استخفاف iṣtiḵẖfāf A (inf. x. of خفّف) s. m. Making light of, despising, holding in contempt; indignity.

ادخال idḵẖāl A (inf. iv. of دخل) s. Insertion, introduction.

اشتقاق ishtiḳāḳ A (inf. viii. of شقّ) s. m. Deri- vation of one word from another, etymology.

آنکڙي ānkṛī S̱. or ankṛī (see انکسي anksī) s. f. The barb of an arrow, a hook, tenter, catch; a circle.

اپت a-pat S̱. s. Discredit, disgrace.

اشگن a-shugun S̱. s. m. Bad omen, portent.

اچارنا uchchārnā S̱. v. a. To pronounce, speak out, utter, articulate, express.

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

آباداني ābādān-i P s. f. A habitation, a cultivated, inhabited, populous, or pleasant place; population, cultivation, prosperity, abundance.

آباٴي ābā-ī A adj. Belonging to, or descending from oneʼs ancestors; paternal.