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1 /4z Khudd ml-khwdst, "this was just what be was longing for." ' 2 Or tdldr. 



* Majlis drdstan "to lay the table, set ready a repast <#z7A ■wine.'" * 5ar kash'idan, " to drain a glass." 



5 Sfirat, " (ace : " bnr ddsht or zad. "' Sada-l, i.e., of knocking, not " calling." 1 Qdyim k. " to conceal." 



15 Chand jam shardb or chand jdm-i-sharab . 9 Qulaf, vulg. for #w/?. 10 Or simply '_yaif <zs< ' is said. 



II "Put on." 12 Qabz, " promissory note." 13 Pilingak z., m.c. snapping the fingers Persian fashion. 



