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Wagtail, tj*<e sa'wa, Pers. (possibly in Turki this means a 

 sparrow) : ^f^H^ khanjan, in Bengal (the Large Pied 

 Wagtail) : ejjy*^ dhobin, Hindi, " washerwoman ' ' (the White- 



Wa 



!> 





Ju-v 



in Derajat (one of the two previous species, probably the 

 last) : *Jj%> chuk in the Derajat (the Grey and Yellow 

 Wagtail). 

 Wait on, or Hang on, &/ \\^ parwaz karnd, Panj. ; &*jf *J ^ 



MS.: &*/ 



Ind. Pers. MS. 



Waiting on, yy'^d parwazi, adj., Panj., and Ind. Pers. MS. : <.sjj* 

 dawn, adj., Ind. Pers. MS. : 



Walk (flock), [walk of Snytis i.e., snipes]. 



Warbile, Warbel, and Warble (to make the wings meet over the 



back), U|Lj ^j \s&*& qaihchi rakhe baithna (to return the 

 wings to the normal position after manteling and warbel- 

 ing; vide Mantel). 



Warbler, *J~Ztisk, Mod. Pers., (a small bird, the quarry for a 

 shrike) : J-^i and cUb y$j> tarnusk and barddar-i 

 bulbul, Mod. Pers. (a warbler, possibly the same as tisk) : 



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^'bi fodna, Hindi, (a Reed- War bier) : *£ )$ korkuch> in 

 Kashmir (a Reed- Warbler). 

 Warning, •*£**■ chamak^., and &*d rfama,m.,Panj. (the warning 

 cry given by birds on the appearance of a hawk). 



Wart, l~* masa, Hindi, and cJLJl^ salll, Ar. : +ye and Jjf) zakil 



('vide' Qawaninu's-Sayydd, p. xxviii). 



Wash sC: y^*>? gjtf v f i&^^J wf abgardariida ab-i taza andakhtan , 

 Ind. Pers. MS. (to wash meat or grain in many changes of 

 water) : 



Washed or wetted meat, »;iiX>1 *+*± tu'ma-e dbddra Ind. Pers. 



MS. 



Watch; [A wache of Nyghtiugalis]. 



Watching, GKa> jar/and, tr. Hindu, (to keep awake): i£)t*g 

 • be-d~rri, subs., Ind. Pers. MS. 



Water-bird, }&&« Ind. Pers. MS. (some species 



that is a quarry for hawks ) . 



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of water-bird 



