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असामी asāmī, and com. but incor. آسامی āsāmī, [pl. of اسما asmā, the pl. of اسم ism; or rel. adj. from asām, pl. of asmā, 'names'], s.f. pl. Names; souls; people, population; community;—s.f. sing. Name (on a muster-roll); office, situation, appointment, post, employment; woman of ill-fame, harlot;—s.m.f. sing. Person, individual; party; substitute; employée, servant; friend, lover; customer, purchaser; client; inhabitant; tenant; cultivator; defendant (in a law-suit); debtor; culprit; witness:—asāmībanānā(-ko), To take in, make a fool of, to gull, cheat, etc.:—asāmīpāhī, asāmīkasht, Non-resident cultivator:—asāmījam`bandī, s.f. Settlement with individual cultivators:—asāmī-i-ćhappar-band, s.m.f. A resident cultivator:—asāmī-i-shikmī, s.m.f. Sub-tenant; subordinate cultivator:—asāmī-i-g̠air-mustaqil, s.m.f. Tenant-at-will; officiating appointment:—asāmī-i-g̠airmaurūs̤ī, s.m.f. Non-hereditary tenant:—asāmii-mustaqil, s.m.f. Tenant with right of occupancy:—asāmī-i-maurūs̤ī, s.m.f. Hereditary cultivator:—asāmī-wār, According to, or including all the names; giving a detailed account of the asāmīs; singly, separately; in detail:—asāmīyāft-kī(or yāft-kīasāmī), s.f. Lucrative appointment; an office in which perquisites or bribes are to be had.
Origin: Arabic