02 Contributions to Persian Lexicography. [No. 1, 



XjsH pinjdrah lattice work, framework, used for hedging in 

 flower beds, or as supports for creepers ( Sjl* bayarah*). Pieces of 

 wood or bamboo are stuck into the ground, at proper intervals, 

 and cross-pieces are tied to them. The shape of the interstices may 

 be varied by differently arranging the sticks. In the kind called 

 iSj**** jct'/art, each interstice is a rhombus, the sticks being placed 

 obliquely, but parallel, into the ground ; and so also the cross-sticks, 

 which incline, however, to the other side. In is^J** shatranji, the 

 pieces stand at right-angles to each other. More costly are the kinds 

 *J gird, where the interstices present the appearance of a square with 

 a circle inscribed in it \j*»<J& shash-sar hexagonal, j<»S*jb* duwdzdah- 

 sar twelve-sided. The ja'fari and shatranji may be ^^ 9 liair 

 ivagli, not tied, where the sticks are not tied to each other with 

 strings ; the other kinds are ^j wagM, as strings are required. 



In Vullers' article l?j***> P- 517 > the tW ? d raeaniu S' is the same 

 as the fifth ; Shakspeare's etymology from tj& is wrong. 



^ pSchdn, 1. twisting ; 2. twisted. The passive meaning seems 

 to be the usual meaning. Sanjar of Kashan (metre Rajaz) 



" (I come from the monastery) with the cord tied round the waist, 

 and the gong under my arm." Vide another example in Vull. I. p. 597, 

 1. 1. Similarly L-^ shm&sd knowing, and^crn., known, as &iLLU£ ; 

 but the passive meaning is rare ; vide A.A. p. 284, 1. 7 ; \j>&$ 

 pidzird, accepting, and accepted. 



<UJo yj pir i pambah a scarecrow. Vullers' meaning is unsup- 

 ported. 



ajUo paimdnah. The paimdnah is larger than the ^. 



^0 tah'n, Inf. DL of &\ ; vide Lane's Ar. Diet. p. 9. c, a leading 

 on, the same as (S&> pairawi. Indian Historians use this word as an 

 ism i fa'il, *>>&lsir%, a leader, pi. ol#G tabindt leaders, officers ; vide 

 A A. p. 191, l" 17; p. 193, 1. 1. ^l^G tdbin bdsM a superior 

 commanding officer, p. 196, 1. 20. Thus also often in the Padishah- 

 namah. 



* Vullers has s. ^lx) a reference to &3jJ lotah ; but lotah is not a creeper ; 

 it is a plant capable of standing without support. 



