سبیل

sabīl, s.f. Way, road, path; course, manner of proceeding; manner, mode; means of access, means, instrument; water or sherbet given to thirsty travellers during the festival of the Moharram; water or other drink given as a pious duty; a shed, etc. in which water is kept for thirsty travellers:—sabīlu`l-lah, The way, or cause, of God or of religion, the means of advancement in God's favour;—sabīl pilānā, v.t. To give (one) water or sherbet, etc. to drink as a pious duty, to give water, etc. to drink gratis:—sabīl rakhnā, sabīl lagānā, To keep a shed for the supplying thirty travellers, etc. with water during the month of Moharram; to give water gratis to travellers, etc. (=sabīl pilānā):—sabīl karnā, v.t. To prepare, arrange; to get together; to obtain money by begging or borrowing:—ba-sabīl (-ě, or -ke), adv. By way (of), by means (of), by, through the medium (of):—fīsabīl-allāh, adv. In the path of God, for the sake of God, for religious or sacred uses, as a religious or pious duty.