"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد II" [و‎‎٣‎٤‎٣] (٧٠٦/٦٩٠)

GLOSSARY, etc.
AB—ARB
A.
AB—Water, or river. This word may either be placed before the word quali
fying it (in which case it is connected therewith by the Persian “ izafat'\
or “ t ”) or after it, when the two coalesce.
Examples. —Ae-i-sard : “ The cold river ” or water. K am an dab : “ The
lassoo river ” from its winding course. In Kurdish it is pronounced
Au.
ABAD—A termination meaning “ cultivated ”, " abode ”, and hence used
much as “ ton ”, “ thorpe ”, etc., are in English.
Examples. —Khurramabad : “ Pleasant-ton.”
’ABD — Servant, slave. Much used with Allah, God, as 'Abdullah or
’Abdallah, “Servantof God.”
ABU—Father (in composition with another noun) : often shortened to bu.
AGHA—Master, Sir. Used sometimes as a respectful appellation of are nuch,
as Agha Muhammad Khan.
AGHACH—Tree (Turkish).
AHMAD—A proper name, signifying “ most praiseworthy ”, often forming
the name of a village or town, with “ abad ”, as Ahmadabad.
’AIN—A fountain or spring; literally, “eye”.
AIYUB—Proper name. Job.
’A JAM—An Arabic name for Persian, and the Persians, signifying “ barbarously-
speaking”.
AKBAR—A proper name, signifying “ most great ”, and often forming the name
of a village or town, with “ abad ”, as Akbarabad.
AKHUR—Stable; hence Mir-Akhur, “ Master of the horse”.
’ ALI—A proper name, signifying “ exalted ”, often forming the name of a village
or town, with “ abad ”, as ’Aliabad.
AMBAR—Store, barn, rick, warehouse ; hence Abambar, “ reservoir.”
AMIN—An epithet or title, signifying “ entrusted ”, often used to form, with
“ abad ”, the name of a village or town, as AmInabad.
AMIR—Ruler, commander, noble, (plural Umar a) often used in names of towns,
etc., as Amirabad.
ANAR—Pomegranate.
ANGUR—Grapes.
ANJlR—Fig.
AQ—White, Ex. Aqdeh, “ Whitethorpe ” (Turkish).
ARBAB—Plural of Rabb, Lord, and sometimes used in a sense of “ noble ”,
or “ possessors ”.
ARG or ARK or ARZ—The “ ark ” or citadel of a town ; hence Arz-i-rum,
or, as generally spelt, Erzeroum or Erzerum.
ARJAN—Wild almonds.
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