380 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVIII, 
aiSle (?)- slo mother. It may be a mistake for aisle a very 
common Persian Gypsy word, pronounced makis, maqis 
maqitha, etc. (cf. G. I, 449 and 452). 
dye - oe eye. A very common term amongst darwishes and 
ypsies. 
cxweye - JU bread. Cf. G. II, 285. Alsoa very common Gypsy 
and darwish word. 
(6) Words of Arabic origin. 
lu! - Uel& poze “the chosen’ (initiated ?), apparently for slit 
sons. 
Sut (or Us! 2?) - x: father. Probably to be read Sy! , geni- 
tive of 45! ‘thy father.’ 
(ibs - 6% abdomen. (A. 5b: andsf.-@). D. 
ws - acl = courtesan 2 
yaam - fyb ruffian. (Probably originally an allusion to a parti- 
cular person of this name). 
soe - —Sye a riding animal, ship. 
pglaa (ie. (jhe or lia) - cul true. (From A. (35). The 
form haqqani is extremely common amongst darwishes. 
aly - eS ear. (From A. (wl) and P. sf. & 7) : 
2 - o bad, wicked. A., unchanged. 
Jaw - ive a Sunnite, lit. ‘light,’ perhaps ‘loose.’ 
oe - deo all. (Perhaps a bad ligature for ples entire, intact). 
1S - éy)¢ lie, wrong. (A. ,% and jargonic sf. -@). 
tog - ast; ascetic, hermit. 
Sleo- spe aSufi. (A. Sise ‘one who mocks’?). Itis remark- 
' able that the followers of the sect ‘Ali-ilabi use this 
name for one of the incarnations of the Deity, Sultan 
Sahak ; they insist on this orthography of this word . 
lke - 4oS neck. (A. sic and the same sf. -@). D. 
Lic - Sina cattle. The same formation. D. 
4s - .l2o mouth. The same formation. D. 
Wyo - dwg: kiss. (A. X13), 
wise - Sis war. (2) 
Wl - Jo heart, stomach. The same formation. D. 
cls - Soil little, few. 
LL - lb; tongue, language. The same formation. D. 
le - oo man. 


