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L$^irt*j ls^" 3 (Abulfas/1), for LS '^)^>, Lr'^/t* ' i5 S **"j ^ 1C ending 

 U> not leading' to an adject, form in 8 ; aA-cp and &l»>>i a mongrel ; 

 Aj^U c^*,! for B^l* «-/-*»! ; *J Sit for S/| ; *U| ^ for *JJ| jlxc, a proper noun ; 

 aJUSj for <xJJL> j jS$U for J^&'J ; ^jp^la* a wardrobe, for oi^L*. ; AJbj^ 



a^fM, for*JU^ ; ^LaJI ^ for^SJl £j£>; Jjlll aU^ and^S/l aUa. for 

 jf^jKlt^^U^ and tl^^^lc^-^ ; &\)\* for olj^ ; ^j>jJ> for <^j>jb ; 

 e;(^ for iyft>, a shop ; i^lji for j^jij.5 ; *Jj* foT *-Li a certain dish : 

 ***£ for j***^ 1 ; ^-Hi-*- pure, for f^-*-* 5 ; ^J^ for fjSJ ; i^l^i* 5 for 

 ujli-** ; &*/o for £*; i^r^ 3 for c)k ; £-y*> for £y^- 



rf. Iii words beginning with f, the Madd is often omitted ; asjUd 

 pickles, jXm»| lining,* i^i*-*l sleeve. o^&j| canvass, 2f^Lc| ready, U*U| 

 a royal order, j&l a distiller, for -) Uf, J Ju,f J cui>T, ^Uf, U-iiff, j&f. 



e. After a long vowel we often find a vowel elided ; as \&*j*\ 

 dj'iiuj for the Iranian lij'an'n, Lj^y* maulwi for maulawi, J^\ wnxa&gi 

 for dmddagi, ^^fi^pdshidgiioT poshidagt, *wa^UL Ichalcah for hhdlicah, 

 U<iJT arJidair]- for dzhadan. 



f. Two Sakins are avoided; as ^-^.^ji arjamand /or arjmand. 



y. The Persian letters ^, ~, <-j, are used instead of the Arabic 

 c£, 7., uj ; as in ^Ju&i, «ij£&, i^i&| 3 for ^^'^, **!*&•, ts>**£»l ; «y-»f, 

 yii, for <-~*\ and <-o ; te^for ^^ ; A^Lua for *a%«5 ; *y* for ^a>. 



//. The Tashdid of many Arabic words falls away, as yt^J nawdb 

 for nawwdb an (Indian) Nawab ; Bji, pi. ol;J>, an atom.;;; 



i. The following pronunciations are very cornmon, though gener- 

 ally prohibited in the Dictionaries — ulj-^ khizdn autumn, for liM^a* 

 khazan ; Jtj^ dirdz§ for the Persian dardzlong] *M& shambah, and 

 even sftwrnoaAy Saturday, for *ji& shambih ; j^J^wZrfw, and even j^j, 

 a well known disli of rice, meat and spices, lorj&Jpaldw. The modern 



* Entered by Vullers as Peisian. It is Indian. 



f So in many Persian Dictionaries written by Indians. 



+ There is a curious mistake in Vull. Diet. I, p. 37S. Burhan, whom Vullers 

 copies, has c^*>| 8<Wf ^Jaij *A olji J *JaS6 ^^-^ 3<^J ; but Vullers does 

 not observe that &Ja9.i and edji (the Indian printer of the Burhan left out the 

 Tashdid) arc synonymous, reads of;3>, for the A. d;*;i,and translates canities 

 in antcriore capitis ! 



§ Vull. also has dirdz, although Burhan gives clearly jUJ \!)}}j* namdz. 



II Vull. also has d^Lwusr^ panjshambah I, 375. b., and &xi£&M» sihshambah 

 II, p. 354, whilst in other places he has correctly shambih. 



