AN A LTERNA TIVE REA D ING OF

THE Y UA N A NX I I RON P LA TE , OR

THE Q UEEN IN P URPLE

BY M AURICE E TXEBERRIA

2014-2015

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7 23 12 17 22 30

8 13 26 19 16 29

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Ha-kaf Dal Jim Alif-Lam Ha-Lam Ya

Waw-Jim Ha-ya Alif-Kaf Dal-Kaf Alif-Ya Alif

Zayn Jim-Kaf Ba-Ya Zayn-Ya Ba-Kaf Lam

Ha Jim-Ya Waw-Kaf Ta-Ya Waw-Ya Ta-Kaf

Ha Kaf Ha-Ya Dal-Ya Ha-Kaf Ba-Lam

Zayn-Kaf Lam-Jim Dal-Lam Waw Ba Ta

HKF D J AL HL Y

WJ HY AK DK AY A

Z JK BY ZY BK L

H JY WK TY WY TK

H K HY DY HK BL

ZK LJ DL W B T

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 O RD ER OF R OOTS , BY NUMBER
First 111: The Cementing of the Ties (28) Between Tribes of
the Tents (4) at an arranged place/time (3) return-
ing/governing / presiding [& or princes] (31) circumstances of
prosperity (35) in continuous action/manifestation (10)

Second 111: The troubled, in pain (36) speaketh and approach

her (18) those misfortunate 'seekers of the stone' (21) beg-
gars/hermits in the /desert/barren lands will share the meas-
ure/will and shall be strengthened (24) and to him (11) will
be the solace of company in /sacred/ solitude (1)

Third 111: These masters/kings2 [the endowed] (7), nearing to

the spring-fountain (the sound of the aquatic fowls) (23) the
[gate; in reference to previous symbolism] city/door of [Sev-
enth Heaven] (12) of life/living/sustenance (17) by the Di-
vine Precept (22) from affliction shall be exalted (30)

Fourth 111: In her (8) place/time (13), these who are dispar-
aged (26) inside (19) woe of pain/desire, the promises are
fulfilled (16) to whomsoever never gives up / the bottom of
Earth/ground (29)

Fifth 111: To a man (5) who manages his affairs/conduct well

(20) She exists (15) eternally /also of Earth as the nurse/
(14) for the famished man (25) who does not become disheart-
ened in his soul (32)

Sixth 111: The virtuous, pure (sincere, of clear mind) (27),

taking refuge (33) and repelling the tedious/impure (34) by
Intellect (intelligence as soul faculty, reflected in reason,
higher faculty of the mind) (6) [or what is rid of the reed
thorn, relieved from pain] worthy of endowment (2) to reside
with Thee (9)

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In the Zoroaster and Magoi religions, these stepping on the path were Kings; this did not
belong to any modern 'feudal' understanding, yet in service of their people, and command-
ing as bestowed through the Tree of Life (Back to Tabula Smaragdina Hermetiis), these
were the 'Crowns of the Kingdoms' which are symbolic of the Elements, and associated
Ethereal Kingdoms and beings inhabiting them.

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FIRST 111:
Ha-Kaf (28)

‫ آهك‬āhak, ‫ اهك‬ahak

‫ آهك‬āhak, ‫ اهك‬ahak, Lime, plaster, cement; ointment compounded of quick- lime and arsenic
(used in the baths as a depilatory);--āhaki tafta, Quick-lime;--āhaki siyāh, A kind of strong
cement;--āhaki ṣadaf, Shell-lime.

‫ حك‬ḥakk

A ‫ حك‬ḥakk (v.n.), Scratching, rubbing; scraping, erasing; rubbing one substance against an-
other; piercing, stinging (the heart); [ḥakk shudan, To be scratched, &c.;--ḥakk sāḵẖtan
(kardan), To scratch, erase, &c.;]--ḥikk, Doubt, suspicion.

Dal (4)

tribes.

‫د‬d

‫ د‬d ronounc d as in ng ish, and ca d dā i a ad, dā i gẖair manqūta, or dā i muhma a,

undott d dā ), Th t nth tt r of th Ara ic-Persian alphabet, denoting 4 in arithmetic, and
the fourth day in the week,

-- 0494 --

or Wednesday; also the planet Mercury in the Ephemerides, and the sign Leo in the Zodiac.
It is sometimes interchangeable with ‫ ذ‬,‫ت‬, or ‫ز‬, as ḵẖāt for ḵẖād, ādar for āẕar, dīzār for
dīdar.

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Commentary: Arabic Astrology and the Fourth Star of the Tents (Tribes)

Jim (3)

. ‫ ج‬j : (page 348)

‫ شﮩى‬shahr, month, is supplied); sometimes it interchanges with ‫ ت‬t, ‫ چ‬ch, ‫ ز‬z, ‫ ﮋ‬zh, ‫ ش‬sh, ‫گ‬
g, and ‫ ي‬y; and it has the power given to the letter j in James.

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Fourth ucky star of th t nts π Aqr - 52 Aqr) - HIP 110672

Type: eruptive variable star (GCAS)

Magnitude: 4.80 (extincted to: 5.39. B-V: -0.19)

Absolute Magnitude: -2.10

Magnitude range: 4.42÷4.87 Photom tric syst m: V)

RA/D J2000): 22h25m16.6s/+1°22'38.7"

RA/D of dat ): 22h26m1s/+1°27'06"

Ga actic ongitud / atitud : +66°00'24.5"/-44°44'22.1"

Hour ang /D : 19h44m39s/+1°27'06" g om tric)

Hour ang /D : 19h44m46s/+1°29'36" a ar nt)

Az/A t: +110°21'55"/+16°50'52" g om tric)

Az/A t: +110°21'55"/+16°53'55" a ar nt)

Spectral Type: B1Ve

Distance: 782.15 Light Years

Parallax: 0.00417"

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 ‫ جب‬ā

‫ جب‬ā, A ac ; st ad, room; tim m.c.);-- ā andākhtan, To place, establish, arrange (m.c.);-
- ā a ā, From ac to ac ; h r and th r ;

1. ‫ ج‬j : (page 348)

grass (Triticum repens).

‫ ثیىم‬sayūm

‫ ثیىم‬sayūm, am of a ant us d as m dicin for th y s.

‫جج‬j

‫ ج‬in Ar. ca d īm, in P. distinguish d from ‫ چ‬as īmi a ad, īmi ʻara ī, or īmi tāzī, Th
sixth letter of the Arabic-Persian alphabet; and the character for three in Arithmetic; it rep-
resents Tuesday and Cancer in astronomical books

Alif-Lam (31)

‫ الیل‬alīl

A ‫ الیل‬alīl (v.n. of ّ‫)ال‬, Groaning (from pain or grief); the murmuring of running water;--alyal,
Very dark night.

‫ اّعال‬auʻāl

A ‫ اّعال‬auʻāl (pl. of waʻl), Nobles, princes; (pl. of waʻil) mountain-goats.

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‫ اّل‬aul

A ‫ اّل‬aul (v.n.), Returning; administering well, managing with propriety; governing, pre-
siding.

Ha-Lam (35)

ḥāl

A ‫ حال‬ḥāl, State, situation, condition, mode, manner; an affair, thing; time pre- sent, pre-
sent tense; prosperous circum- stances; ecstasy; [ḥāl (ba-ḥāl) āmadan, To

-- 0409 --

come round, to come to one's senses (m.c.);--ḥāl ān ki, The fact is that; whereas, now that,
though, notwithstanding;--ḥāli peshīn (sābiq), The former or past state;--ḥāl kardan, To
be in an ecstasy;--ahli ḥāl, The people of ecstasy, i.e. Sūfīs (opp. to ahli qāl, people of talk,
i.e. the learned);--dar īn ḥāl, Meanwhile, at this moment (m.c.);+--ḥāll, Descending (some
commentators derive the meaning "ecstasy" from this word, as that which descends up-
on the ascetic); due (debt).

Ya (10)

64669. ‫ ياء‬yāʼ, yā : (page 1523)

yā

A ‫ ياء‬yāʼ, yā, Name of the letter ‫ ی‬y, of which the grammarians enumerate the following
kinds, whereof the pronunciation is maʻrūf, unless the majhūl pronunciation is indicated

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in brackets:--i. yāʼi (yāyi) istimrārī (being majhūl), The yā of continued or repeated action,
affixed to the preterite of verbs, to convey the idea of perpetuity or frequent occurrence,
as zaid har roz nazdi man āmade "Zaid used to visit, or kept visiting, me daily." With the
optative or

Second 111: The troubled, in pain (36) speaketh and approach her (18) those misfortu-
nate 'seekers of the stone' (21) beggars/hermits in the /desert/barren lands will share
the measure/will and shall be strengthened (24)

A part, portion; measure, de- cree; a beggar; beggary; strengthened, firm, fortified, strong;
blow, collision, shock, or bruise; the head; a bald head; a barren mountain; a desert with-
out vege- tation; hard ground; a leafless tree; foun- dation of a wall;

‫ ی‬wajá

A ‫ ّجی‬wajá (v.n.), Having a worn hoof (a horse);--wajī, (A horse) worn in the hoof.

‫ ع‬wajīʻ

A ‫ ّجیع‬wajīʻ, fem. ‫ ّجیعة‬wajīʻat, wajīʻa, Painful; pained; patient.

ٍ wajīʻa

a َ‫ ّجیع‬wajīʻa, Pain.

‫ ج‬aʻwaj

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A ‫ اعْج‬aʻwaj, Crooked, wry, distorted.

aujāʻ

A ‫ اّجاع‬aujāʻ (pl. of wajaʻ), Pains, aches, diseases, complaints.

‫ جع‬wajaʻ

A ‫ ّجع‬wajaʻ (v.n.), Being pained; disease, pain, ache; complaint, mourning; *wajaʻu ʼl-āẕān,
ar-ache;--wajaʻu ʼl-asnān, Tooth-ache;--wajaʻu ʼz-zahr, Back-ache, lumbago;--wajaʻi
mafāṣil, A pain in the joints, rheumatism;]--wajiʻ, fem. ‫ ّجعة‬wajiʻat, wajiʻa, Full of pain,
aching.

wāj

‫ ّاج‬wāj, Speak, say; extreme hunger.

Ha-Ya (18) ‫احیاء‬

aḥyāʼ : (page 23)

A ّ‫ احْی‬aḥwá, Black, dusky (in the lips); black inclined to green.

‫ احیاء‬aḥyāʼ

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 A ‫ احیاء‬aḥyāʼ (pl. of ḥayy), The living; tribes, families;--iḥyāʼ (v.n. 4 of ّ‫)حی‬, Recalling to
life, reviving, animating; vivi- fication; resuscitating, restoring the dead to life.

‫ احیاى‬aḥyān

22. ‫ حیا‬ḥayaʼ : (page 434)

qaiyūm (ḥaiy u qaiyūm), ḥaiyi lā-yamūt, ternal; immortal, imperishable;+--ḥaiya, Come

hither; approach;--ḥaiya ṣʼ-ṣalāt, Hasten to prayer (call of the Muʼazzin).

‫ حیا‬ḥayaʼ

A ‫ حیا‬ḥayaʼ, Rain; a plentiful year.

‫ حیاء‬ḥayāʼ

A ‫ حیاء‬ḥayāʼ (v.n. of ‫)حیی‬, Blushing; shame,

23. ‫ حیا‬ḥayaʼ : (page 434)

lā-yamūt, ternal; immortal, imperishable;+--ḥaiya, Come hither; approach;--ḥaiya ṣʼ-

ṣalāt, Hasten to prayer (call of the Muʼazzin).

‫ حیا‬ḥayaʼ

A ‫ حیا‬ḥayaʼ, Rain; a plentiful year.

‫ حیاء‬ḥayāʼ

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 A ‫ حیاء‬ḥayāʼ (v.n. of ‫)حیی‬, Blushing; shame, penitence; modesty, bashfulness;--ḥayā
balīdan,

106. ‫ ُای‬hāy : (page 1487)

in- fernal.

‫ ُاٌُا‬hāhunā

A ‫ ُاٌُا‬hāhunā, Here; hither.

‫ ُای‬hāy

‫ ُای‬hāy, O! ah! alas! Well done! strange!

‫ ُاياُای‬hāyāhāy

‫ ُاياُای‬hāyāhāy, The cries of mourners.

128. ‫ ُیا‬hayā : (page 1519)

have a care! softly! touch it not! oh! alas! bravo! is, exists; existence.

‫ ُی‬hiya

A ‫ ُی‬hiya, She; she is.

‫ ُیا‬hayā

A ‫ ُیا‬hayā, Ho! holla! hark ye!

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 ‫ ُیاٴات‬haiʼāt

A ‫ ُیاٴات‬haiʼāt (pl. of haiʼat), xternal forms.

Alif-Kaf (21)

‫ آن‬āk, ‫ ان‬ak

‫ آن‬āk, ‫ ان‬ak, Calamity, misfortune; vice, defect, blemish

‫ له‬alak (elek) : (page 94)

‫ آل‬āl, q.v.).

‫ اله‬alik

‫ اله‬alik, Hopeless, destitute, undone; a road; a precious stone; a nag.

‫ اله‬alak (elek)

Dal-Kaf (24)

‫ دن‬dak : (page 530)

A part, portion; measure, de- cree; a beggar; beggary; strengthened, firm, fortified,
strong; blow, collision, shock, or bruise; the head; a bald head; a barren mountain; a de-
sert without vege- tation; hard ground; a leafless tree; foun- dation of a wall; [dak zadan,
To beg;]--dik, A word used in calling a cock;--duk (for dūk), A spindle (unsupported by ex-
amples).

‫ دن‬dakk

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 A ‫ دن‬dakk (v.n.), Bruising, braying, grinding; levelling; level

4. ‫ ديه‬dīk : (page 553)

A note in music.

‫ ديفرّجاش‬dīfrūjās

‫ ديفرّجاش‬dīfrūjās (difrugh/s), Marcasite.

‫ ديه‬dīk

A ‫ ديه‬dīk, A cock; a hen;--dīki hindī, A turkey.

‫ ديکة‬dīkat

A ‫ ديکة‬dīkat, A hen;--diyakat (pl. of

6. ‫ دّن‬dūk : (page 545)

‫ دّّلْلی‬du-qaulī

a ‫ دّّلْلی‬du-qaulī, Duplicity of speech, falsehood.

‫ دّن‬dūk

‫ دّن‬dūk, A woman's spindle; name of a desert;--dok, A dock (m.c. from E.).

‫ دّوا‬dūkā

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 ‫ دّوا‬dūkā, A Russian coin (ducat ), 3 manāt (see ‫)هٌاط‬.

. ‫ دن‬dak : (page 530)

‫ دن‬dak, A part, portion; measure, de- cree; a beggar; beggary; strengthened, firm, forti-
fied, strong; blow, collision, shock, or bruise; the head; a bald head; a barren mountain; a
desert without vege- tation; hard ground; a leafless tree; foun- dation of a wall; [dak za-
dan, To beg;]--dik, A word used in calling a cock;--duk (for dūk), A spindle (unsupported
by ex- amples).

‫ دن‬dakk

A ‫ دن‬dakk (v.n.), Bruising, braying,

Alif-Ya (11)

1. ‫ الیا‬alyā : (page 96)

‫ الی‬ilá, To, up to, towards, until;--ilá ʼl-ān, Till now, to this time, until this hour;--ilai-hi,
ilaih, To him, to it; above-mentioned, aforesaid ( mushār ilai-hi).

‫ الیا‬alyā

G ‫ الیا‬alyā, Marsh-mallows.

‫ الیاس‬ilyās, alyās

A ‫ الیاس‬ilyās, alyās, lias; name of a king of Khazar, a

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2. ‫ الیا‬alyā : (page 96)

until;--ilá ʼl-ān, Till now, to this time, until this hour;--ilai-hi, ilaih, To him, to it; above-
mentioned, aforesaid ( mushār ilai-hi).

‫ الیا‬alyā

G ‫ الیا‬alyā, Marsh-mallows.

‫ الیاس‬ilyās, alyās

A ‫ الیاس‬ilyās, alyās, lias; name of a king of Khazar, a country on the confines of the Cas-
pian Sea.

Alif (1)

4. ‫ االلف‬al-alif : (page 91)

alāqī

A ‫ االلی‬alāqī (pl. of alqīyat), Questions, problems; misfortunes, adversities.

‫ االلف‬al-alif

A ‫ االلف‬al-alif, A solitary person, a single individual; one.

َ‫ آالل‬ālāla, َ‫ االل‬alāla

َ‫ آالل‬ālāla, َ‫ االل‬alāla, A tulip.

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A ‫ الیف‬alīf, Familiar, intimate; a com- rade, friend.

Third 111:

Zayn (7) / check against the 'Tents' Astronomy

‫ ذ‬ẕ : (page 556)

A crown-holder, a king.

‫ ديیویر‬dayīmīr

‫ ديیویر‬dayīmīr, The 16th day of the month.

‫ ذّذ‬ẕ

‫ ذ‬ẕ, called ẕāli manqūta or ẕāli muʻjama, Dotted ẕāl, the eleventh letter of the Arabic-
Persian alphabet, denoting in arithmetic 700, and in almanacks the last month of the Ara-
bian year, ẕū ʼl-ḥijjat, as

‫ ذا‬ẕā : (page 556)

was, perhaps, somewhat like th in "that," but the Persians make but little, if any, dif-
ference between it and ‫ ز‬zā, and accordingly call it also zāʼi saḵẖiẕ (see ‫)ابجد‬.

‫ ذا‬ẕā

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 A ‫ ذا‬ẕā, He, this; (acc. of ّ‫ ذ‬used as nom.) lord or master of, endowed with;--ẕā arbaʻa
aẓlāʻ, Four-sided, a square.

‫ ذاٴب‬ẕaʼb

3. ّ‫ ذ‬ẕū : (page 559)

Long-tailed (horse); a portion, lot; a bucket; an evil day; the flesh of the back; the
grave;--ẕunūb (pl. of ẕaṃb), Crimes, sins, trespasses.

ّ‫ ذ‬ẕū

A ّ‫ ذ‬ẕū, A lord, master; endowed with, possessed of;--ẕū arbaʻatu ʼl-aẓlāʻ, Four-sided,
quadrilateral;--ẕū aẓʻāf, A common multiple;--ẕū aẓʻāfi ʻaql, Least common multiple;--ẕū ʼl-
jalāl, Majestic, glorious;--ẕū ʼl-janāḥ,

an evil day; the flesh of the back; the grave;--ẕunūb (pl. of ẕaṃb), Crimes, sins, trespasses.

ّ‫ ذ‬ẕū : (page 559)

of ẕaṃb), Crimes, sins, trespasses.

ّ‫ ذ‬ẕū

ẕauʻ

A ‫ ذّع‬ẕauʻ (v.n.), Needing, wanting.

Jim-Kaf (23)

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‫ جیه‬jīk : (page 383)

‫ جیمَّکردى‬jīqa-jīqa kardan

‫ جیمَّجیمَّکردى‬jīqa-jīqa kardan, To adorn the (eye-brows) with a certain powder of brass

and talc.

‫ جیه‬jīk

‫ جیه‬jīk, The noise of fowls.

‫ جیهّجیه‬jīk-jīk

‫ جیهّجیه‬jīk-jīk, Cry of birds and beasts.

‫جیل‬

//http://www.studiesincomparativereligion.com/public/articles/The_Tree_Symbol_in_Isl
am-by_Noble_Ross_Reat.aspx//

(In view of the crucial importance of the prayer niche, this view is persuasive. The phrase
“neither of the ast nor of the West” suggests centrality and is therefore open to being
interpreted as applying to the Tree of Bliss, and the water symbolism mentioned earlier
plays an important part in the paradisal motif of Muslim prayer rugs. Often a rug depicts
a tree growing out of a vase, symbolising a divine source of water, and on some rugs may
be seen aquatic fowls which indicate the proximity of water in paradisal symbolism)

Dickie, “The Iconography of the Prayer Rug”, Oriental Art, Spring, 1972, p. 44.

nearing the water // nearing the spring-fountain // denoting the proximity

Ba-Ya (12)

2. ‫ بايا‬bāyā : (page 153)

bāha, A lake, a pond! a strong horse.

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 ‫ بای‬bāy

‫ بای‬bāy, A city.

‫ بايا‬bāyā

‫ بايا‬bāyā, It is proper, it behoveth.

‫ بايامّبرآهدى‬bāyyām (ba-aiyām) bar āma- dan, To grapple with adversity, to contend

against misfortune.

‫ بایّحال‬bi-aiyi

‫ بیا‬bayā, Full; a door; how --biyā (imp. of āmadan), Come, come hither, approach.

Zayn-Ya (17);

. ‫ زای‬zāy : (page 608)

strong, rapid (current); dry.

‫ زآُي‬zi āhan

‫ زآُي‬zi āhan, in poetry zāhan (for az āhan), Of iron.

‫ زای‬zāy

‫ زای‬zāy, (in comp.) Bringing forth.

َ‫ زايچ‬zāycha

َ‫ زايچ‬zāycha, A horoscope; astronomical tables.

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. ‫ زی‬zay : (page 631)

Iranian champion.

‫ زُیراب‬zahīrāb

‫ زُیراب‬zahīrāb, Name of the angel who has charge of the earth as element.

‫ زی‬zay

‫ زی‬zay, Life; sustenance;--zī (imperat. and part. of zīstan), Live thou; living; life; fate;
provisions; measure, bounds (az zīyi ḵẖẉud bīrūn rafta ast "he has over- stepped his
bounds"); a side, quarter, track, coast, shore;

Ba-Kaf (22)

‫ ن‬bāk : (page 149)

ٍ‫ بالیّهاًد‬bāqī-mānda

a ٍ‫ بالیّهاًد‬bāqī-mānda, A remainder; a survivor; leavings; the balance of an account.

‫ بان‬bāk

‫ بان‬bāk, Fear, dread, timidity; care, solicitude; attention; species, sort;--bāk dāshtan, To
dread; to be anxious, careful, timid, apprehensive.

‫باوار‬

‫ ن‬bak, Wild cucumber; a retreat, an asylum; (S. bheka) a frog; a forest; a wild uncultivated
country; name of a city in Transoxania;--bik, A live coal;--buk, The cheek, face; a pitcher
with a short neck; ignorance, unskilfulness.

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‫ ن‬būk : (page 208)

Leaping (as the male ass upon the female); removing with a stick rubbish from a foun-
tain or aqueduct to make the water flow more freely; being in confusion (business); be-
coming fat.

‫ بْن‬būk

‫ بْن‬būk, A divine precept; a pit in which they lay up (wheat); a fire-shovel; tinder; (con-
tracted from buwad ki) by chance, perhaps, haply, may be; except;--būk u magar, Perhaps,
may be.

‫بْوس‬

Lam (30)

. ‫ اعلی‬aʻlá : (page 75)

More or most learned; one who has a fissure in the upper lip;--allāh aʻlam, God knows
best, God knows.

‫ اعلی‬aʻlá

A ‫ اعلی‬aʻlá, Higher, highest, upper; of higher authority; most exalted, supreme, para-
mount, pre-eminent; chief, principal;--aʻlāʼi ʻillīyīn, The summit of the seventh heaven.

‫ اعلیحضرت‬aʻlá-haẓrat

alum, A kind of vetch;--ulum, A company, a squadron;--ulum ulum,

232. ‫ الن‬alam : (page 95)

‫ الن‬alum, A kind of vetch;--ulum, A company, a squadron;--ulum ulum, In troops.

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 ‫ الن‬alam

A ‫ الن‬alam, Grief, affliction, anguish, dis- tress, pain, agony;--a-lam, Is it not? is it not yet?

‫ الواس‬almās

‫ الواس‬almās, A diamond; glass; a pen- knife; a tooth; sharp, piercing or cutting iron;
strenuous, active;--almāsi

33. ْ‫ ال‬ulū : (page 95)

ْ‫ ال‬ulū

A ْ‫ ال‬ulū (used as pl. of ّ‫)ذ‬, Lords, masters; having, possessed of;--ulū ʼl-amr, The com-
panions of Muhammad; also their followers in learning and authority.

FOURTH 111:
Ha (8); Jim-Ya (13); Waw-Kaf (26); Ta-Ya (19); Waw-Ya (16); Ta-Kaf (29)

HA (8)

1. ٍ h : (page 1484)

every fourth night"; (4) in all those Arabic feminines, terminating in ‫ــَــّة‬, whose ‫ ة‬has
not in Persian changed to ‫ت‬, that is, roughly speaking, in feminine ad- jectives, and such
nouns as are not abstract substantives. In the plural of such words the h is generally, but
by no means neces- sarily, dropped before the termination hā, as ḵẖāna-hā "houses," &c.;

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while before the termination ān it is changed to g, as āhū-bara "fawn," pl. āhū-baragān.
When taking the sign iẓāfah the

‫ ُا‬hā : (page 1484)

hā, (the 3rd pers. sing. of the affixed pronoun) Her, to, of, from, or by her; (referring to
broken plurals) theirs, &c.; (interjection) lo! behold! take! (particle of swearing) by, as: *lā
hāʼllāhi, Not, by God!+--hāʼ, Take! give! grant! name of the letter h.

‫ ُابدة‬hābidat, hābida

A ‫ ُابدة‬hābidat, hābida, A woman who gathers colocynth or the seeds thereof.

ٍ h (called hāʼi hauwaz or hāʼi mudau- wara "round hā"), the thirty-first letter of the Per-
sian-Arabic alphabet, signifies five in arithmetic, and denotes in alma- nacs Thursday and
the sign Virgo, also the planet Venus and the moon when bright. It is a slight aspirate, like
the h in "hope," either of guttural origin, as in mih, corresponding to the Greek me/gas,
or in dah, G. deka, &c., whence the frequent change of the h at the end of Persian nouns
into g before the plural termination ān and the diminutive affix ak (ٍ‫ زًد‬zinda, pl. ‫زًدگاى‬
zindagān; َ‫ جاه‬jāma, dim. ‫ جاهگه‬jāmagak), and the substitution of ‫ ق‬in Arabic for the final ٍ
in Persian (A. ‫ = فستك‬P. َ‫ ;)پشت‬or it is of dental origin, as in ٍ‫ ها‬māh "moon," S. māsa; ‫هِر‬
muhr "seal," S. mudrā; ٍ‫ گا‬gāh "place," Z. gātu. Lastly, it is originally labial, as in ٍْ‫ ک‬kōh,
compared with Zand-Pāzand ‫ کْپ‬kop and A. ‫ لاف‬qāf, ‫ کْف‬in ‫ کْفة‬kūfat. Accordingly we find
it interchangeable with ّّ,‫ّن‬,‫ّق‬,‫ّف‬,‫ّس‬,‫ّخ‬,‫ّح‬,‫ّج‬,‫ا‬, and ‫ی‬. In Persian ٍ is of two kinds: mani-
fest or sounded (zāhir), and concealed or mute (maḵẖfī). The former is enunciated
whether preceded by fatḥah, ẓammah, or kasrah, as rah "a road," anduh "grief," farbih
"fat" (pl. rahhā, anduhhā, girihhā). In the diminutive it is marked with fatḥah, as rahak "a
little road," anduhak "a trifling sorrow," girihak "a small button." When taking the iẓāfah
it is marked with kasrah, as rahi man "my road," anduhi man "My sorrow," girihi man
"my button." Mute ٍ occurs principally in four kinds of words; (1) in nouns bearing a re-
semblance or relationship to another object, as dasta "a handle," from dast "the hand,"
&c.; (2) in the past active participle, or the sim- ple passive participle, as kushta "having
slain" or "slain," &c.; (3) in adjectives, specifying time, which are formed from the words
sāl "year," māh "month," roz "day," and shab "night," as yak-sāla "yearling," du-māha
"bi-monthly," har roza "daily," chahār-shaba "quadri-noc- turnal, every fourth night"; (4)
in all those Arabic feminines, terminating in ‫ــَــّة‬, whose ‫ ة‬has not in Persian changed to ‫ت‬,

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 that is, roughly speaking, in feminine ad- jectives, and such nouns as are not abstract sub-
stantives. In the plural of such words the h is generally, but by no means neces- sarily,
dropped before the termination hā, as ḵẖāna-hā "houses," &c.; while before the termina-
tion ān it is changed to g, as āhū-bara "fawn," pl. āhū-baragān. When taking the sign
iẓāfah the sign hamzah is placed over it, pronounced with kasrah, although the latter sign
is not expressed in writing, as ‫ خاًۀّهي‬ḵẖānaʼi man "my house." For further particulars
consult the Grammar.

‫ ُا‬hā

‫ ُا‬hā, Have a care! be ready! here! behold! whether? is it so? a slap on the face; white on
a bird's face; the plural termination, formerly mostly of things inanimate, as sang "a
stone," sang-hā "stones," while the plural of animated beings was generally (not exclu-
sively) formed by ān, as ādamī "man," pl. ādami- yān "men, mankind." In modern Persian,
however, the ending hā has almost entirely superseded ān both for inanimated and ani-
mated beings.

‫ ُا‬hā

A ‫ ُا‬hā, (the 3rd pers. sing. of the affixed pronoun) Her, to, of, from, or by her; (referring
to broken plurals) theirs, &c.; (interjection) lo! behold! take! (particle of swearing) by, as:
*lā hāʼllāhi, Not, by God!+--hāʼ, Take! give! grant! name of the letter h.

JIM-YA (13)

Note, a possible error: the roots are forcefully interwoven, unlike the rest; thus th first “ a”
or Jx and -Yx is put together, might be a false cue. Note, the 'Ya' may be used as an empty
vowel, merely for the purpose of the number.

ā, A ac ; st ad, room; tim m.c.)

Operational to discard? : Time of Jupiter (or time of Jollity, denoting)

4. ‫ ی‬y : (page 1522)

By her /Venus; / time Jupiter/Aquarius

y ca d yāʼi ḥuttī or yāʼi musannaʼi taḥtānī "yā dou y-dotted below"), The thirty-second
and last letter of the Arabic-Persian alphabet, denotes in arithmetic the number ten, and in
almanacs the planet Jupiter and the sign Aquarius. Like the English y, it is sometimes a con-
sonant and sometimes a vowel; in the former case it has the sound of y in "youth." As a

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 vowel, it serves, when preceded by kasrah (‫)ــِـ‬, to form th ong vow ī as sound d in " o-
lice," or e as sounded in "where"; and wit

WAW-KAF ALT. WAW-GAF (26)

‫ وك‬wak : (page 1478)

the shock or brunt of a battle; any cavity in which water collects (less than ‫ وقیط‬q.v.
abov ); s and r, dis arag m nt;--waqīʻatu ʼ -isnain, A fight tw n two, a du .

‫ وك‬wak

‫ وك‬wak, A frog.

‫ وکبٴ‬wakʼ

A ‫ وکبٴ‬wakʼ v.n.), L aning on a staff;--wikāʼ v.n. of ‫)وکی‬, Binding or stopping the mouth of
a bottle; a chain, or anything

wāk, am of a wat r-fowl.

. ‫ ویك‬wīk : ag 1483)

a cloth.

‫ ویشیده‬w shīda

‫ ویشیده‬w shīda, S r ad out, mad d); xa t d, rais d; twist d, invo v d.

‫ ویك‬wīk

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 a ‫ ویك‬wīk, Bravo! fy! out u on! oh! an int r ction of ity).

‫ ویکبن‬waikān

a ‫ ویکبن‬waikān, Oh! a as!

TA-YA (19)

tāya

‫ تبیه‬tāya, A thin thr ad; th g ossy a - pearance of anything fat (unsupported by examples);
(for A. ‫ طبیة‬q.v.) a place for drying dates, &c.;--tāyaʼi ʻa aq, A drying- place for hay; a hay-
stack (m.c.).

tayā

G ‫ طیب‬tayā, Sa ammoniac ‫ پیکبنی‬q.v.).

¯; nam of an Ara ian tri

tāy

‫ تبی‬tāy, Lik , r s m ing; a garm nt; odd, sing , unit; num r; a sing i c or sh t); ha f
a load; fold;--yak tāy, Sing ;--du tāy, Two-fold.

. ‫ تبی‬tāy : ag 278)

Thus far, thus much.

‫ ی‬tāy, Lik , r s m ing; a garm nt; odd, sing , unit; num r; a sing i c or sh t); ha f
a load

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 ‫ وی‬tūy, toy : ag 338)

‫ تىهین‬tauhīn

A ‫ تىهین‬tauhīn v.n. 2 of ‫)وهن‬, Enervating, relaxing, debilitating; scoffing.

‫ تىی‬tūy, toy

‫ تىی‬tūy, toy, Fo d, y; insid ;--toy, Feast, entertainment; a wedding-feast.

‫ تىیج‬toyaj

‫ تىیج‬toyaj, Ivy.

WAW-YA (16)

‫ ی‬wāy : ag 1454)

‫ واهیبت‬wāhiyāt

A ‫ واهیبت‬wāhiyāt, A surditi s, fidd e- faddle, trifles, nonsense.

‫ وای‬wāy

‫ وای‬wāy, A w having a f ight of st s down to th ottom; an int r ction of ain or

threatening; fy! away! woe to you! alas!--wāy a-wai, Woe be to him!

‫ واٴی‬waʼy

‫ واٴی‬waʼy : ag 1454)

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 wāy

‫ وای‬wāy, A w having a f ight of st s down to th ottom; an int r ction of ain or

threatening; fy! away! woe to you! alas!--wāy a-wai, Woe be to him!

‫ واٴی‬waʼy

A ‫ واٴی‬waʼy v.n.), Promising, ing sur ty for; a romis ;--waʼaʼ, The onager or wild ass;
colt of an ass, horse, &c.

‫ وایب‬wāyā

wāyā, Th o ct of a wish, d sir , or

TA-KAF ALT. TA-GAF (29)

‫ تبك‬tāk : ag 276)

tāfih, A trif ; a itt ; f w.

‫ تبق‬tāq

‫ تبق‬tāq, A tr , a fir of which wi urn for s v n days.

‫ تبك‬tāk

‫ تبك‬tāk, Th t ndri of a vin ; th vin .

‫ تب کجب‬tā ku ā

‫ تب کجب‬tā ku ā, How far? whith r? how ong?

‫ ك‬tak

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‫ تك‬tak im rativ and artici of takī- dan), Run thou; running; rushing at tak āwardan,
to run fast, to rush towards); the pace of a horse; a heat, race; any quick motion, stroke,
blow; striking the dice-box to make the dice lie even; the

‫ تك‬tak : (page 317)

cistern, &c.; name of an aquatic plant of which paper is made, papyrus; a kind of grass
growing among wheat; little, small, moderate in quantity; [tak-tak, here and there, sepa-
rately, detached (m.c.);--tak ū ū, Run and s arch; di ig nt inquiry (see ‫;)تك و پىی‬--tak ū ū
kardan, To search or examine carefully;]--tik, A mouthful, morsel; before, near; a horse;--
tuk, The beak of a bird; the point of a dagger or spear; a small lamp, which gives but little
light.

‫ تك‬tak : (page 317)

stroke, blow; striking the dice-box to make the dice lie even; the bottom of a well, cistern,
&c.; name of an aquatic plant of which paper is made, papyrus; a kind of grass growing
among wheat; little, small, moderate in quantity; [tak-tak, here and there, separately, de-
tached (m.c.);--tak ū ū, Run and s arch; di ig nt inquiry s ‫;)تك و پىی‬--tak ū ū kardan, To
search or examine carefully;]--tik, A mouthful, morsel; before, near; a horse;--tuk, The beak
of a bird; the point of a dagger or spear; a small lamp, which gives but little

‫ تك‬tak : (page 317)

the pace of a horse; a heat, race; any quick motion, stroke, blow; striking the dice-box to
make the dice lie even; the bottom of a well, cistern, &c.; name of an aquatic plant of which
paper is made, papyrus; a kind of grass growing among wheat; little, small, moderate in
quantity; [tak-tak, here and there, separately, detached (m.c.);--tak ū ū, Run and s arch;
diligent inquiry (see ‫;)تك و پىی‬--tak ū ū kardan, To s arch or xamin car fu y;]--tik, A
mouthful, morsel; before, near; a horse;--tuk, The beak of a bird; the point of

‫ گ‬tag : (page 319)

‫ نشین‬takya-nishīn

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 a ‫ تكیه نشین‬takya-nishīn, Sitting in a mo- nast ry i. . a monk or d rvīsh who n v r go s
out).

‫ تگ‬tag

‫ تگ‬tag, Bottom; earth, ground; a cry for help; a race or heat; running; (in Zand and
Pāzand) a ri dat ;--tagi daryā, Th ottom of th s a;--ba-tag nishastan, To sink to the
bottom.

‫تگبة‬

‫ تگ‬tag : (page 319)

or d rvīsh who n v r go s out).

FIFTH 111
Ha (5) Kaf (20) Ha-Ya (15) Dal-Ya (14) Ha-Kaf (25) Ba-Lam (32)

HA (5)

‫ح‬ḥ

‫ ح‬ḥ (called ḥāʼ or ḥe, ḥāʼi ḥuttī or ḥāʼi muhma a), th ighth tt r of th Ara ic-Persian al-
phabet, is a strong aspirate generated deep in the throat; it is the character to represent
eight in arithmetic, and Sagittarius in astronomical books.

‫ حبء‬ḥāʼ

A ‫ حبء‬ḥāʼ, ‫ حب‬ḥā, Th Ara ic nam of th tt r ḥ; a good man; a shrill-voiced woman (these

two meanings doubtful).

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KAF OR GAF (20)

‫ اف‬kāf : ag 1006)

fissure, breach, crack; the science of alchemy; one who manages well his affairs; cleave
thou; (in comp.) cleaving, splitting.

‫ کبف‬kāf

A ‫ کبف‬kāf, am of th tt r ‫ ك‬k; in grammatical parlance it designates, for Arabic, the ‫ك‬

ka- of com arison kāfi tash īh), or th ‫ ك‬ka of th s cond rson kāfi mu- ḵẖāta at); for
Persian, the particle ‫ که‬kih, either as relative and interrogative

‫ ك‬k ca d kāfi tāzī or kāfi ʻara ī), An Ounc , Th tw nty-fifth letter of the Arabic-Persian
alphabet, and in Persian writing frequently confounded with ‫ گبف‬gāf, x r ss s 20 in arith-
metic (see ‫)ابجد‬. This letter is inter- changeable with

‫ گبف‬gāf : ag 1072)

‫ گبشتن‬gāshtan

‫ گبشتن‬gāshtan, To turn, caus to r vo v ; to av rt.

‫ گبف‬gāf

‫ گبف‬gāf, am of th tt r ‫ ;گ‬boasting; a crack, fissure; exceeding bounds.

HA-YA (15)

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‫ هیب‬hayā : ag 1519)

is, exists; existence.

‫ هی‬hiya

A ‫ هی‬hiya, She; she is.

‫ هیب‬hayā

A ‫ هیب‬hayā, Ho! ho a! hark y !

‫ هیبٴات‬haiʼāt

A ‫ هیبٴات‬haiʼāt . of haiʼat), xt rna forms.

‫ ه‬hūya : ag 1519)

‫ هىیدك‬hawaidak, Name of a heresiarch.

‫ هىیر‬huwīr

‫ هىیر‬huwīr, On who ho s.

‫ هىیه‬hūya

‫ هىیه‬hūya, A shou d r; aid, rot ction.

‫ هه‬hah

‫ هه‬hah, The sound of the breath;--hah kardan, To breathe in the face of another.

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DAL-YA (14)

َ‫ داي‬dāya : (page 502)

eternal.

HA-KAF ALT. HA-GAF (25)

‫ ن‬hāk : (page 1486)

famished (man).

BA-LAM (32)

‫ ببل‬ā : ag 149)

water.

‫ ببگهر‬ā-guhar

‫ ببگهر‬ā-guhar, Noble, of illustrious race; adorned with jewels; rich in jewels.

‫ ببل‬ā

‫ ببل‬ā , An arm; a wing; statur ; th u r art, to ; a kind of arg sca y fish; th hair on
the pubes; growing;-- ā afgan- dan, To drop the wing, to become weak or disheartened;--
ā i tāẕ-rav, A white cloud appearing suddenly on a darkly clouded sky and bringing rain

‫ ال‬ā : ag 149)

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 To drop the wing, to become weak or disheartened;-- ā i tāẕ-rav, A white cloud appear-
ing suddenly on a darkly clouded sky and bringing rain;--ba- ā i dīgar arīdan, To act und r
another's protection.

‫ ببل‬ā

A ‫ ببل‬ā , Th h art, mind, sou ; stat , condition; aff u nc , asy circumstanc s, conv n-
iences.

. ‫ بم‬bal : (page 195)

time.

bal

A ‫ بم‬bal, But; nay, no, on the contrary; yet, however; assuredly; what do I say?

Sixth 111: Zayn-Kaf (27); Lam-Jim (33); Dal-Lam (34); Waw (6); Ba (2); Ta (9)

Zak / Zuk / Zik / Zek /

LAM-JIM (33)

. ‫ الج‬ā : ag 1110)

Incomparable, without a second.

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 ‫ الثم‬āsim

A ‫ الثم‬āsim, A r ak r, hurt r.

‫ الج‬ā

‫ الج‬ā , A ri ; nak d; a itch.

a ‫ نج‬laj, A kick; dispute, quarrel; a cross rent; a wound from a blow with the foot; unfortu-
nate, unlucky (the last unsupported by examples).

‫ نىج‬loj : (page 1131)

&c. round the head; taking refuge with, flying to for protection; contaminating, soiling;
contamination, defilement, impurity; slowness, tediousness.

SIXTH 111

Zayn-Kaf (27); Lam-Jim (33); Dal-Lam (34); Waw (6); Ba (2); Ta (9)

ZAYN-KAF (27)

zakī : ag 619)

A ‫زكىة‬
ٰ zakāt, A ms.

‫ زكىر‬zakūr

‫ زكىر‬zakūr, A mis r; a ro r.

‫ زكی‬zakī

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 A ‫ زكی‬zakī, f m. ‫ زكیة‬zakīyat, zakīya, Pur , virtuous, ust, pious, chaste; one who gives the
prescribed portion of his wealth to the poor.

‫زكیب‬

LAM-JIM (33)

3. ‫ الج‬ā : ag 1110)

Incomparable, without a second.

‫ الثم‬āsim

A ‫ الثم‬āsim, A r ak r, hurt r.

‫ الج‬ā

‫ الج‬ā , A ri ; nak d; a itch.

‫ ال جرعه‬ā- urʻa

a ‫ ال جرعه‬ā- urʻa for āyi urʻa), Th dr gs, s,

a ‫ نج‬laj, A kick; dispute, quarrel; a cross rent; a wound from a blow with the foot; unfortu-
nate, unlucky (the last unsupported by examples).

‫ ج‬loj : (page 1131)

&c. round the head; taking refuge with, flying to for protection; contaminating, soiling;
contamination, defilement, impurity; slowness, tediousness.

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 ‫ نىج‬loj

‫ نىج‬o , A country in Irān;-- ū , ak d.

‫ نىجیب‬u iyā

‫ نىجیب‬u iyā, Long.

‫ نىچ‬loch

‫ نىچ‬loch,

DAL-LAM (34)

‫ ل‬dā : ag 499)

Repelling power; power of expulsion.

‫ دافق‬dāfiq

A ‫ دافق‬dāfiq, Wat r) our d out.

‫ دال‬dā

‫ دال‬dā , A arg ack ag ; a hug fish dou tfu ); thick and fat; for dār) wood in som
com ounds, as dā - arniyān, &c.); for dār, im . of dāshtan) ho d;--dā i mīnūfar, On of th
twenty-one chapters composing

‫ دل‬dil : (page 531)

and faith;--dil u za ān yakī ast, H s aks as h thinks, h is no hy ocrit or diss m r;--

di yakī kardan, To mak two rsons to agr ;--ātishīn-dil, Of an ardent heart;-- ā ān u di ,

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 With soul and heart;--dar di āmadan, To occur to th mind;]--dul, An abscess in the bowels
produced by constipation.

‫ دل‬dall

A ‫ دل‬dall (v.n.), Guiding, directing.

WAW (6);

w : (page 1446)

intelligent.

‫ نئین‬naʼīn

‫ نئین‬naʼīn, Mad of r ds, r d n, r dy; for ‫ )نه این‬not this.

‫وو‬w

‫ و‬w, in P. at the end of a word, or of a syllable not followed by a vowel, v, The twenty-
sixth letter of the Arabic-Persian alphabet, denotes 6 in arithmetic, and serves in the Ephe-
merides as an abbreviation for Friday and the sign Libra.

BA (2);

‫ ا‬bā, bā-

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 ‫ با‬bā, bā- (prep.), With, possessed of, endowed with; worthy of; though, notwithstanding;
to; at the expense of;--(s.) A kind of gruel or other species of spoon-meat;--(v. for bād)
May it be.

TA (9)

tā

‫ تب‬tā S. tāwat, Pr. tā), To, unto, unti , as far as, as ong as, whilst, even to; to the end that, in
such a manner that, in order that, so that; before, ere, as soon as; since; beware! behold!
for shame! never;--tā ān ā, Thith rto,

tā, A fo d, ait, or y; sing ; a sing sh t of a r; a unit [in this s nse it follows numer-
als, to denote so

(just a random wordplay with the previous 'cell', which is unrelated)

‫ ت‬āt

‫ ببت‬āt for ‫)ببتى‬, With thee.

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