ارسٿا arsaṭṭā H s. m. 1. Guess, conjecture, va- luation, appraisement. 2. A mediator, a broker.

ابج अब्ज अप् Water, and ज Born abja S. s. m. The nymphæa or lotus: the moon: a conch: a kind of tree (eugenia acutangula): the physician of the gods.

اهل ahl A s. m. People, possessor, inhabitant, consort. adj. Fit, capable, worthy. (in com- pos.) Possessed of, endowed with. اهل الله ahlu-llāh, People of God; dervises, fakīrs. اهل باطن ahl-i-bāt̤in, Contemplative. اهل بيت ahl-i-bait (People of the house) Family; (but always meaning) the family of the prophet Muhammad. اهل حرفه ahl-i-ḥirfa, Artificer, artisan. اهل خدمت ahl-i-ḵẖidmat, An officer, one in office under the government. اهل حيانت ahl-i-ḵẖiyānat, Treacherous, perfidious. اهل دل ahl-i-dil, Liberal, brave, generous; dervises. اهل دلق ahl-i-dalḳ, Dervises, mendicants. اهل دول ahl-i-dawal, Possessed of wealth, rich. اهل ذوق ahl-i-ẕauḳ, Addicted to pleasure, a voluptuary. اهل روزگار ahl-i-rozgār, Knowing the world, skil- ful. اهل ريش ahl-i-rīsh, Having a beard; a grown-up man. اهل زمان ahl-i-zamān, Time serving. اهل زمين ahl-i-zamīn, An inhabitant of the earth. اهل زهد ahl-i-zuhd, Continent, devout, pious. اهل سخن ahl-i-suḵẖan, Eloquent. اهل شرع ahl-i-sharﻌ, A legislator, a lawyer, one who observes the law of Muhammad. اهل صفا ahl-i-ṣafā, Pure in heart; a Sūfī; a voluptuary. اهل طاعت ahl-i-t̤āʼaﻌt, Obedient, faithful to God. اهل طبع ahl-i-t̤abﻌ, Possessed of genius, person of genius. اهل طبقه ahl-i-t̤abḳa, One who does not observe the precepts of Muhammad. اهل طريق ahl-i-t̤arīḳ, An observer of the laws of

اهلا āhlā H or ihlā, s. Inundation, deluge, flood, overflow.

ابکي ab-kī S̱. adj. f. Of the present time, now.

اجیو a-jīʼo S̱. (अ and जीव Life) adj. Lifeless.

اشٿادش अष्टादश ash̤ṭādash S adj. Eighteenth.

افزا afzā P part. act. (of افزودن) in compos. In- creasing.

اعجاز iﻌjāz A (inf. iv. of عجز) s. m. Disappoint- ment; miracle, wonder, astonishment, amaze- ment, surprise. اعجاز مسیحائي iﻌjāz-i-masīḥā-ī, A cure as miraculous as the cures of the Mes- siah, a miraculous cure.

اورنگ aurang P s. m. A throne.