آيت āyat A s. f. A sign, a mark; a verse or paragraph of the ḳurʼān contained between signs which serves as stops. آيت مطلق āyat-i-mut̤laḳ, A stop (in grammar) used in the ḳurʼān only, and equivalent nearly to a comma.

اچل अचल a-chal S adj. Immovable, incapa- ble of motion; s. m. A mountain, an aged person. نیل اچل nīl achal, The blue mountain near Balasore.

ابریشمي abreshm-ī P adj. Silken, of silk.

اشوپت अश्वपति अश्व Horse, and पति Lord ashwa-pati S. s. m. A person of rank at- tended by horsemen, a horseman.

اشکت अशक्त अ and r. शक Be able a- shakt S. adj. Powerless, unable.

انت ant S (for अंत) 1. s. m. End, comple- tion. 2. Perdition, destruction. 3. Mind, heart. 4. adv. After all, at last. s̱. 5. (for अन्तर antara) In, within. ¶ anat (for अन्यत्र anyatra) Elsewhere, somewhere else.

ادموا ad-mūā S̱. adj. m. Half-dead.

اٿکل aṭkal H s. f. Guess, conjecture, judgment, opinion, quantity, size. اٿکل باز aṭkal-bāz, adj. Adroit at guessing; an appraiser.

امسال im-sāl P (for این This, and سال Year) adv. This year.

اهل ahl A s. m. People, possessor, inhabitant, consort. adj. Fit, capable, worthy. (in com- pos.) Possessed of, endowed with. اهل الله ahlu-llāh, People of God; dervises, fakīrs. اهل باطن ahl-i-bāt̤in, Contemplative. اهل بيت ahl-i-bait (People of the house) Family; (but always meaning) the family of the prophet Muhammad. اهل حرفه ahl-i-ḥirfa, Artificer, artisan. اهل خدمت ahl-i-ḵẖidmat, An officer, one in office under the government. اهل حيانت ahl-i-ḵẖiyānat, Treacherous, perfidious. اهل دل ahl-i-dil, Liberal, brave, generous; dervises. اهل دلق ahl-i-dalḳ, Dervises, mendicants. اهل دول ahl-i-dawal, Possessed of wealth, rich. اهل ذوق ahl-i-ẕauḳ, Addicted to pleasure, a voluptuary. اهل روزگار ahl-i-rozgār, Knowing the world, skil- ful. اهل ريش ahl-i-rīsh, Having a beard; a grown-up man. اهل زمان ahl-i-zamān, Time serving. اهل زمين ahl-i-zamīn, An inhabitant of the earth. اهل زهد ahl-i-zuhd, Continent, devout, pious. اهل سخن ahl-i-suḵẖan, Eloquent. اهل شرع ahl-i-sharﻌ, A legislator, a lawyer, one who observes the law of Muhammad. اهل صفا ahl-i-ṣafā, Pure in heart; a Sūfī; a voluptuary. اهل طاعت ahl-i-t̤āʼaﻌt, Obedient, faithful to God. اهل طبع ahl-i-t̤abﻌ, Possessed of genius, person of genius. اهل طبقه ahl-i-t̤abḳa, One who does not observe the precepts of Muhammad. اهل طريق ahl-i-t̤arīḳ, An observer of the laws of