سرمہ

surma [fr. Zend śrum, acc. of śru; cf. surb, 'lead'], s.m. Lead-ore; antimony (reduced to powder); collyrium (of antimony, or lead-ore or sulphuret of lead):—surma-ālūda, adj. Stained or anointed with surma (the eyes or eyelids:—surma-dān, s.m. or surma-dānī, vulg. surme-dānī, s.f. A box or receptacle for surma:—surma ḍālnā= surma lagānā, q.v.:—surme-kīqalam, s.f. A black-lead pencil:—surma karnā, v.t. To reduce to a state like that of surma, to reduce to an impalpable powder:—surma-kash, s.m. One who applies, or has applied, surma to the eyes (either his own or another's); an instrument by which surma is applied; enlightener of the eye or aider of sight;—a dark night:—surma-kashī, s.f. The act of applying surma to the eyes):—surmakashīda, surma-gīn, adj.=surma-ālūda, q.v.:—surma lagānā(-meṅ), To apply surma (to the eyes):—surma honā, v.n. To be reduced to an impalpable powder.