لکهير likhīr लेखा S̱. s. m. (dakh.) Line.

ل lām the twenty-third letter of the Arabic, and twenty-seventh of the Persian alphabet, corres- ponds to ल in Sanskrit. It is one of the eight dental letters in Arabic, and its sound is that of the English l. In the denotation of numbers by the letters of the Arabic alphabet, it stands for 30: and, by way of abbreviation, it may repre- sent the month شوال. Its permutations are, 1. In Persian and Hindūstānī into ر and vice versa; as, زرو zarū for زلو zalū, A leech; بار for بال Hair; ديوال for ديوار A wall; تلوار for تروار A sword. 2. In Arabic, in

لحظ laḥz̤ A s. f. Looking askew or by the corner of the eye.

لشکر lashkar P s. m. An army. لشکر خلاص lash- kar-ḵẖalāṣ, A trull, a strumpet. لشکرگاه lashkar- gāh, s. f. A camp. لشکرکشي lashkar-kash-ī, s. f. Levying of forces, conduct of an army, leading forth an army, invasion.

لعابي luʼāﻌb-ī A adj. Viscous, slimy.

لادنا lādnā H (caus. of لدنا) v. a. To load, to lade, to freight.

لاٿا lāṭā H s. m. A kind of food eaten by the poor (mahūʼā pounded with grain).

لولا lolā H s. m. A suppository, a kind of solid clyster.

لين دين len den S̱. (from لينا and دينا) s. m. Traf- fick, trade, barter, buying and selling.

لعين laʼīﻌn A adj. Accursed, execrable, detested.