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

لامي lām-ī A adj. Of or relating to the letter lām.

لڙکي laṛkī S̱. (fem. of لڙکا laṛkā, q. v.) s. f. A girl.

لکهنت likhant S̱. (from لکهنا likhnā, To write) s.m. Predestination, fate.

لجاجت lajājat A (from لجج) s. f. Importunity, entreaty, adulation.

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

لڙکا laṛkā S̱. (लडक r. लड Sport, play) s. m. A boy, child, infant, babe. لڙکا بالا laṛkā-bālā, s. m. Child. لڙکا لڙکي laṛkā laṛkī, s. Boys and girls, children.

لوح lauḥ A (Heb. ) s. f. A plank, a table, a board (especially, on which any thing is written), a tablet. لوح محفوظ lauḥ-i-maḥfūz̤, The guarded table on which the destinies of mankind are written (according to the Muhammadans). لوح وقلم lauḥ-o-ḳalam, s. f. The tablet and pen on, and with, which the decrees of the deity are written.

ليس lais H 1. adj. Ready, brought. 2. s. m. A kind of vinegar. 3. A practising arrow. 4. A spring.

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