52 Contributions to Persian Lexicography. [No. 1, 



notes such as the following in form of an index, ought to accompany 

 the Persian text of every book now-a-days printed ; for the compilation 

 of a reliable Dictionary, based upon a knowledge of the Persian language, 

 must necessarily be the work of many. 



ol^Ljf cultivated. You say oj> uJr^bf \jj^& ^l he built this town. 

 Also, dj? OliiLjT o^-J-^" f*^ lirt** w-l ne built this town and called it 

 after his name. 



<uibf abaftah, made of canvass. In Indian books mostly without 

 the Madd. Indian Historians use the word as a noun, the same 

 as abaft, canvass. The forms <-^£jf abaft and &Ifljf abaftah appear to 

 be more in use than cuibf abaft and <xl.»ljf abaftah. 



iJ*5^--?>] abjosh gravy. Also, dried raisins, ^ji-*^ kislimish is a 

 smaller kind, (fs^^-* 5 munaqqa is the best kind of dried raisins. JJy° 

 mawez is a general term, dried raisins. 



^JjAca&a 1*01 Adam i hafi-hazdri. People say that the number of 

 inhabitants on earth at the death of Adam, had reached the number 

 of seven thousand. 



Udjj I . Vullers and several inferior Indian Dictionaries maintain that 

 dzwrdan is wrong, and azardan correct, as the word is a contraction 

 for UJijIjf. But lijjf azwrd occurs in rhyme with ^/°3v' *j"**i aDL( ^ 

 is analogous to cJiij*-* shumurdan, &±j+»> shumardan and C^JjU^i, 

 ci^jA* and ii>i>)U»J, cJ^.- 5 ^ and U.>jLvw, &c. 



oM£*l;f drdmidan, transitive and intransitive. You say 

 ^oj;^ lt>l«>J cr"° Jii, or, /♦xfjbj iyt<*J f ^^ J^- 



tp ^.f as, a millstone. You say &£ J S' i j»i \j&^c to grind corn. 



<_j.xwf ase&, corporeal pain, djd dard, both corporeal and mental 

 pain. 



c>i>j)Uf and tDiSJjUfjj to begin. The word is constructed with the 

 accusative, or with *j r, 



i*j<yuU5 | tiftdbidan, to become red like the sun. Infinitives in idan are 

 formed from Arabic and Persian nouns. Examples : — cJ^-ifUs to require, 

 cJca^j to understand, cJ<^«3i; to dance, ao-jjjU (Niz.) to plunder, 

 ci^fcL to swallow down, c^J^-k to rise (sun), oJ^-jjy to die (Turanian 

 usage), a'ajj&o to go to Mecca, cujajiVo to go to Madinah, li^Jj+s and 

 t^^^jbl* to visit the tombs of 'Omar and Abubakr, cW£»>k the same as 



* For oJJOjX) j.j| . The form with the Alif occurs frequently in this 

 name Similarly <>JV>b layazid, for *>J\J*J| a ^ yaaid, the famous saint of 

 Bistam. 



