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1 Fa'<fa khwdstan " to invite " Baradar-zan no izafat. 2 Rauzana, is any light hole. 



3 Scratching the face is a signal to keep silence. It is also a sign of astonishment. 



* After divorce the 'iddah is three months, but after the death of a husband, four months and ten days. 



6 Nukar-bdb, a private servant in livery. 



' Barf girift (m.c), " began to snow " ; also bdrdn girift, " began to rain." 1 Havd= taraf. 



8 Tumbak, " a kind of small drum " These instruments indicate that there was some festivity taking place in the fort. 



9 Tutun, good, small tobacco, for cigarettes or ordinary pipes {chupuq) • tambdku is tobacco leaf (for the qaliydn). 

 JO Chdq k. to prepare either a chupuq or a qaliydn : this idiom is not used for any other preparation. 



U Bdrband, an outhouse for housing horses and cattle or for storing grain and straw. 



12 Bi-ram, vulg. for bi-ravam. 13 Shum, vulg. for sham, 1+ Shab-1 = one night. 



