48 Contributions to Persian Lexicography. [No. 1, 



yifi\ p 134, English, an Englishman. The Persians and Arabs 



say" IlX5| Ayfe, the Hindustanis J^l ffyi*. We ™? COmpal ' e 



the modern \±J girjd, a church, with the Portuguese igreja, and the 



Greek ekklesia. 



8^1 p. 140, nom. urbis cnjusdam B. It is Oudh, the famous 



^pre or ^fift'srr. 



.jb p 155 a hind of wandering Muhammadan monk, J£. 

 Vullers might 'have left out this error of Richardson's. Similar 

 mistakes are Ujf , ttO-tft , P- 29, for v >* W and *U~4>* W 

 ^SLfci bakhtigdri, p. 194, for ^tl** pukhtahMri ;y±^ P- 1^7, 

 f ; o ^ ^£±* bakhshi-i-juz, a deputy paymaster- who serves under the 

 ctf^ii bakhsM-i-kul, or paymaster-general ; ^, p. 204, for 

 Jjij taZraitf, as you say gi-J^ ^ti^san;', graceful ; tf /H 

 fadzr'gari, p. 207, for ^ k^n', or c5>J* 6«r.a%«n ; ^, 

 p 239, an Indian spelling for.«i-J ba*tah;j*& bashgir, p. Stt), tor 

 y^x, fmtyr; 6% Mfc, P- 303, for c3% 2/^' ^ and 

 J&jj JiJb, p. 323, for s&b and lAfJwftl*, &o. 



&kb, p. 269, nom. magnae urbis et olini metropolis in Hindustan. 

 This absurdity is supplied by F. > 



a 4J p 287 ; the extract from Richardson, with the exception ot 

 the meaning, a violin, is correct. The word is Hindee, but occurs very 

 . often in Indian Historians. It is a purse of money kept at court lor 

 paying alms, rewards, &c. 



Jy Ulach, p. 279 ; this should be Jjitfbj. 



% p. 384. This is the Hind, fc* V% a word often "W^ t0 



fl " 1 ^ p 406 This is the Hind, term for pulex communis. 



Jjfl p 465. 3) nom. arcis in Hindustan, B., nomine jtf*$ 

 zantamL Celebris, P. This absurdity is, of course supplied by P. 

 It should bej**^ rantanbhur, as correctly given by FJ., or Rmtarn- 



h0l ^y tob, p. 475; Vull. does not understand the Hind. is*<3 **» a 

 piece of cloth of a fixed number of yards, Germ, eine Webe. 

 J^ p 521 , the same as ura^, a squall. 



SU P- 543. Yullers in his extract from Bh. writes tou» 

 JL^SA luyjaUn, for uA^ fiWtfflM* the famous emperor ot 

 India. I am afraid Vullers has not understood Bh.'s phrase 



