وصف waṣf inf. n. of وصف 'to describe,' c.
A وصف waṣf (inf. n. of وصف 'to describe,' &c.), s.m. Describing; declaring; praising;—description, expression of qualities; praise, encomium; attribute; epithet; quality, property;—merit, virtue, worth:—waṣf-ě-tarkīb, s.m. A compound participle; the adj. or part. in a compound noun (e.g. numā in rah-numā, 'showing the way'):—waṣf rakhnā, To possess any good quality:—waṣf karnā (-kā), To give a description (of), to describe; to praise, &c.:—bā-waṣf, adv.=bā-wujūd, q.v.s.v. bā:—ism-ě-waṣf, s.m. A descriptive epithet; an adjective.
