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).

آزردگي āzurda-gī P s. f. Displeasure, vexation, affliction, sorrow.

ابریق ibrīḳ A s. m. An ewer.

استبیست अस्तव्यस्त astabyast S or asta-vyasta, adj. Confused, dispersed, scattered, helter skel- ter, in confusion.

الف alf A (Heb. ) adj. Thousand. A.H. الفا alfā, s. m. A kind of dress resembling

آواره āwāra P adj. Vagabond, wanderer, disso- lute. آواره هونا āwāra honā, To wander, to be distressed, to be oppressed, to be miserable. آواره کرنا āwāra karnā, To make a wanderer, to expel, to harass. آواره گردي āwāra-gard-ī, s. f. Vagrancy, wandering about. (Plur. آوارگان).

آنهون ānihauṅ S̱. v. fut. tense 1st pers. sing. of آننا To bring.

البیلپنا albel-panā H s. m. Foppishness, spruceness, airs and blandishments.

الگانا algānā S̱. (from الگا) v. a. To separate, dis- join, to put on one side.

اگواڙا agwā-ṛā S̱. s. m. The front, the forepart; the space in the front of a house.