شیشہ

shīsha (=S. िसआय), s.m. Glass; glassware; a glass bottle; a looking-glass, mirror, pier-glass, etc.; a pane of glass:—shīsha-bāz, s.m. A juggler, conjuror:—shīsha-bāzī, s.f. Juggling, legerdemain:—shīsha-bāshā, adj. Brittle, fragile; delicate, tender:—shīsha dikhāna (-ko), To show a looking-glass (the practice of barbers, with the view of ascertaining whether their services are required):—shīsha-dikhā`ī, s.f. The present given to a barber for showing a lookingglass:—shīsha-sā`at, s.f. An hour-glass:—shīsha-gar, s.m. A glass-maker:—shīsha-garī, s.f. Glass-making:—shīsha-maal, vulg. shīshmaal, s.m. A house or palace all hung with glass, an apartment or a cabinet adorned with mirrors; an apartment of which the walls are inlaid with pieces of glass; a glass house, a crystal-palace:—shīshe-kāde`o, s.m. 'The devil of the bottle'; gin, etc.:—shīshe-kītara phūlnā, 'To swell out like glass'; to swell with pride:—shīshe-me utārnā, v.t. 'To bring down (and shut up an evil spirit) into a bottle,' to subdue and confine (an evil spirit) by magic; to captivate, charm; to assuage, soothe, appease.