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istinji'. Arab. Ablutions prescribed by
Muhammadan law; cleansing from defilement;
the washing of the abaimana; Sh. U1., 26.
Menbuwang istinjd' kechil: to perform the prescribed ablutions after passing urine; Ht.
Jay. Asm.
Wstu. See setu.

Asingkan and nengasingkan: to discriminate
between; to treat as different; to separate a
person or thing from others and so create a
distinction. Di-asingkan diya di-suroh tinggal
di-Bandar Hilir: they separated him from the
others and ordered him to live at Bandar
Hilir; Ht. Abd., Io5. Tiyada-lah di-asingkannya orang kaya dan orang miskin: he made no
distinction between rich and poor; Ht. Abd.,
290. Cf. tasing.

istiwa'. Arab. Being parallel.
istiwa': the Equator.

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istori. See setori.
istihlal. Arab. The beginning of light (as
after the new moon); the exordium of a speech.

Bsang. (Onom.) Mcngesang: to blow the nose
(in the native way); K1. Also (Kedah) sing,
(Riau-Johor) sen and ngeh.
In Brunai esang means the gills of a fish;=
isang or ingsang.

astina.
pura.)
Indian

(Skr. An abbreviation of HastinaHastinapura; the name of an ancient
State celebrated in the Mahabharata.

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I.L\ istina. A colloquial corruption of the Arabic
istithnd, q. v.; exception, drawing a distinction.
\s\ ishak. Arab. Isaac; a proper name often
met with, and usually pronounced Isahak or
abbreviated to Sahdk.
Nabi Allah Ishdk: the Isaac of the Old
Testament; Ht. Hamza, 20..X\ asad. Arab. A lion-but sometimes used by
Malays in the sense of tiger. Asad pahalawan:
(Sh. Lail. Mejn., 3.) the lion champion-a
name applied to Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad. Asad erti-nya harimau: an asad by
which is meant a tiger; Hay. Haiw.
-\ israr. Arab. To hide.
\ \ israf. Arab. To squander.,\ asraf il. Arab. The name of the greatest
of the Archangels. Mala'ikat yang mcmegang
urat bumi Asrdfil ana-nya: the angel who
guards the sinews of the earth, Asrafil by
name; Ht. Muhd. Hanaf., 46. Asrdfil is
represented as the angel whose duty it will be
to blow the Last Trump on the Day of
Judgment; Ht. Raj. Kh., 6; Mith. Sar., 39.
In the Bustanu's-salatin he is represented as
having been created before the other archangels (Gabriel, Michael and Azrael) though not
before Light or the Heavens.,\\ asrafin. Arab. Seraphim.
alu\ istambtl. [Arab. and Turkish; a corruption
of the Greek eis tin polin; modern Greek: 'stimboli.] Istambul, Constantinople; Ht. Nap., 23.

\iJ\ asfal. Arab. Low, abject, inferior. Asfalu'sssdfilin: " the lowest of the low, " a name given
to the inmates of the lowest hell and sometimes to that hell itself; Ht. Raj. Sul., 2.
\ asap. Smoke; vapour; steam. Asap api:
smoke. A. kegmennyen: incense; the fumes of
incense. Kapal a.: a steam-boat; = kapal api,
which is the more common form. Kereta a.=
kereta api: a steam locomotive.
Asapi: to burn anything for the sake of the
smoke; to burn (incense); Ht. Gul. Bak., 44, 54.
Asapkan: to fumigate; Muj., 20.
Berasap: to be smoking-as embers; to be
covered with vapour-as a mountain summit;
Sej. Mal., 25. Bintang bgrasap: a comet; also
bintang berekor.
Perasap and perasapan: a censer; Cr. Gr., 43;
J. I. A., Vol. I., 321.
J\AL ispanyol. [Spanish: Espafol.] Spanish.
I\ asak. Insertion by pressure; pressing in-as
additional articles are pressed into a box when
packing; stamped down upon; anything so
inserted. Tanah di-asak: earth pressed upon
any surface to fill up interstices; Ht. Abd., 64;
Pel. Abd., 85; Ht. 'Al., 31.
Also esak; cf. desak.
f=\ asek. Unregulated and inconstant behaviour,
unmethodical manner of life-such as that of
a man who has no interests beyond the present, and who acts as the humour takes him.
- asok. (Kedah.) Masked dancers; the dancers
better known by their Javanese name topeng.
\iskandar. [Pers. and Arab.] Alexander.
Iskandar dzu'l-karnain: Alexander the Great.
Hikdyat Iskandar dzu'l-karnain: the story of
Alexander the Great (literally the two-horned);
an ancient Malay work containing the legends
connected with the name of Alexander the
Great. Alexander the Greatis believed to have
been the ancestor of the royal line of Sang
Seperba; see the first chapter of the Sejarah
Melayu.

asing. Separate character or
severance; other; other than;
foreign. Orang asing: another
different person altogether.

existence;
distinct;
person; a