18H lirigiule-tSurgcon J. E. T. Aitcliisou's Nok^ on Products 



Shaft-dlu — ^\[Xxz: — [the beautiful plumj. The 



Peach, Prunus persica. 

 Shaftal — j.Aii.;i — shautal — the Clover, Trifolium 



RESUPINATUM. 



Shagh — i^ — a branch, a horn, an antler. 

 SJuKjhs, shacjhz — the Maple, Acer species. 

 Shakar — -jSi^ — sugar ; also applied to manna. 

 Shdk — i^\^ — a shoot, a twig, a tendril, a root. 

 Shah-akal — yi^'i^ — 



Several plants go by this name. If it means [the root of 

 wisdom], being a corrnption for shdk-akal, then it would be 

 the name for Trachydium Lehmanni, eating the roots of 

 which are supposed to increase the memory, and give 

 knowledge ; if the word means the [root yielding provisions], 

 and is a corruption for shdJc-ahd, it is applicable to the 

 Carrot, Daucus Carota and to Tolygonatum yerticillatum : 

 the rhizomes of the latter are considered a valuable food 

 for the sickly. 



Shakh — ^>i, — hard ground, the summit of a mountain, 



a branch, 

 Shdkh — ^l/i, — shagh — ^<i — a branch, a bough, a 



horn, a shoot, a ijesk. The Maple, Acer 



species, 

 Shdkha - i-tdgh — 



The dye-stuff obtained from the wood of Haloxylon 

 Ammodendron. The word is a technical one ; it only means 

 [the wood of the Haloxylon], and " dye " is left to be under- 

 stood. 



Shalgham — *JtX^ — the Turnip, Brassica campestris. 



Shall — ^51^ — the rice plant, Oryza satiya, 



Shdm, shorn — -U — black, a black spot, a mole. 



Sham — x*M. — a candle, 



Shainal — ^^ — the north ; applied to a wind from 

 the north that blows across the Hari-rud in 

 autumn, bearing great C[uantities of sand along 

 with it, very injurious to the crops. 



