48 Contributions to Persian Lexicography. [No. 1, 



Js/^Fj P- 1^4, English, an Englishman. The Persians and Arabs 

 say (jH^I inglis, the Hindustanis JJ^&I angrez. We may compare 

 the modern ^^ gii'jd, a church, with the Portuguese igreja, and the 

 Greek eJcklesia. 



&*j\ p. 140, «ow. urbis cujusdam B. It is Oudh, the famous 

 ^f«f or ^%W. 



jjb, p. 155, a kind of wandering Muhammadan monk, R. 

 Vullers might have left out this error of Richardson's. Similar 

 mistakes are ^>\j\, <^.wjjjf , p. 29, for ±>y- 'azab and uLL*J>ff 'azabistdn ; 

 (_^JiS^ J . bakhiigdri, p. 194, for (sj^^-^v pukhtdhMri ; y?^*"^ p. 197, 

 for j,^. ^M.sl bahhshi-i-juz, a deputy paymaster who serves under the 

 ijf ^mszI balchshi-i-kul, or paymaster-general ; ^^J, p. 204, for 

 ^x«i>j badsanj, as you say g^^y^. Jchushsanj, graceful ; Lkj$j&l 

 badzrgari, p. 207, for isyjy. barzgari, or csji&jy. barzahgari ; bi~J, 

 p. 239, an Indian spelling for &1~j bastah ; y£&i bashgir, p. 246, for 

 y^U»$t peshgir ; Jj'^-Jrf &e7^, p. 303, for <jj%! yeldq ; k-&Jb and 

 JyA-£Ulj, p. 323, for JtvJb and u^Ju^JLj, &c. 



*J^J, p. 269, nom. magnae urbis et olim metropolis in Hindustan. 

 This absurdity is supplied by F. 



*^«J, p. 287 ; the extract from Richardson, with the exception of 

 the meaning, a violin, is correct. The word is Hindee, but occurs very 

 often in Indian Historians. It is a purse of money kept at court for 

 paying alms, rewards, &c. 



jc-^yj bulach, p. 279 ; this should be ^J pulaj. 



a-'j.j p. 384. This is the Hind. 3/_jJ fold, a word often applied to 



fruits. 

 j^j, p. 406. This is the Hind, term for pulex communis. 



Jj-xijj P- 465. 3) nom. arcis in Hindustan, B., nomine jj+^Oj 

 zantambur Celebris, F. This absurdity is, of course, supplied by F. 

 It should be j^-e-^j rantanbhur, as correctly given by FJ., or Rintam- 

 bore. 



> t jjJ tob, p. 475 ; Vull. does not understand the Hind. ii>l$J than, a 

 piece of cloth of a fixed number of yards, Germ, eine Webe. 

 ^&=- p. 521, the same as *ff^¥, a squall. 



.ibfcjUj-a., p. 543. Vullers in his extract from Bh. writes twice 

 e>l^s^U> shdyjahdn, for cjl^sr^Li Shdhjahdn, the famous emperor of 

 India. I am afraid Vullers has not understood Bh.'s phrase 



