52 Contributions to 'Persian Lexicography. [No. 1, 



notes such as the following in form of an index, ought to accompany 

 the Persian text of every book now-a-days printed ; for the compilation 

 of a reliable Dictionary, based upon a knowledge of the Persian language, 

 must necessarily be the work of many. 



olabf cultivated. You say a/ Mitf \jj£v# he built this town. 

 Also d * Ulabf J^ f & \^ W# he built this town and called it 



after his name. 



Aiibf abaftah, made of canvass. In Indian books mostly without 

 the Madd. Indian Historians use the word as a noun, the same 

 as dbdft, canvass. The forms iftirf dbdjt and Atof rf&a/fafc appear to 

 he more' in use than uuibf <&40 and ***bf rfftij^a*. 



J^?vT abjosh grraiy. Also, dried raisins. <J»&f kishnish is a 

 smaller kind. ^^ munaqqaw the best kind of dried raisins. yy> 

 mawez is a general term, dried raisins. 



^jiyt^Jisk frf Adam i haft-hazdri. People say that the number of 

 inhabitants on earth at the death of Adam, had reached the number 

 of seven thousand. 



iDdjjt Yullers and several inferior Indian Dictionaries maintain that 

 tarclan is wrong, and azardan correct, as the word is a contraction 

 for &*j\j1 . But *j)1 aztii-d occurs in rhyme with ±/°y*, *j£*, and 

 is analogous to u>^*A shumurdan, U^*A shumardan and c^U£, 

 &*j&* and i^t&J, 0^^» and e^jU*, &c, 



e)**o|;f drdmtdan, transitive and intransitive. You say 

 **>!;Ui u)|i>J ^*> Ja, or, p*1jl&.&\*i \j *>*> Jd. 



,yf <fe, a millstone. You say iite/<j.f lj*^ to grind corn. 



v xu>T ase&, corporeal pain, djd <Zard, both corporeal and mental 



pain. 



isiAjjUf and cD^Ufy to begin. The word is constructed with the 



accusative, or with <*J r. 



u^Uif dftdbidan, to become red like the sun. Infinitives in {dan are 

 formed from Arabic and Persian nouns. Examples :— e^U, to require, 

 i*>W to understand, e^j to dance, &*$>* (Niz.) to plunder, 

 e;^ to swallow down, ^**>U> to rise (smi), «*>&■» to die (Turanian 

 usage), a'**** to go to Mecca, O^V.^ to go to Madinah, O^^ and 

 ^jyubf* to visit the tombs of 'Omar and Abiibakr, «*>*»>!> the same as 



* For &SJ&y.\ . The form with the Alif occurs frequently in this 

 name Similarly '^b hdyazid t for *^| a^ ^cZ 5 the famous saint of 

 Bistam. 



