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the keeper of the wardrobe ; >&& (J^ a passionate hnnter jC ysr« J^£U, 



O o o ° 



,-w.j (3-^LCj s^b <J^>U ; ^ u+£*i> a foe of science, L^^v+^o a foe of 



decency ; ^ v 5 ^ tne representative of God's mercy on earth (a 

 flattering epithet for kings) ; e^J^ij wait ni'mat, a benefactor ; 

 •V^J a viceroy ; similarly, f la^ujli one who acts for another ; c5 iy^ r ~j 



andvi^^^rrJ a beautiful boy, JJ^j j.~J, ij.^3 j***,*^^ xU Shahjahan, 

 jj.ij!sU a harbour-master (in poetry the 8 in 3^ would have the niinfat- 



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hah) ; .bl^Jj^^* *■*"><= an Indian sweetheart. 



b. After^-«>, u >*^, <J.&>, Jj\, e^la ; as — u-*^-*, A^i^, l -^»£r*», 

 Jv^«»*o, 81^-w, **-^»-3^r wo , J^i-c^v ^ ie s P ace behind a wall. & r^?^,_y^.. 

 I^O"^ the day of judgment, ^jj-^^J leavings (Indian usage) ; 

 &^bii)L>;'0 ; the same as jlj-k* and ^ ; after Jj\ in v*-" <-b'j "* the 

 beginning of the night, jjj Jjl, ulfaiiwjJ Jj| the first of the worship- 

 pers. The last, is poetical usage — 



(Sa'di) " What can be the secret of the fiyure of this idol (of Sonmath, 

 which moved its hands), the fi st worshipper of which 1 am ? — where 

 the metre (Mutaqarib) requires the omission of the Iszafat after Jjl. Also 

 iS_ > 5' cr *| j> ddman Jeoh, the side of a mountain, for ^^yo\^ daman ikoh* 



c. In compounds often used (JU*-w5i| y££ ) as,jU^ a pomegranate ; 

 c^wii^T water for the ceremonial ablution ; jX^xi sugarcane ; (iyH*" 

 a night attack ; ^jfiJtw sag-obi a seal, &c. ; for jbji, <o-«ov_>f,^ r &i (> ^J, 



&c. Thus also jj^t dbrii (pr. the lustre of the face) honor, jlj^jy 

 ruzbdzdr, the flourishing state of the market, flourishing cireuni- 

 stances.f Many of these words are even written in one word. 



* The pretty little linen draper, the pretty little butcher boy. As our poets 

 speak of Jane of the mill, the fair dairy maid, &c, so do modern Persian poets 

 speak of pretty boys belonging to the Trade. 



f Both words are wrongly marked in Vullers' Diet, with the Iszafat. In 

 poetry, of course, they have the Nimfathah. 



Similarly, II. p. 759b., Ut)|^ ~kdr i giyd, which be translates rex ; but bi\(£ 

 or better hj£j\g,with the Iszafat, means regmvm, the business ()(£) of a US' (not Uf) 

 or prince; but USj(£, without the Iszafat, ( for jl^UT) means rex, and the 

 derived abstr. n ^jUS^(£ regnum. It is plain that this abstr. noun could never 

 have been formed "from Vullers' l&\\£ k » r * giya rex. 



Reversely, A^^lj, p. 163, must have the Iszafat, bad i shurtah, as correctly 



given in Johnson. Vullers" remark regarding the Iszafat, on p. vii. of his 

 preface, has no sense. 



