لال lāl P 1. adj. Red. لال ساگ lāl sāg, s. m. Name of a vegetable. (Amaranthus gangeti- cus. Willd.). 2. Dumb. 3. s. m. A ruby. 4. adj. Inflamed.

ليس लेश les S s. m. 1. Mark, sign, effect. 2. A little.

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

لگ lag S̱. (r. लग Come in contact) To, as far as, near, till, until, up to, close to, whilst, during.

لي le S̱. (from لينا) part. Having taken; imper. take; till, to, come! well! H. لئي or لي laʼī, adj. (dakh.) Much, many, ex- tremely, more, very.

لچکانا lachkānā H v. a. To jolt, to strain.

لپکي lapkī H s. f. A stitch.

لـﮩبيرا lahberā H s. m. Name of a plant.

لکهيرا lakherā S̱. (from लाक्षा Lac) s. m. A var- nisher.

لهواٿي lhūʼāṭī H s. (dakh.) See لوکٿي lūkṭī.