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Shamballt, shanhallt — C<jXxJji: — the corins of 

 Merexdera persica. The Hermodactyl of 

 the ancients (?). 



Shdmll, shamhd — w\j.X*^ — shamllt — (lUj^X*^ — the 

 Clover, F«nii-gTeek, Trigonella Fcexum- 



GR^CUM. 



Shamshdd — jl-i*^ — shamshdt — Boxwood, Buxus 

 sempervirens. 



Shamshdtu — a tortoise. 



Shdna — Ai'^ — a comb. 



Shangdr — -jlj^ji. — Melilotus species; the fruit of 

 pirivathl, Cyxaxchum species. 



Shao-ddru, shava-ddru, shaoniz — ^aJj^ — the seeds 

 of a species of Xigella. 



Shapvak — ^j-->^ — ^-^ small l)at, a moth, the silk- 

 worm moth, a butterfly. 



Shardh, ^hrdh — . j.^ — wine prepared from the 



juice of the grape. 



Shdsh — the Elm, Ulmus species. 



Sha.tlra — the Poppy, Rcemeria hybrida. 



Shd-tut — cij^a^ — the grafted Mulberry, MoRUS 



NIGRA. 



Shaufl — 



A tribe of people who live near Teheran, who eat such 

 animals as porcupines, hedgehogs, and lizards, which are 

 usually looked upon as unclean. 



Shaupara — ^j-^y^ — [a night flj^er], a bat. 

 Shauparak, skaupral: — a small bat, a moth, a 



butterfly. 

 Shautcd, shafted — the clover, Tripoli um resupixa- 



TUM. 



Sheep — mesh, (jdsjxind, gosfand ; Baluchi, irieth. 



The nomad tribes possess immense flocks of sheep and 

 goats. With these they wander during summer over the great 

 pasture-lands of the country ; they collect the milk of the 

 sheep and goats togetlier, and from this mixed milk manu- 



