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okyol(iden), EG haw, hoi, kol, H khdnd , khilana , P khurden 

 to eat, to feed. 



P. 



Paley, palew, P pul, EG luva, roop, H rupiya, Naw. pJe 

 money, silver. 



paru(iden), P furushlden — to sell. 



pek(iden), EG pe&, H pakna — to roast, cook. 



pel(iden), EG peer (to walk) — H pherna, to drive. 

 peJw (Q ?)— an Afghan. 



peyrufti, peyrefti, P pirahan — a shirt. 



piaulti (?), P parche — stuff, cloth. 



pvrewot, J pirufta, S pirvat, P p?r, H purana — old, old man. 



pHri(de?i), EG pal, per, H mama — to throw, to pour out. 



pogumi, poyumi, P pa — foot, boots, shoes. 



ponew, EG paani, H pani — water. 



poweri (?) — God, Prophet, Imam, prayer, etc., etc. 



powosi, puwosi, EG motsi, P pust — leather, skin. 



puke, P pembe — cotton. 



pur, P bar— a, load. 



push, fr. P pushiden — cloth, dress, blanket. 



Qol. See khoL 



Q. 



R. 



Eakhsho, rahsO, Ar sahra — desert, field, etc. 



risak, riski, P risman, J and S riskdi, Biab, ris — thready 

 cord. 



rizb, rizm, Pashtoo wrizhe — rice. 



rot, rat as in EG, J, S, H — night, evening. 



S. 



Samal, semer, Ar thamdr ? — a fruit, grass. 



sawshub (?), P sabz — green, grey, blue. 



sefinuk, sefinok, P sefid, white. 



segi(den), seki(den), H samajhnd? — to know, understand. 



sekol, sehol, EG saala, Ar sahar — dawn, day, light. 



seng — a sum of 25 tumans. 



sennuta, Kerm. senufta, P seg (fr. shmuften ?)— a dog. 



setu, sitew, P shdltvdr — cloth, trousers. 



sewlet, semi, sembil, P sebil— the moustachios. 



seylafc, sildld, P serd — cold, cool. 



sirdew sir — satisfied (with food). 



sts (?) (perhaps symbolically fr. P sis— hops)— bread. 



shaytumi, sheytumi, hardumi, Ar. shey— something, a 



piece, thing:. 



