a, Corrupted from the Persian word Hoshiyár. Attentive, cautious, careful, clever, intelligent, sensible:—hoshiár hoṉá, v. n. To become sensible, to arrive at the age of puberty:—hoshiár karná, v. a. To warn, to put one on his guard:—hushiár rahiṉá, v. n. To keep watch, to look at.