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and merely repeated." Compare {&$ **£>, which has the same meaning, 

 jljb bazar. This word is often used in the sense of a noisy place, 

 Hayati of Grilan (metre Ramal) 



St—jJ jl^p vjbj lsM| (S.S.J <*J s_J >^>^xi j\jb j~t i£f j\ <£+^\ £&£ ^S" 



(i This is love's lane, but not a bazar ; hush, you must not talk here." 

 cuibjb bdzydft, stoppages, a fine. Synonyms are, ii>ljb' tawun, AJUy*. 

 jurmdnah, i^^y* sarsliikan, *2*s°\jP ghardmat, ^>jvjasza',and o-wj^jb 

 bdzhluodst. The last word is a general term and may also mean a de- 

 mand for rendering a satisfactory account ; c^wl^Ajb jj^ roz-i-bdzkhwdst, 

 the day of reckoning; 51 |j jfcy* cuu»[j^)b bdzklnodst-i-sarlcar i 

 wdld that which is due to the state ; hence taxes. *-bojA. ; e^/cj^-e, itMjLi 

 signify a fine; you say ^^j! &*$y* &JU^ ; oibjb and £^=> mean 

 stoppages, deductions from salaries, &c. You say cjLJLaj <saU &^ 

 ^i v^ibjb three months' wages of the grooms are deducted ; 

 &j£ £*=j ^?| j\ ^L*U &Aaj&. *sr-^ the fifth part of the monthly 

 allowance of the Amir is stopped ; ^LJ oibjb (J^A^ xjliiib (_LcLc 

 the collector makes a deduction according to the difference in weight 

 (of coins brought by the peasants). The meaning j^^ '■^'bjb in 

 Vullers (from Richardson) is doubtful. Slwrsliikan is generally used 

 in the sense of military stoppages to which a whole squadron is 

 condemned. For example, A. A. p. 283. 1. 13 : — 



•' If a trooper be found to be without his horse, he (the faujdar) 

 gives him a new one, charging the price to his squad in equal propor- 

 tions." 



jliily burdngdr, the right wing, Jji' qol the centre, jUijj.a. chu- 

 rangdr the left wing of an army. These are the usual spellings. 

 Other forms are j^\jj* burangar, j^y. burungar, as in the Chagatai 

 vocabulary published at Calcutta, and j^jy. bran gar (as in Zenker's 

 vocabulary). For jlAij^i., we also find j^jy^,jurangdr } with &jim. 

 Vullers' form jl*J|^ juwdngdr, with a wdw, is not in my dictionaries. 

 Another Turkish word often used by Indian writers, is (aS ^*j.<*-c]wrMchi 

 an avantguard ; a foraging party. As the article in Vullers, p. 569, 

 has no sense, I transcribe part of the article in the Muct. and Bh. 



£ J t Jib* ^ J*j±&» isbi^J* iJ??j* 



(l The word charJclicM occurs in the book entitled 'Alam-ara, by 



