SOME CURRENT PUSHTU FOLK STORIES. 
I. STORY OF THE TIRAH FAQIR. 
S’ ' - 
•*** <0 j\ - sj yi u H ** ^ jy L ^' Ad *f“ Lf^ i^b 
9 * - 9 ' 
K) i l jo^«*» A*& ^Vo “ a)|^) 5;b O A*& ” 8j l **— *.*>E ^f*>S y) t 
* * 
j*A ^ **> ~ \jtx) !) t^A> fk>s* ^ ■ <***’ ))y i> 1 b J L j| ^ kjy 
Mj; ylk yy - fU.1 ; to. u?^ to f *X) *f A iJ A * A " iSi *> *j& j Jj? 
> - 
^ ^ >? ’ l * 3 * 5 * * j sv*-o S^j jlJ *y ACO Aik (k^V^lio j) ^^0 {m~fjj) jl.M) ft b 
> * c . 9 - T -* 
^j^li A) - Ajli ^ ALwkl ■*■* A) ^ <*U ^ A) ^y$J ^ ^ ^ A&jk 2^«>k AaO - ^*ob } 
9 f * > 
y - y*> yil^. £o^- L>y ^’U 5 )y$ A^h Aik <*Jj J A*Zfc A*ol> X ‘*«\>^» A) ^c 
^jiA ^Ui. y 8^> *yy Acj^sik. yy - j^y aa*^. ^yik ^»y a&. ^>14* _j a> u> ^jia a *a 
' ' f 
\jy *> ^ y ~ ijj& jy a** 5^ o?y ^ * # # * ^ ^3 
/ r> ' 9 
yy ^ ^ jiJ yl L ^ b Ai| a3 jl AAjka. lo ^ iJ Aa. 5; y*^ 
8 j **- uf 8 y^A aj ! yk (^i Aik ^ y yy ^ ^«Ek yy **> a*a - y ^.s 
*9 $ 
y to y^A aJ * yt>))^ f°yl y 1 y~£ X <*i?' *y> H ^ ~ ** 
AAAi 
V 
l Equivalent to 
3 A miracle. 
+ In the Orakzai and Afridi dialects, the past tense of is commonly used in a contracted form, the medial , 
disappearing. 
3 In the Orakzai and Afridi dialects, the 2 nd pers. plural of the verb terminates in j , and not in as among 
the Yusuf zai, 
« Aif = Yusufzai A* 4 
1 A peculiarity of the Orakzai dialect, the present tense of Ja> being formed from the root and not from 
Vi> 
8 In Orakzai, and also Afridi dialects, the present tense of the verb is frequently formed from the root 
in preference to the roots jH or £. 
