اعتصام iﻌtiṣām A (inf. viii. of عصمت) s. m. Abstaining from sin or what is unlawful.

آشنائي āshnā-ī P s. f. Acquaintance, friendship. آشناٴي کرنا āshnā-ī-karnā, v. a. To associate, to be familiar, to unite. آشنائي لگنا āshnā-ī lagnā, v. n. To become intimate, to be united in friendship.

ايران īrān P n. prop. Persia.

ادوار adwār A s. plur. (of دور daur) Revolutions, periods, ages.

آدهار आधार आ and r. धृ Hold ā-dhār S. s. m. A patron, supporter, one on whom de- pendance is placed for assistance.

اجمال ijmāl A (inf. iv. of جمل) s. m. An ab- stract, compendious account, synopsis.

اهاهاها ahāhāhā S̱. (Sans. अहह) interj. expres- sive of surprise, pain, pleasure, &c. Ah! aha!

امین āmīn A or amīn, adv. Amen, so be it.

اسمین a-samaiṅ S̱. adv. Out of season. S. آسن आसन (r. आस Sit) āsan, s. m. 1. A stool, a seat, a small carpet on which the Hindūs sit at prayer, a carpet to sit on. 2. Stay, abiding, posture, attitude, sitting (espe- cially, the attitudes adopted by jogīs in their devotional exercises, of which they enumerate eighty-four). 3. The inside or under part of the thigh. 4. The withers of an elephant, the part where the driver sits. آسن تلي آنا āsan tale ānā, To come under subjection. آسن حوڙنا āsan joṛnā, To sit on the hams. آسن ڐولنا āsan ḍolnā, Spoken of a holy man, who perceiving by supernatural intelligence that some one in distress has called on him, interposes in his behalf. آسن سي آسن جوڙنا āsan se āsan joṛnā, To sit close in contact with another person. آسن لگانا āsan lagānā, To sit obstinately in a given posture till oneʼs request be obtained. آسن مارنا

آروهن आरोहण ārohaṇ S s. m. A ladder, staircase.