42 Contributions to Persian Lexicography. [No. 1, 



does not pretend to be a critical dictionary, which Vullers does. Johnson 

 gives Arabic words, in which he is exceedingly exact, as he had good 

 sources; Vullers has only a few. The Persian words of both Dic- 

 tionaries contain a great number of words and meanings that never 

 existed, and many wrong spellings, because both used the B. and the 

 Haft qulzum— works which compilers onght not to use. Bnt the 

 number of mistakes is greater in Vullers, because he has used other 

 bad sources, as shall be shewn hereafter. On the other side Johnson 

 has given many meanings derived from the study of Persian writers, 

 in which point Vullers is sadly deficient. Again, for the Isti'mal-i- 

 Mutaakhkharin, Vullers is better, as he has used, from the middle of 

 the letter £j the Bahar i 'Ajam. 



For those who use Vullers' Lexicon, the following remarks may be 



of use : — 



The words marked in Vullers 

 C. (Castelli). 

 C. expers. vers. V. Test, (words taken by Castelli 



from some version of the Old Testament). 

 C. ex G. I do not know what this means. 

 F. (Farhang-i-Shu'uri).* 



M. ex F. (words which Meninski took from the 

 Farhang-i-Shu'uri). 

 and B. in app. (the appendix by Captain Roebuck) are 



nearly all doubtful. 



As examples of words marked C, C. ex pers. vers. V 

 Test and C. ex G., I shall mention-***!, a blunder for »*"' ; 

 Jii,'; j\j\ and ufol ; »tf , a blunder for tfejl ; 44,1, a blunder for 

 |bf • s^b • ribab, a blunder for «H^b ; gjajb ; J±iJ b . ; *X>4, ■ 

 mistake for a compound ending in ljU ; ^^M I ™t \ &#$* 5 ^/ 

 a blunder for gXUi (which itself is doubtful) ; ^\j». ; *^ J *>*i>^ \ 



j-Ai ; j\*y. ; '^ ; ^ 5 *** ; ^ a blunder for /^ ; /^;° r ' 



to take another letter of the alphabet ,-eWAiA ; ^.5 *^ i *^ J 

 aiJui ; ^jU^ ; &c. 



M : U l ^Inlnese werds marked with the letter F., whiefi Volte, did net find 

 in B., Bh., HK., SHL, 



