'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎343v] (691/706)

GLOSSARY
ASA—BAZ
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ASAD—Lion. From the mode of spelling adopted in previous reports,
( which made no distinction between A and ’A, and it has
AS’AD—Most ( frequently been found impossible to distinguish between
fortunate. J these words in names such as As’adabad.
ASIAB — A shortened form of AsIa-i-ab, “ Water-mill ” : hence Chahar
AsIab, “ the four water-mills ”,
’ASKAR—(Arabic). A soldier. Plural ’Asakir.
ATA—Father (Turkish).
ATABAK or ATABEG—(Turkish). King, or Prime-minister. A title of a dy
nasty which reigned in Fars in the eleventh and twelfth centuries of our era.
ATAK—Skirt (Turkish).
ATISH — Fire. Hence Atish-Gah, " Fire-place ” and Atish-kadah, “ Fire
temple ’ often found in Persia as names of places, particularly where fire-
worshippers still exist, as at Yazd and in its environs.
’AZlM—Great. Often found in names of places, as ’Azimabad. A’zam,
greatest.
’AZlZ — Honoured, revered. Often found in names of places, as ’AzIzabad.
B.
BAB—Door, gate.
BABA—Father.
BAD—Bad, evil.
BAD—Wind.
BAD AM—Almond.
BADR—Full-moon.
BAGH—Garden.
BAHR — Sea ; hence Bahrain, “ The two seas ”.
BAHRAM—Proper name, often found in names of towns and villages, as
Bahramabad.
BAKU—Much, very great (Baluchi).
BAIAZ—Witness.
BAIT—House, family.
BAJ—Tribute, customs; hence Bajgah, " The place of custom.”
BARAR—Surname of one of the twelve Imams. Hence Bakarabad.
BAKHSH—Giving, granting ; hence Bakshabad.
BALA—Above, upper.
BAND—Dam, embankment, hence Bandamir, “ The Amir’s dam”.
BANDEH—Servant, slave ; hence Khudabandeh, “ Servant of God ”.
BANDAR=Port, harbour. Bandar ’Abbas or (in Turkish style) Bandar
Abba si=“ Port Abbas ”.
BANT — Sons, children, (Plural of Ibn).
BARD—Cold (substantive); hence Barid, cold (adiective).
BARF—Snow.
BARKEH or BIRKEH — Cistern, tank, watering-place.
BARQl—Of or belonging to lightning; an epithet applied to the telegraph.
BAR—Land, as opposed to BAHR, “ Sea, desert ”.
BASH—Head (Turkish) ; becomes Bash! in composition.
BAZ---Playing—Losing (in composition); hence Sarbaz, “ one who gambles
’with his head”; "a soldier”; also "a hawk”.