شاخ shāḵẖ =S. शाखा
P شاخ shāḵẖ (=S. शाखा), s.f. A bough, branch (of a tree, &c.); a twig; a stalk (of wheat, &c.); a slip or cutting; a horn; a cupping instrument; (fig.) a dilemma, difficulty; objection; obstacle;—a kind of cake made of wheat flour and fried in ghī:—shāḵẖ-dār, adj. Branched; branchy, horned:—shāḵẖ-dar-shāḵẖ, adj. Branched out; ramified; diffused; far aṇd wide; various-coloured; various, of different sorts; entangled, involved:—shāḵẖ-ě-daryā, s.f. Branch of a river:—shāḵẖ-dahana, s.m. A small powder-flask (for priming):—shāḵẖ-ě-zaʻfarān, 'A twig of saffron'; (met.) anything strange and rare; a rara avis; one who esteems too highly his own deserts, a proud or conceited person:—shāḵẖ-sār, adj. Full of branches;—s.f. A place abounding in trees; a garden:—shāḵẖ-shāna, vulg. shāḵẖ-sānā, s.m. lit. 'Horn and shoulder blade'; noise, report, to-do, rumpus, row; calumny; trouble, difficulty, dilemma; objection, cavil; intimidation, threat (the phrase owes its origin to the circumstance of certain mendicants carrying in one hand a ram's horn and in the other a ram's shoulder-blade with which they make an objectionable noise before the doors of those from whom they seek relief):—shāḵẖ-shāne nikālnā (-meṅ), To raise an outcry (in the matter of), to make a pother (about); to raise a difficulty or obstacle (in respect of); to raise an objection (to), to carp or cavil (at):—shāḵẖ-shāne nikalnā, v.n. A difficulty or trouble to arise; a pother to be made; &c.:—shāḵẖ-shajra, s.m. A genealogical table, a pedigree:—shāḵẖ-shikasta, adj. Broken-horned:—shāḵẖ lagānā (-meṅ), To put a slip or cutting (into the ground); to graft (in);—to cup:—shāḵẖ-madrasa, s.m. A branch school:—shāḵẖ nikālnā (-meṅ), To raise a difficulty or obstacle (in the way of); to put a spoke (in the wheel of); to raise an objection (to), to carp or cavil (at).
شيح shaiḵẖ, vulg. sheḵẖ
A شيح shaiḵẖ, vulg. sheḵẖ, s.m. An old or elderly man, a venerable old man, an elder; a head or chief of a tribe, or of a village; the head of a religious confraternity, a doctor of religion and law, a prelate; a reputed saint;—the first of the four classes into which Moḥammadans are divided; an individual of that class;—a title taken by the descendants of the prophet; a title given to proselytes to Moḥammadanism;—sheḵẖ-ćillī or sheḵẖ-ćullī, s.m. A traditionary jester; a fool; a madman;—a scamp, rogue:—sheḵẖ-ḍoṇḍū, s.m. A figure set up by way of sport, or as a charm to stop rain:—sheḵẖ-saddo, s.m. A kind of malignant deity worshipped by women (he is made responsible for many diseases, and is supposed to be a great admirer of women):—shaiḵẖa-nā, Our Lord; our patron; my lord; my preceptor; my patron.
شوخ shoḵẖ
P شوخ shoḵẖ, adj. Bright (as colour, &c.), cheerful, gay, sprightly; buxom; brisk, spirited; humorous, sly; whimsical, capricious, playful, mischievous; petulant, saucy, bold, daring, hardened, strong; insolent, presumptuous; brazen, wanton, impudent, shameless;—s.f. A wanton:—shoḵẖ-ćashm, or shoḵẖ-dīda, adj. Playful-eyed; of a wanton look, lewd, impudent:—shoḵẖ-ćashmī, s.f. Playfulness of the eye; wantonness:—shoḵẖ-mizāj, adj. Of a gay disposition, &c.
شکوه shukoh, shikoh, shakoh
P شکوه shukoh, shikoh, shakoh [rt. Zend khshvip = S. शिप्], s.f. Majesty, magnificence, dignity, grandeur, state; train, pomp, parade; stir, to-do:—shukoh karnā, To act pompously, to make a stir, or to-do.
شخ shaḵẖ
P شخ shaḵẖ, s.m.? Hard ground (esp. at the summit, or the skirt, of a mountain); the top of a mountain; anything hard.
