لحظه laḥz̤a A s. m. 1. A moment, the twinkling of an eye. 2. A look, a glance.

لياري lyārī H s. m. A wolf.

لکير lakīr S̱. s. f. A line, lineament, streak.

لڙباولا laṛ-bāʼolā S̱. adj. Mad, foolish.

لي پالک le-pālak S̱. s. m. An adopted child, adopted, a fosterchild.

لقندرا luḳandrā H s. m. A rake, a profligate.

لايحه lāʼịḥa A (part. act. of لوح) s. m. Thing shining; splendour.

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

لنڐا lunḍā H adj. Tail-less, tail-cropt, docked. H. S. لنڐ منڐ lunḍ-munḍ, adj. (dakh.) Tail-less and bald.

لڙاخ laṛāḵẖ S̱. adj. (dakh.) See لڙاک laṛāk.