116 ])rigade-Surgeon J. E. T, Aitchisou's Notes on FroducU 



Khanzlr — yt'y^^ — a pig, Sus scrofa. 



Khar — -j.:L — a donkey, the domestic ass. 



Khar-ds — ^y^ — [a mill worked by a donkey], has 



come to be applied to an oil-mill. 

 Khar-huz — y^j'^ — kharhuza — ^jyij'^ — Jdiarbuze — 



[donkey's snout]. The Melon, the fruit of 



CucuMis Melo. 

 Kharez — y.j'^^ — an underground conduit for water. 

 Khar-gosh — J-ytj.^ — [donkey-eared]. A hare, Lepus 



species. 

 Khar-khuslita — [donkey's-delight]. The Colocynth, 



CiTRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS. 



Khar-whang -khush — [the shrub sweet to the donkey] 



Pteropyrum Aucheri. 

 Kkai^-zahra — ^^^j^^ — [donkey's poison]. Nerium 



ODORUM, the Oleander. 

 Khar — J.^ — a thorn, a prickle, applied to Alhagi 



CAMELORUM and Prosopis Stephaniana as the 



thorn. 

 KhCir-a-bla, or khar-a-boia — Ij^^J^^l — [the scented 



thorn], Psammogeton setifolium. 

 Khdr-a-kash or khdr-a-kosh [the thorn-bearer]. 



Porcupine, Hystrix species. 

 KJidr-a-zIr, or khdr-a-zll — [the thorn under]. This 



is the name of Lycium barbarum, but it is 



equally applicable as far as the meaning goes to 



Berberis vulgaris, the Barberry. 

 Khdr-i-buz — j-ijl^?- — [the goat's thorn], Alhagi 



CAMELORUM. 



Khdr-i-jinjak — [the thorn}^ ym^a^], Prosopis Steph- 



ANIANA. 



Khdr-posht, khdr-pusht — C^^jJ.::^ — [thorny-backed]. 

 The Porcupine, Hystrix species. 



Khdr-pusht-ak, khdr-posht-ak — [the little thorny- 

 backed one]. The Hedgehog, Erinaceus 

 species. 



