للانا lilānā H v. n. To long for.

لاوه lāwa P s. m. 1. See لابه lāba. 2. Name of a game among children, called also چاليک chālīk.

لمعات lamʼāﻌt A s. plur. of لمعه lamʼaﻌ, q. v.

لپک lapak H (from لپکنا) s. f. 1. A flash (of lightning, &c.). 2. The spring (of a tiger, &c.), bounce, snatch.

ليجهي lījhī H s. f. Dregs (of a die, or of any thing that has been chewed), sediment. H. S̱. ليچ جانا līch jānā, v. n. To submit, to suc- cumb, to subside.

لڙکهڙانا laṛkhaṛānā H v. n. 1. To stagger, to trip. 2. To stutter, to stammer.

لالا lālā H s. m. Sir, master, a schoolmaster.

لالچي lālchī S̱. adj. Covetous, interested, selfish.

لعبت laﻌbat A (rather, luﻌbat) s. f. A puppet, a doll, a plaything.

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