امساک imsāk A (inf. iv. of مسک Heb. and Ch. He held, drew) s. m. Holding, retention; parsimony, abstinence, a medicine taken to pro- long pleasure, scarcity, want.

اذا iẕā A adv. When: behold.

اچپلاهٿ āchpalā-haṭ S̱. s. f. Restlessness, play- fulness, vivacity, in- constancy, wantonness.

اکڙباٴي akaṛ-bāʼī H s. f. The cramp.

اٿکهیل aṭkhel S̱. (r. अट्ट Exceed, and खेला Sport) adj. Wanton.

استبداد istibdād A (inf. x. of بدّ) s. m. Absolute dominion, despotism, insisting upon a thingʼs being done.

اتو uttū H s. m. Plaits of cloth. مارکر اتو بنایا اسکیتئین mārkar uttū banāyā uske taʼīṅ, He beat him to a mummy (lit. till his body became marked like the plaits in cloth). اتو کرنا uttū karnā, v. a. To plait. اتو کش uttū-kash, or اتو گر uttū-gar, A plaiter.

ارپن अर्पण arpaṇ S s. m. An offering.

اگوڙه अगूढ a-gūṛh S adj. Easy.

آستان āstān P (Sans. स्थान Place, r. ष्ठा Stand) s. m. A threshold, a fakīrʼs residence. آستان بوسي āstān-bos-ī, s. f. Kissing the threshold; paying respects. ستان stān, or استان istān (in compos. signifies) Place.