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are followed by a proper noun, they do not take the oj'UcI, as ^'f&iys 

 d^-c Ok+s"" qiblahgahi Muhammad Ghaus ; hut you may say ^^o^^Alf &1*5 

 qiblahgahi i man. Similarly the word ^^. bandagi does not take 

 the Iszafat, when followed by the name of a Wall or a Shaikh, whilst 

 other titles, as <i>j.A=s, yjwss^, c)^)^U>, &c, take the Iszafat. 



3. o^J lughat means, 1. a dictionary, the same as t_£x&,i ; 2. the 

 words of a dictionary are its ^i>^ ; hence you may say ^UJJio^ii' or 

 oaJ.JilJuu.S' j 3, language, as <_£)b «^*J, although in this sense the 

 word ujLi) is preferred ; 4. a particular form of a word. You say 

 LLwji j\ cu-wiJkiJ U*»| usta, is another form for avestd. 



J{s 'dlam, a class of words. You say, jlf&j is jkajy f^ j\, be- 

 longs to the same class as rudbar, i. e., to the nouns ending in jb 

 bar. 



aAl^i. ii,i-w ^Jtj this requires a proof. 



%&£■ t£i*v^Lo c^jj j^jU ^-/o^ji, this meaning is supported by the 



following Terse. 

 &±J> ^xAji j^, OJji' t^^-^j j<i, the author of the Farhang says, 



Rashidi says. 

 pU-«5 samd\ and ^U tasdmu', verbal information regarding the 



correctness of a word, obtained from the o^J J.A| alil-i-zabdn, the 



Natives of Persia, or from an ^IXwl ustdd. The same meaning 



has the phrase *J^>*J <J#=^ <^bj oUl jl. 

 &s*' lahjah provincial pronunciation. You say 



Jm&mw is the Indian pronunciation of dukdn. 

 <J>j£ 'urfox ojl*3 ta'druf, usage. 

 *-ftJ ! s^ aJ tachif an error in spelling. 

 ou r s J tahrif an error in the meaning of a word. 

 JLoUi fa-ta-ammul or ^«-»U> fa-ajham, reflect, be careful, pay 



attention. Lexicographists often use this phrase after explaining 



a difficult verse. 

 £aU batabbiC or u^ tafahhuc lexicographical criticism. 



4. The following grammatical terms are noticeable — 



is"*^ ^" or c5 a ^^-5 , -'j ^ e same as d_FrF' S (S^., dj^ff* j\j. 

 8^, the same as oyjj* ; e. g., *:>j ^-s-? *i*ay|, " pronounce 

 «>a**^I arjmand with a jazm above the g-, and not arjamand." 



