استقبال istiḳbāl A (inf. x. of قبل Heb. and Ch. He came in front, he accepted) s. m. 1. En- countering, meeting, the ceremony of meeting and receiving a visitor. 2. Futurity.

آصف āṣaf A s. m. 1. The caper tree (Capparis spinosa). 2. The name of a man considered to have been Solomonʼs wazīr. آصف راي āṣaf rāʼe, Prudent as Āsaf. آصف الدوله āṣafu-d-daula, The Āsaf of the state.

ايت अयुत ayut S adj. Ten thousand.

آنگ āng S̱. (अंग) s. m. The body, a limb, member. ¶ ang, A division of Hindū learning depending on the Vedas.

امل अमल a-mal S adj. Pure, clean, clear, bright. امل پٿي a-mal-paṭṭī, A kind of stitching.

ابدهوت abdhūt S̱. s. m. (अवधुत) One devoted to God but not attending on ceremonies; a kind of Hindū devotee who worships Siva.

ادهار उद्धार उद् and r. धृ Hold udhār S. or ud-dhār, s. m. Debt (especially not bearing interest), deduction, discharge, deliverance, sal- vation, raising up from any place or state.

اشل ashall A (from شلّ) adj. Having a disjoint- ed, withered, or paralytick hand.

انتشار intishār A (inf. viii. of نشر) s. m. Spreading abroad, divulging, scattering, dispersion, confusion, propagation, explanation.

آکاس आकाश ākās S (or akās), s. m. The fifth element, ether; the sky, the atmosphere, the heavens, the firmament, space. (This element is held by the Hindūs to be more subtle than air, to fill and pervade the universe, and to be the peculiar vehicle of life and sound). آکاس باني ākās-bānī (आकाश The sky, and वाणी Sound) s. f. A voice from heaven; revelation, an oracle.