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Ishkhdr — -J,^:^i;.\ — hhCir — -J<, — Barilla; an impure 



carbonate of potash and soda, 

 Ishhi — ^-il — vinegar, acid, sour. 

 Ishkln — the Turkoman term for Rheum tataricum. 

 Ishkhun — ^^^.-sa;;! — a dock, Eumex species. 

 Ishlan, islilun, ishlun-i-handak — Axabasis eriopoda. 

 Ishnan — j^'JLil — Arabic for potash. 

 Ispaghid — }:^^\ — the seed of a Plaxtago species. 

 Ispancl — jOLv^I — ispanthan, Peganum Harmala. 

 Isparak — <^xJ\ — the flowers of Delphinium Zalil. 

 Ispdrza — the seeds of a species of Plaxtago 



employed in medicine. 

 Jsthag — the Baluchi for steel, for striking a light 



with. 

 Italiax-millet — Setaria italica (Pexxisetum 



italicum). 



Jad — i^' — or jid — gum, resin, the exudation of a 



juice from a plant. 

 Jagdalak, jigdalik. 



A pass in Eastern Afghanistan half-way between Jelala- 

 bad and Cabul, so named from the El^eagnus, or jigda, 

 having once been numerous there. 



Jdgl-shdk — [earth roots], the tubers that form on the 



roots of Carum Bulbocastaxum. 

 Jdlphal — »)^j^'.-s» — Hindustani for the Nutmeg, the 



kernal of Myristica fragrans. 

 Jalil — Delphixium Zalil. 

 Jangal — j^j^a. — a desert place ; a country overrun 



with wood, or with thickets ; a jungle. 

 Jew, 01 jov: — y^ — barley, Hordeum species. 

 Jao-ddna — *jb^i. — barley pickles ; the term applied 



to small nodes on a stick, after the removal of 



the bark. 



A shrub in the Badghis celebrated for yielding such sticks ; 

 they are much sought after. 



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