ليکهنا lekhnā लेखन S̱. v. a. (dakh.) To write: see لکهنا likhnā.

لاسا lāsā H s. m. 1. Any thing clammy, or glu- tinous. 2. The milk of plants. 3. Size.

لوٴي loʼī S̱. s. f. 1. (लोमीय) Blanket, flannel. 2. Splendour of the countenance, honour. ¶ lūʼī (लोप्त्री) s. f. A round lump of dough prepared for making into bread or cakes.

للوپتو lallo patto H s. m. Wheedling, coaxing, flattering, adulation.

ليوار lewār S̱. (from लेप Plaster) s. m. Mud (to plaster a wall with).

لوند laund H s. m. An intercalary month.

لتهڙ lathaṛ H adj. Stiff.

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

لمبي lambī S̱. (see لمبا) adj. f. 1. Long, tall. 2. A kind of bounding pace in a horse. لمبي سانس بهرني lambī sāṅs bharnī, To regret, to la- ment. لمبي کرنا lambī karnā, To make a horse capriole, or throw out his fore legs.

لـﮩبر lahbar H s. m. A kind of parroquet.