لويا liwaiyā H (from لينا lenā) s. m. Taker.

لبيدا labedā H s. m. A club.

لف laff A s. m. Involution, folding, twisting, complicating, joining, assembling, mixing.

لکهوانا likhwānā S̱. (caus. of لکهنا) v. a. To cause to write.

لوکا laukā H s. m. 1. A kind of pumpion. (Cu- curbita lagenaria). 2. (from s̱. لوکنا lauknā) Lightning, flash, glitter, coruscation.

لدوانا ladwānā H (causal of لادنا) v. a. To cause to load or lade.

ليٿنا leṭnā H v. n. To repose, to lie down, to lie, to rest.

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

لوتها lothā H s. f. A bag, a sack, stupe.

لوانا liwānā S̱. (causal of لينا) v. a. To cause to take.