وعده waﻌda A (from وعد Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. A promise, vow, agreement, bargain, assigna- tion, appointment. وعده خلاف waﻌda-ḵẖilāf, 1. A false contract. 2. A person who does not keep his promise. وعده خلافي waﻌda-ḵẖilāf-ī, s. f. Breach of promise. وعده شکن waﻌda- shikan, A promisebreaker. وعده فراموش waﻌda- farāmosh, Forgetful of oneʼs promise. وعده کرنا waﻌda karnā, To promise, to appoint, make an appointment, &c., make a bargain. وعده گاه waﻌda-gāh, Place of assignation or appoint- ment. وعده وعيد waﻌda-waʼīﻌd, Evading a pro- mise. وعده وفا waﻌda-wafā, Observing oneʼs promise, punctual, true to oneʼs word.

واپس wā-pas P adv. Behind, afterward, then, again, back, returning. واپس دينا يا کرنا wāpas- -denā, or -karnā, To return, to give back. واپس رکهنا wāpas rakhnā, To detain, to retard.

وجيه wajīh A (from وجه) adj. Of a good counte- nance or appearance, respectable.

وعظ waﻌz̤ A (Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. Advice, admonition, exhortation; sermon.

وقاع wiḳāﻌ A s. 1. Attack in battle, engagement. 2. Intercourse with a woman.

ولي wale P (for وليکن) adv. But, yet, however.

وارستگي wārasta-gī P s. f. Deliverance, freedom.

ويراني wairān-ī P or wīrān-ī, s. f. Desolation, de- population, destruction, desert places.

وقار waḳār A (from وقر Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. 1. Dignity, estimation. 2. Steadiness, constancy. 3. Modesty, gravity, mildness, honour, reputation.

وسطي wasat̤-ī A. adj. Middling, neither long nor short pronunciation.