آچهادن आच्छादान आ and r. छद Cover āchchhādan S. s. m. Cloth, garments.

اطہار at̤ʼhār A adj. plur. (of طاهر) Pure, chaste.

استهرتا अस्थिरता a-sthiratā S s. f. Unsteadiness, instability. S. استهرتا स्थिरता (r. ष्ठा Stand) isthiratā or sthiratā, s. f. Rest, tranquillity, steadiness.

افضل afẓal A adj. compar. (of فاضل) More or most excellent, preeminent.

اسفہان isfahān P n. prop. Ispahān, the capital of Persian عراق iﻌrāḳ (the ancient Parthia).

اظہار iz̤ʼhār A (inf. iv. of ظہور) s. m. Manifesta- tion, revelation, disclosure, demonstration, pub- lication, display, declaration. اظہار کرنا iz̤hār karnā, To disclose, reveal, notify, propose.

الجهن uljhan H s. f. Involution, entanglement, complication.

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

افسانه afsāna P s. m. A fiction, tale, story, ro- mance. افسانه خوان afsāna-ḵẖẉān, or افسانه گو afsāna-go, A story-teller, romance-teller.

الہیت ilāhīyat A s. f. The divinity, godhead.