38 Contributions to Persian Lexicography. [No. 1, 



Persian and Turkish have j&> pOdw. \fr.»* durwflBh,* for darwish 

 a beggar; ifW nimak salt, for namak ; &#*> nimkin, adj., for 

 namakin; S\j$ gawah a witness, for ^ &™& 5 ^ S irah ff to *' 

 foryirtt; ;>>>* mazdur i*y«, for j^>> mnzdur; ^K kagliidz paper, 

 for <^(£ kaghadz. 



A. A great number of Arabic words are universally wrong pro- 

 nounced in India; as **U qil'ah a fort, for qal'ah ; ^^ 

 qaiamat the resurrection, for qiyimat ; A*U gutf'afl, ior qit'ah ; u»y> 

 'urns a frtTfe, for arris ; ^ A hijr separation, for %> ; >^ 'ij z "***;- 

 ness, for '9*; l« rija hope, for raj U ; ^ fiz& *"* for JM; ^ 

 raza tanUmtmmO, for rfef ; -^ job a pocforf, for jaib ; &ltf> ghaias 

 for o-hias help; J& shahab for rffefft, a meteor; cu*^ 'acmat chas- 

 tity, for tpM#; &S° mauqa' for n**? ; r y> mansam a wfl»o», for 

 »au.m; *^ khunah a tent, iov Uaimah ; ^^ th^t bravery < 

 for «%M; cJU~ W^ fOT *«42«*- folly, j^ «* ■/«* ±or 

 gupfr; ^j** 'aqubat &v 'uqubat, punishment; o^^ liashmat 

 pomp, for totac* ; *a*» ,;««•*< paradise, "for ./mum*. ^ 



J. Peculiar spellings ; as : ^j\ for fUijI ; ^ forj^ ; JH^ for 

 WI Proper nouns are often written together, as ^^ for 

 T^. Similarly, J^U for da^-U j ^Ul *Ui>l*| f ■«« 

 TJUj *b| *U cil ; yJW^* for ydUJ&* consisting of; *>j**?\ for 



*-4^f ; ^Op, l'~^, *F^> "^ f ° r ***** **^ &C ' 

 j^, U*iU., U^aU, for W^ W»*U. Also, Uj- for 

 ^^ ; ^ loppy for r > khurram, *L-j for ^y. 



m. Barbarous forms ; as ^^1 j|a, ol^, ^ books for l^UT ; 

 JL^I gjo for cM <^> ; v^rf* mueharrab greasy ; j^l *V v^, 

 as we say tfri i^ of ^a& el Mandeb ; ^y firisad, for *i-^ 

 he sends ; ^ qulfiov d& qufl, a lock ; *>i ^ & *^ j ^!>*M 

 Hind. Uaj^ jU, for o^/ jUJ. 



V. 



The following terms, abbreviations, &c, are of frequent occurrence 

 in native Persian Dictionaries : — 



1. U&rWl Asadulhukamd, the poet Asadi of Tus, Firdausi's 



teacher. 



* Adopted by some Indian Diets, , as the Ghias, on a mistaken etymology. 

 •\ Thus also in Persian MSS. 



