ليلة القدر lailatu-l-ḳadr A The night of power; a celebrated night in which they say that angels descended or the ḳurʼān began to descend.

لٿکن laṭkan H s. m. 1. Any thing hanging. 2. Drops worn in the ears; a pendant, aigulet. 3. A fruit with which clothes are died yellow. 4. Name of a green handsome bird, which of- ten remains hanging by the feet. 5. A stand for water-pots. 6. The drops of a crystal lustre. لٿکن مـﮩبن laṭkan mahban (dakh.) A silk twist with two or four silk tassels suspended to it for a ladyʼs chonṭī or braided hair.

لـﮩاب luhāb A (from لـﮩب Heb. ) s. m. Blazing, flame without smoke, burning.

لنجا lunjā P. adj. Lame of a hand or hands, having lost the use of hands and feet.

لمپٿ लंपट lampaṭ S adj. False, lying, disso- lute, lecher, libertine. کچهـ لمپٿ kachh-lam- paṭ, adj. Incontinent, dissolute, lewd.

لپيٿوان lapeṭ-wān H adj. Twisted, ornamented with gold or silver thread wound round it.

لوا lawā लाव S̱. s. m. A kind of quail. (Per- dix chinensis).

ليپن लेपन lepan S s. (dakh.) Besmearing, plastering.

لولو lūlū P s. m. 1. A people in Persia, called also Kārājī. 2. A goblin to frighten children. (Burh. ḳāt̤.).

لچر lachar H s. m. A foolish fellow, a simpleton.