استادگي istāda-gī P s. f. Standing, stand, erec- tion, firmness, resistance.

اجان a-jān S̱. (अ and ज्ञान Knowledge) adj. Ignorant, simple, innocent, indifferent, careless.

اشتہار ishtihār A (inf. viii. of شہرت) s. m. Pub- lication, divulging, fame, rumour, report, re- nown. اشتہارکرنا ishtihār karnā, To publish, divulge. اشتہار نامه ishtihār-nāma, An adver- tisement.

آرث irs̤ A s. m. Inheritance, heritage.

اپرچنڐ अप्रचंड a-prachanḍ S adj. Not violent, not strong or forcible, without dignity.

اوندهنا aundhā-nā H v. a. To turn upside down, to reverse, invert, overturn, overset, spill.

اح uḥ A An exclamation denoting pain. (It is often reiterated, as اح اح uḥ uḥ).

افغان afg̠ẖān P 1. s. m. See فغان fig̠ẖān. 2. n. prop. A people, called also Paṭhāns, inha- biting the hilly country to the N. W. of Lāhaur. In their history, they pretend to derive their origin, as well as name, from Afg̠ẖān, whom they account a grandson of Malik Tālūt (king Saul). As to religion, they are Mahometans, notwithstanding the claim they set up to a Jew- ish extraction. (Plur. Arab. افاغنه afāg̠ẖina or Pers. افغانان afg̠ẖānān).

اربسي उर्वशी उरु Great, and r. वश Will urbasī S. or urvasī, s. f. 1. Name of one of the

انته پر अन्तःपुर अन्तर् Within, and पुर A town, a house antah-pur S. s. m. The inner apartments.