ترانه tarāna P s. m. 1. Modulation, harmony, voice, song, melody, symphony, trill, shake, quaver. 2. A kind of song. ترانه پرداز tarāna- pardāz, Composing songs.

تهوتلا thotlā H adj. Blunt.

ترغيب targ̠ẖīb A (inf. ii. of رغبت) s. f. Ex- citing desire, incitement, instigation, temptation, stimulation. ترغيب دينا targ̠ẖīb denā, To set agog, excite, incite, to tempt, entice, induce.

تسطير tast̤īr A (inf. ii. of سطر) s. f. Delineating, writing.

تر tar P adj. 1. Moist, damp, wet, fresh, green, young, juicy. تربندي tar-baṇd-ī, s. f. The ap- plication of a wet bandage to a wound. 2. A particle, which, added to Persian adjectives, and in some few instances to Arabic, forms the com-

تلافي talāfī A (inf. vi. of لفو) s. f. Compensation, recompense, reparation, making amends.

تلواسنا talwāsnā H v. a. Spoken of the feet of an animal which are worn by treading on hard rocky ground.

تهوک thūk H s. m. Spittle. تهوک چاٿنا thūk chāṭnā, To break oneʼs promise. تهوک دينا thūk denā, To leave, to give up. تهوک لگاکرچهوڙنا thūk lagākar chhoṛnā, To treat with sovereign contempt. تهوک لگانا thūk lagānā, To apply spittle. (A term of abuse and of most indecent meaning).

تعميه taﻌmiya A (inf. ii. of عمي) s. m. 1. Act of rendering blind. 2. Concealing the meaning of a sentence or discourse. (Generally applied to a chronogram after the manner of abjad, when the clause, which should give the date, fails in accuracy, and the excess or defect is obscurely indicated by another word. Ex. gr. ازحوض لطيف اب بردار az ḥauẓ-i-lat̤īf āb bardār, Draw water from the pellucid cistern. The letters in حوض لطيف make 943, from which substracting those of اب 3, we have the date required 940). 3. An enigma.

ترديد tardīd A (inf. ii. of ردّ) s. f. Repelling, op- posing. حرف ترديد ḥarf-i-tardīd, The disjunc- tive conjunction, يا yā, Or.