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... Alphabet . A. a . Oh ! also a particle of interrogation . á . Come thou . P. láb . Water , moisture , humour , splendour , elegance , grace . The lustre of precious stones , polished steel , & c . اباء .ab . A father , pl اب A. ábá . A ...
... Alphabet . A. a . Oh ! also a particle of interrogation . á . Come thou . P. láb . Water , moisture , humour , splendour , elegance , grace . The lustre of precious stones , polished steel , & c . اباء .ab . A father , pl اب A. ábá . A ...
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... alphabet arranged in numerical order . A. abḥur . Seas . pl . of bahr . P. A. ábi ḥaiyát . The water of immortality , nectar . A. abkhur . Vapours , perfumes . A. Jabkhal . most avaricious . More or P. ábkh'urd . Liveli- hood . A. ابداء ...
... alphabet arranged in numerical order . A. abḥur . Seas . pl . of bahr . P. A. ábi ḥaiyát . The water of immortality , nectar . A. abkhur . Vapours , perfumes . A. Jabkhal . most avaricious . More or P. ábkh'urd . Liveli- hood . A. ابداء ...
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... Alphabet . A. límá . Allusion , signal . A. ímán . Faith , reli- gion , belief . .aiman ایمان . P. A. P. ب ba . With , in , to , bi . by , & c . bá . With , possessed با آنکه انکه . standing . bá - ánki . Notwith- A. báb . A gate , a ...
... Alphabet . A. límá . Allusion , signal . A. ímán . Faith , reli- gion , belief . .aiman ایمان . P. A. P. ب ba . With , in , to , bi . by , & c . bá . With , possessed با آنکه انکه . standing . bá - ánki . Notwith- A. báb . A gate , a ...
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... alphabet . At the end of a word it represents the pro- noun of the second person sin- gular . P. tá . To , until , so far , as long as , that , in order that , while . It is generally added crest . .taji khuras تاج خروس ... A. P. A ...
... alphabet . At the end of a word it represents the pro- noun of the second person sin- gular . P. tá . To , until , so far , as long as , that , in order that , while . It is generally added crest . .taji khuras تاج خروس ... A. P. A ...
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... alphabet . It is never used in words of Persian origin . A. sikát . Trusty friends . A. sakálat . Heaviness , weight . A. sakb . Perforation . A. proof . sábit . Firm , fixed , A. sukbat . A hole . A. Ja sikl . Heaviness . A. jafer . A ...
... alphabet . It is never used in words of Persian origin . A. sikát . Trusty friends . A. sakálat . Heaviness , weight . A. sakb . Perforation . A. proof . sábit . Firm , fixed , A. sukbat . A hole . A. Ja sikl . Heaviness . A. jafer . A ...
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Page 277 - Lat. dinrnalif, daily. — Lat. dies, a day. A doublet of Journal, qv DIVAN, a council-chamber, sofa. (Pers.) In Milton, PL x. 457. — Pers. and Arab, divan, 'a tribunal, a steward ; a collection of odes arranged in alphabetical order of rhymes ; the Divdn i Hdjiz is the most celebrated ; ' Palmer's Pers. Diet., col. 282. In Richardson, p. 704, the Pers. form is given as din/tin, the Arab, as daytvdn, explained as ' a royal court, the tribunal of justice or revenue, a council of state, a senate...
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Page 413 - JL-c ^e. the nineteenth letter of the Arabic and twentysecond of the Persian alphabet, has no corresponding character in Sanskrit. It is one of the...
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