of Western Afghanistan and North-Eastcrn Persia. 97 



me that it was the same as gur-hdlchor-ak in the Peshawur 

 trade, and owing to a load of which he was once nearly 

 driven mad in conveying it from Kabul to Peshawur, by all 

 the cats of the country surrounding him at night, wherever 

 he halted " {Trade Products of Leh, p. 13). 



Gurda — st)^ — a kidney, anything round, a pillow. 

 Gurda-dlu — ^Ist)^^ — [the kidney plum], the same as 



gurja-cdu, the fruit of Peuxus species ; a kind 



of plum. 

 Gurez, grez — the Elm, Ulmus species ; this is 



probably the same word as girez, a part of a 



beam. 

 Gurja, gurda — a plum, the fruit of Peu^'US species 



when in a ripe fresh state, when dried dlu- 



hoJihdra ; the cherry-tree, Peuxus Cerasus, is 



also called gurja. 



Gypsophila paniculata, Linn. Caeyophylle^. 



The plant, sdo-safed ; the root-stock, hekh. The root-stock 

 of this plant is extensively sold in the bazaars to be employed 

 as soap in the washing of clothes. 



Gypsum — gach. 



A common mineral product of the country, employed as 

 cement and to give a white polished plaster for the interior 

 of buildings. 



Hah — *--o» — a grain, a seed, a berry, a pill, a pulse. 



Hab-dlmaluk — t*r^JLtJ '*_*=. — [cherry-stones], Crotox 

 seeds. 



Hah-dl-saldt'in — ^^^IslI*^!! «_*:-. — [the royal berry]. 

 The seeds of Crotox Tiglium. 



Hah-dilmaluh — probably for hab-dlmaluh. The 

 seeds of Crotox Tiglium. 



Hah-i-hll — }.j.a> e.*r* — or hah-i-hdl — jU> «^=» — Car- 

 damoms, Elettaria Cardamomum. 



Hah-i-Jchldr — ^U^iwo* — the seeds of the Cucumber, 

 Cucumis sativus. 



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