لوکا lūkā S̱. (r. लोक Shine) s. m. Pieces of burning matter thrown out from a conflagration. لوکا لگانا lūkā lagānā, To inflame or excite quar- rels, &c.

لوهيا lohiyā S̱. (from लोह) adj. Of iron.

لوري lūrī P s. The leprosy. ¶ lorī, 1. adj. Shameless. 2. Elegant, nice, delicate. 3. s. Name of a people about Kābul.

لينڐي lenḍī H 1. s. f. Goatʼs dung. 2. A cur, a country dog. 3. adj. Impotent.

لکهير likhīr लेखा S̱. s. m. (dakh.) Line.

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

لنگوٿيا يار langoṭiyā-yār P. An old friend (from childhood), a very intimate friend, a crony.

لپٿي lapṭī H s. f. Pap, any glutinous liquid food.

لچها lachchhā H s. m. A bundle (of thread), a ball or skein of thread, &c. ¶ (In the Dakhan) A necklace worn tight round the neck, formed of gold beads and glass beads. (Qanoon-e-islam).

ليد līd H s. f. The dung of horses or elephants.