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I Qapidan, " to snatch away." 2 " This is your share worth seven ghds." Ten ghaz= I shahl or roughly i^. 

 3 Duzda, dimin, of duzd. 



* Naqsh zadan, " to play a trick, etc." This story is told by a Shirazi, and the Shirazis hold in contempt the intelligence of the 

 Isphanis. 



5 Yak-l shiin, for yak-l az Jshan. 8 Sdruqcha, " bundle " ; (for sar-buqcha ?) 1 Sahib'dukan, no izafat. 



* Majlis chidan, ' to spread the table for a feast.' 9 Bdk-i nlst, " there's nothing the matter." 

 10 Bukhdr-i qalb bi-dar kardan=- taskin-i shahvat kardan. 



II Rah bi-rdh raftan, "to wander: not to go straight." The man was a stranger in the city. 

 12 Pi shld, vulg. for pa bi-shavid. 



