آشنا āshnā P s. m. f. An acquaintance, lover, friend. آشنا پرست āshnā-parast, Friendly, at- tentive to friends, sociable. S̱. اشنان स्नान ashnān or snān, s. m. Bathing.

آزادي āzād-ī P s. f. Freedom, independence, release, manumission, conduct, life or practice of an آزاد āzād or hermit.

اپنتهہ a-panth S̱. (अ and पंथाः A road) s. m. A wrong or bad road, a devious track; heresy.

اٿهسٿهہ aṭhsaṭh अष्टषष्ठि S̱. adj. Sixty-eight.

از az P prep. From, of, than, by, with. ازآنجمله az ān-jumla, Of that number. ازبس az bas, From the abundance, sufficiently, notwithstanding, although. ازخود رفته az ḵẖụd rafta or از خویش رفته az ḵẖẉesh rafta, Absent in mind, out of mind, distracted. از خود رفتگي az ḵẖụd raf- tagī, Departure from oneʼs self, distraction of mind. از خود شدن az ḵẖụd shudan, To be out of oneʼs self, the being out of oneʼs mind. ازراه az rāh, By the way. ازسرنو az sar-i-nau, Anew, afresh. It may, also, be prefixed to Persian words beginning with a vowel; as, ازان az-ān, From that; ازین az-īn, From this.

آهن āhan P s. m. Iron.

آمدورفت āmad o raft P s. f. Coming and going, ingress and egress, intercourse.

انوار anwār A s. plur. (of نور) Lights, splendour.

آدم خور ādam-ḵẖor P adj. Man-eater, man-de- vouring; a cannibal.

اسپغول ispag̠ẖol P s. m. Seed of fleawort or plantain. (Plantago ispaghul: see As. Res. vol. xi, p. 174).