حبّ Heb. He loved) s. m. 1. Contracting friendship. 2. An action the performance of which is merito- rious and the omission not criminal; work of supererogation.

اچتنا uchaṭnā S̱. (उत् and r. चट Separate, break) v. n. To separate; to be separated (as plaster from a wall); to slip, slide, rebound (as a sword striking a hard body obliquely); to be broken or interrupted (sleep).

الڙبلڙ alaṛbalaṛ H s. f. Trifling talk or employ- ment.

آکاس پون ākās-pawan S̱. (Sans. आकाशवल्ली or अमरवल्ली, in Hindī आकाशबेल or अमरबेल) s. m. A plant growing on trees, air-plant or dodder. (Cuscuta reflexa). Hunter.

اماني amān-ī A. s. f. 1. Security. 2. Trust, charge, deposit. 3. adj. (applied to land) What is in charge of a collector on the part of government (in opposition to اجاره that which is farmed).