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{D$jZ\J\j±:, e^Jj&o the same as id±/ ^&<°, v^'j^ the same as 

 u lLj,i\ e\j*- 3 eJ^^iJ the same as U^, u)*i^.<$ the same as o&j^ ^'j*, 

 ^iXx^LJt^j the same as ^^" A-Wif^, u^i-^** the same as oj) *-»-i~*, 

 &■>&■*> the same as eJ 4 *-* s^>- Khusrau (metre Hazaj) 



d^Wf. You say U^*>fp vL? 1 ^- J 1 to get up, and o^jtjo vb^ J' to 

 rouse up. We might expect cJ^f^ bar-dmadan, hut this is not 

 idiomatic. Nizanii, — vL>^ ^Hr^j ^fp w^-V--^)- So also AA., 

 p. 251, 1. 3. 



j^ls^jf. The compound er^jj j£ means to fight and to make fight. 

 Vide A. A. p. 205, 1. 9. The nouns %yS\ dwezah and <j*XjT dioezish 

 mean a fight, a battle. Also, a fight between animals. 



jljf (/(/fis, or jL)| ay<fe, or ^IjI cw/as, the name of a slave of Mahrnud 

 of Ghazni. He is proverbial in the East for his faithfulness. The 

 form ayuz is the usual form. There exists a Masnawi by Maulana 

 Zulali of Khwansari, entitled Mahmud o Aydz. Huzni of Icfahau 

 (metre Ramal) 



<^*«*J jljf J &*'! (_5^ <**-"J ^ij\ (J-*-' 1 CA^Jjf^Jj (Jij(£ OJ-^^^^J^"! j^lj^ 



" Whether it be Ayaz or Mahmiid, here (on the path of love) his 

 duty is slavish obedience ; love ties with the same string the foot of 

 the slave and the freeman." 



t^'\ din, manner, method ; as, tsj^\ urJHl the manner of governing 

 adopted by Akbar. Also, one's duties, official work ; as, 0\jij£ _£\ 

 z,j& ojz-ri jl ii>VT (j^L?; &*>ty "If there be no kotwal, he (the 

 collector) will perform his duties. The plural L^-^T means orders, 

 laivs, the same as *^t ; as, ^.^ ^sh^'i dinhd i muaaddas, the 

 orders of the king. Hence the din (singular) i Akbari is divided 

 into several dins. 



(JLa3| ittigdf. This word is constr. with u^\z> and <*J. You 

 say o^l^ ol«a3| fej&±> he possessed piety. 



&xl| atkah, or &>3| atgah, a foster father. The latter form of this 

 Chagatai word is given in the Calcutta Chagatai Dictionary. As 

 &>jf kokah and ^LLLj^T kokultdsh, a foster brother, it often occurs as 

 a title. Thus ul^*£>l atgah khan, the name of Shamsuddin Muham- 

 mad, whose son, Khun i A'zam Mirza Kokah, was Akbar's foster 

 brother. , 



^c^i ahlcdmi, adj. In Indian writers the same as ^j^f' nujumi 



