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/^ar-i-khdim — ajI^^ — [the top of the room]. 



The ring of wood or nave at the top of the roof of the 

 kahitha, into which all the ends of the pieces of wood that 

 form the roof are fixed, usually made of ]\Iulberry wood. 



Sar-2^dsh — J^yjj^'^ — [head-cover], the lid, or wooden 



cover for a pot. 

 Sar-shlr, sir-shir — -j-y^y*- — [top of the milk], cream. 

 Sdr — J.^ — placed after a noun means plenty, 



magnitude, as sangsdr, stony ground ; nemah- 



sdr, salt fields. 

 >Sarc'OCOLLA — [from the Greek, meaning flesh-glue] 



the manna-like substance, or drug yielded by 



Astragalus Sarcocolla. 

 Sa) 'da — X jj-M. — sa i 'del, [cold]. 



A variety of the Melon, Cucumis Melo, collected late in 

 the season, and largely exported from Afghanistan to 

 India. 



Sardl — tf jj.«j — cold, coldness. 



Salves, sarlsh — j^^j^^m — siresh, sirlsh — 



These terms are applied equally to the viscid glue-like 

 gum obtained from the roots and leaves of Eremurus 

 AucHERiANUS as well as to the glue made from animal 

 refuse. 



Sarlsh-i-kdhl — ^iil^^j^v, — [vegetable-glue], made 



from the roots of Eremurus Aucherianus. 

 Sarlsh-i-nann — the flour made by grinding down 



the dried roots and leaves of Eremurus 



Aucherianus, preparatory to converting it into 



glue. 

 Sargln — (^^-i^j-^ — -^'^ ^'^^'^^^ — dung, manure. 

 Sarnagun — O^^ir'^ — [topsyturvy], the head 



turned upside down, as in the flow^ers of a 



Fritillaria. 

 Saro — ^j.^ — saur, sawn, sarun — ^xJ"^ — ^^^'^ Cypress, 



Oupressus sempervirens. 



