a, Corrupted from the Arabic word Ákhrí. Last, late, or belonging to the end, final, ultimate:—ákharí chár shanbhá, s. m. The last Wednesday that falls annually in the month safar, which is observed as a festival by the Muhammadans with much solemnity and rejoicing, their prophet having found himself on that day well enough to walk abroad for the first time after a very severe illness.