اتهوا अथ Now, &c. and वा Or atha-vā S. conj. Or. S. اتي इति (r. इ Go) itī, a particle implying Cause, manifestation, reference, something ad- ditional, conclusion: and may be translated by Thus therefore, lo, behold, et cetera, so says, finis, the end; in which latter sense it is usually written like زیاده چه in Persian and تم in Arabic, at the end of a book, letter, &c.

اٿول a-ṭol H adj. Unpolished (stones or jewels; and, hence, of persons), rude, unmannerly.

آب خست āb-ḵẖast P s. f. A water-melon, musk-melon, or other fruit the inside of which is acid and perished.

اردي urdī P s. (for اردي بہشت) The second month of the solar year, when the sun is in Taurus.

اڙنا aṛnā H v. n. To stop, to hesitate. اڙکرنا aṛ karnā, To stop.

ادوان adwān H s. f. Braces for tightening the tape of a bedstead.

استحاضه istiḥaẓa A (from حیض) s. m. Immode- rate flux of the menses.

اپردهان अप्रधान a-pradhān S adj. Subordinate, secondary, mean, powerless.

آرتا ārtā आरात्रिक S̱. s. m. A ceremony attending marriage. When the bridegroom first comes to the house of the bride, he is received by her relations, who present to him, and move circularly round his head, a platter painted and divided into several compartments; in the middle of which is a lamp made of flour, filled with ghī and having several wicks lighted.

ادنا adnā A adj. compar. (of دني) 1. Inferiour, lowest, mean, small, little, trivial, unimportant; a person of no consequence. 2. Nearest.