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\^S\ y • L a) Aa. ^id ,jE Aa Id - ^ ^ yi A^ 
l Corruption of used colloquially among Afridis. 
a = ^UA. 
s = jy^d. 
4 = dyi } . 
6 Literally, a cellar, inner apartment. 
5 A picturesque expression peculiar to tlie Afridis and Orakzais. 
7 Colloquially an Afridi drops the initial ^ of the Yusufzai, Jj^jj = to enter. 
8 In both these verbs the final * of the 3 rd pers. sing, has been omitted : this clipping is exceedingly common in the 
Afridi and Orakzai dialects. 
