ولا walā A (or wilā, from ولي) s. f. 1. Govern- ment, sway, kingdom. 2. Nearness, affinity, friendship.

وارنا wārnā H v. a. 1. To surround, to encircle, to go round. 2. To offer (in sacrifice, &c.). واري پهيري هونا wārī pherī honā, To go round any body (as a sign of being an offering or sa- crifice for his welfare), to devote oneʼs self for any one. (A practice chiefly of women).

وسوسه waswasa A s. m. Temptation, evil sug- gestion.

وفا wafā A (from وفي) s. f. Performing a promise, observation of faith, fulfilment, sincerity, fidelity, sufficiency. وفا بيگانه wafā-begāna, Faithless. وفا پرست wafā-parast, Faithful, sincere. وفا پيشگي wafā-pesha-gī, s. f. Fidelity, the ob- servance of good faith. وفا پيشه wafā-pesha, adj. Faithful, practising good faith. وفا دار wafā-dār, Faithful, sincere, constant. وفا داري wafā-dār-ī, s. f. Faithfulness, constancy, sin- cerity. وفا کرنا wafā-karnā, To suffice, to per- form (a promise). وفا کيش wafā-kesh, Faithful.

وجه wajh A s. f. 1. Cause, reason. 2. Mode, manner, way. 3. Face, visage, appearance, semblance. 4. (in Pers. and Hind.) Wages, salary, money. وجه تسميه wajh-i-tasmiya, The cause of giving any particular name, the ety- mology of words. وجه حال wajh-i-ḥāl, Mode of living, state of circumstances.

وارن वारण wāraṇ S s. m. Prohibition, defence.

واسطي wāst̤e A. (inflect. of واسطه) On account, for the sake, in behalf, for. ¶ wāst̤ī (for wāsit̤ī) s. f. A reed, a pen.

وويک विवेक vivek S s. m. See ببيک bibek.

وزير wazīr A (from وزر) s. m. A minister of state. وزيرالممالک wazīru-l-mamālik or وزيرالوزرا wa- zīru-l-wuzarā, The grand wazīr, prime minister.

وصال wiṣāl A (from وصل) s. m. 1. Meeting, in- terview, connexion. 2. Death. 3. Society, confederacy. 4. Fruition, enjoyment.