'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎348v] (701/706)

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GLOSSARY
RIS-SHA
RISK—Beard; hence RIsh-SufId, “ white-beard ”, elder.
RlZ—Pouring (in composition); a moist place.
RU or RUI—Face, surface. In composition, growing.
RUBAT or ROBAT (conventional spilling.)—An inn, sarai. Literally, a place
where horses, etc., are tied ; hence Murabit, one who ties his horse on frontier
or debateable ground ; a fighter for religion, usually spelt ‘ ‘ Marabout ’ ’ in
the west.
-A stream, brook, river, watercourse.
RUD I
RUDKHANEH J
RUKN—A corner-stone, pillar, prop. Plural, Arkan.
RUM—A corruption of “ Rome the Eastern Empire, Turkey, the Greeke.
RUSTAM—Proper name. The well-known Sistan hero.
RUTAB—Moisture, freshness.
RUZ—Day.
S.
S’AD AT ) —Good-fortune, happiness ; hence S’aid, fortunate ; As’ad, most
> fortunate. All these occur frequently in names of places and
S’AD 3 persons.
SABZ—Green.
SADIQ—True, real, friend. Much used in composition and as a proper name.
SADIR—Flowing, issuing, proceeding. An expression for certain forced exac
tions or dues levied in Persia.
SADR—Breast; hence chief, principal; hence Sadr-I-’Azam, Prime Minister.
S AFAR—J ourney.
SAG—Dog.
SAFlD—White sometimes written IsfId.
SAHRA—A desert, wide plain.
SAIF—Sword, sabre.
SA1YID—Literally “ Chief ”. A descendant of ’Ali.
SAKHT—Hard, difficult; hence Sakht-dar, “ The difficult gate ”, name of
a pass.
SAL—A year, age of a person.
SALAM—Peace, safety, salutation; hence Salam-i-’am, “ A common audi
ence ”, to which every one is admitted.
SALTANAT—Sovereignty, dominion.
SANG—Stone, rock ; hence Sangar, a stone breast work.
SAR—Head.
SARD—Cold ; hence Sard- Ir, ” the cold region ”, interior of Persia
SARHADD—Literally, “ head of the frontier”, a boundary. Applies some
times in Persia to the cold regions or Sardsir.
SARHANG—Lieutenant-Colonel; SartIp, Full Colonel.
SHAH—King ; Shah-in-Shah or Shah-i-Shahan, King of Kings, title of the
Persian sovereign. The a of ” an ” in Shahan, kings, is shortened,
m the first name for the sake of euphony, and on account of the pec,Rarities
. of Persian prosody.
SHAHl— Royal. The twentieth part of the Kran.
SHAHID— A beholder, a fair woman ; Shahid, a witness, a martyr