لجلجانا lajlajānā H v. a. To soften.

لينه līna A (from لون) s. m. A kind of palm.

لبيک labbai-k A Here I am ready to obey thee! Here I am at thy call!

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

لبرچٿاٴي labar-chaṭā-ī H s. Giving the breast to a child, when it contains no milk.

لکهنو lakhnau H n. prop. A city in Oude.

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

لاج lāj लज्जा S̱. s. f. Bashfulness, modesty, shame.

لپٿنا lipaṭnā H or lapaṭnā, v. n. To cling, to ad- here together, to stick.

لتهڙنا lithaṛnā H or lathaṛnā, v. n. To be draggled.