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īga (for A. صیغة , v.n. fr. صوغ 'to cast, to mould,' etc.), s.m. A mould (for casting metal); make, form, fashion, mould; a word declinable and derivative; mood, tense, or voice (of a verb); conjugation;derivation; form (of process in law); a form of words used in (Mohammadan) marriage ceremonies, etc.;—trade, profession; section, department, office (e.g. sīga-ě-ābkārī, Distillery department; īga-ě-māl, Revenue or finance department, etc.):—īga pahānā, v.t. To make one repeat the form of words prescribed in a marriage ceremony, to marry:—īga gardānnā(-kā), To conjugate (a verb):—īga-e-muflisī, Forma pauperis:—ba-īga-ě, In the form of as.
Origin: Persian