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Yuan Anxi Iron Plate - Magical Square (2014)

Dedicated to Sekhmet, the Desert Queen in Purple, and Al-Uzzat, Al-lat and Manat:




The ancient Arabs believed that numbers are flesh, while the word meaning behind the numbers with their various roots, which acquire meaning depending on the context and cipher, are the soul of a particular sequence of numbers. Assuming that these people artfully revealed and concealed in the distant past, one might assume that various magic squares have not escaped such treatment, which might spontaneously reveal their wisdom. Here I present a hypothetical, poetic meaning behind the magic square of Yuan Anxi.


Methodology and interpretation: The numeric values are translated into alphabetic values of stem consonants. Using the Abjad number system, they are reversed as if they were read from right to left, as in Persian (Farsi) and Arabic script. Then, the word stems are analysed and contrasted contextually and symbolically. Each cell represents its own meaning, but it is not combined with neighbouring cells, but read intuitively in the next cell. The combinations of cells do not convey meanings when summed by roots, but taken individually, some polysemous continuity emerges. Each of the root words extracted from these values is listed at the end of this document - they have been analysed for precision, and since this is a poetic endeavour, it does not claim to accurately translate the correct, absolute meaning, if any. In this poetic context, the author has done his best to convey the 'soul' that emerged during the conversation with the square. Once again, the following interpretation in no way pretends to be a definitive answer, but is the poetic result of an inner journey, and so I would suggest reading it as just that: Poetry or a parable, which does not diminish the aesthetic value of the exploration.




“This iron plate is inscribed with Arabic numbers in a six by six grid. It was excavated from the palace of Prince Anxi (Son of Kubhlai Khan) in the eastern suburbs of Xi'an.[1]


Most probably, the Iron Square came into possession of Mongolians (who already conquered the Yuan part of China) after the conquest of Eastern Persia in the years 1218 – 1221.


During the Northern Song Dynasty, Xi'an was known as Jingzhaofu. Its name was changed to Fengyuan in 1273 under the Yuan Dynasty. In 1275 Prince of Anxi (son of Khublai Khan) or Ananda , who was a Mongolian prince, built a palace city near Xi'an. It was called Dawang Dian in Chinese and Gan Erduo in Mongolian. Today, it is referred to as Anxi."

[1]http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/284_History_Museum.html




Order of Roots, by number


First 111: The Cementing of the Ties (28) Between Tribes of the Tents (4) at an arranged place/time (3) returning/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) beggars/hermits in the /desert/barren lands will share the measure/will and shall be strengthened (24) and to him (11) will be the solace of company in /sacred/ solitude (1)

Third 111: These masters/kings[1] [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 [Seventh Heaven] (12)of life/living/sustenance (17) by the Divine Precept (22) from affliction shall be exalted (30)

Fourth 111: In her (8) place/time (13), these who are disparaged (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 disheartened 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)




First 111:


Ha-Kaf (28)


آهك āhak, اهك ahak


آهك āhak, اهك ahak, 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.


حك ḥakk



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


Dal (4)


tribes.


د d


د d (pronounced as in English, and called dāli abjad, dāli g̠ẖair manqūta, or dāli muhmala, undotted dāl), The tenth letter of the Arabic-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 ت, ذ, or ز, as ḵẖāt for ḵẖād, ādar for āẕar, dīzār for dīdar.


Commentary: Arabic Astrology and the Fourth Star of the Tents (Tribes) [2]







Jim (3)


. ج j : (page 348)


ش‍ﮩ‍و shahr, month, is supplied); sometimes it interchanges with ت t, چ ch, ز z, ﮋ zh, ش sh, گ g, and ى y; and it has the power given to the letter j in James.


جا jā


جا jā, A place; stead, room; time (m.c.);--jā andākhtan, To place, establish, arrange (m.c.);--jā ba jā, From place to place; here and there;


1. ج j : (page 348)


grass (Triticum repens).


ثیوم s̤ayūm


ثیوم s̤ayūm, Name of a plant used as medicine for the eyes.

ج ج j


ج j in Ar. called jīm, in P. distinguished from چ as jīmi abjad, jīmi ʻarabī, or jīmi tāzī, The sixth letter of the Arabic-Persian alphabet; and the character for three in Arithmetic; it represents Tuesday and Cancer in astronomical books


Alif-Lam (31)


الیل alīl



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


اوعال auʻāl



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


اول aul



A اول aul (v.n.), Returning; administering well, managing with propriety; governing, presiding.


Ha-Lam (35)


ḥāl



A حال ḥāl, State, situation, condition, mode, manner; an affair, thing; time pre- sent, present 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 upon the ascetic); due (debt).


Ya (10)


64669. ياء yāʼ, yā : (page 1523)




A ياء yāʼ, yā, Name of the letter ی y, of which the grammarians enumerate the following kinds, whereof the pronunciation is maʻrūf, unless the majhūl pronunciation is indicated 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 misfortunate '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 without vege- tation; hard ground; a leafless tree; foun- dation of a wall;




ی wajá



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


ع wajīʻ



A وجیع wajīʻ, fem. وجیعة wajīʻat, wajīʻa, Painful; pained; patient.


ه wajīʻa



a وجیعه wajīʻa, Pain.


ج aʻwaj



A اعوج aʻwaj, Crooked, wry, distorted.


aujāʻ



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


جع wajaʻ



A وجع wajaʻ (v.n.), Being pained; disease, pain, ache; complaint, mourning; [wajaʻu ʼl-āẕān, Ear-ache;--wajaʻu ʼl-asnān, Tooth-ache;--wajaʻu ʼz̤-z̤ahr, Back-ache, lumbago;--wajaʻi mafāṣil, A pain in the joints, rheumatism;]--wajiʻ, fem. وجعة wajiʻat, wajiʻa, Full of pain, aching.


wāj


واج wāj, Speak, say; extreme hunger.


Ha-Ya (18) احیاء


aḥyāʼ : (page 23)



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

احیاء aḥyāʼ



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

احیان aḥyān


22. حیا ḥayaʼ : (page 434)


qaiyūm (ḥaiy u qaiyūm), ḥaiyi lā-yamūt, Eternal; immortal, imperishable;]--ḥaiya, Come hither; approach;--ḥaiya ṣʼ-ṣalāt, Hasten to prayer (call of the Muʼazzin).


حیا ḥayaʼ



A حیا ḥayaʼ, Rain; a plentiful year.

حیاء ḥayāʼ



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


23. حیا ḥayaʼ : (page 434)


lā-yamūt, Eternal; immortal, imperishable;]--ḥaiya, Come hither; approach;--ḥaiya ṣʼ-ṣalāt, Hasten to prayer (call of the Muʼazzin).


حیا ḥayaʼ



A حیا ḥayaʼ, Rain; a plentiful year.

حیاء ḥayāʼ



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


106. های hāy : (page 1487)


in- fernal.


هاهنا hāhunā



A هاهنا hāhunā, Here; hither.

های hāy


های hāy, O! ah! alas! Well done! strange!

هایاهای hāyāhāy


هایاهای hāyāhāy, The cries of mourners.


128. هیا hayā : (page 1519)


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


هی hiya



A هی hiya, She; she is.

هیا hayā



A هیا hayā, Ho! holla! hark ye!

هیاٴات haiʼāt



A هیاٴات haiʼāt (pl. of haiʼat), External forms.


Alif-Kaf (21)


آك āk, اك ak


آك āk, اك ak, Calamity, misfortune; vice, defect, blemish


لك alak (elek) : (page 94)


آل āl, q.v.).


الك alik


الك alik, Hopeless, destitute, undone; a road; a precious stone; a nag.

الك alak (elek)


Dal-Kaf (24)


دك dak : (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 desert 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).


دك dakk



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


4. دیك dīk : (page 553)


A note in music.


دیفروجاش dīfrūjās


دیفروجاش dīfrūjās (difrugh/s), Marcasite.

دیك dīk



A دیك dīk, A cock; a hen;--dīki hindī, A turkey.

دیکة dīkat



A دیکة dīkat, A hen;--diyakat (pl. of


6. دوك dūk : (page 545)


دو قولی du-qaulī



a دو قولی du-qaulī, Duplicity of speech, falsehood.

دوك dūk


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

دوكا dūkā


دوكا dūkā, A Russian coin (ducat?), = 3 manāt̤ (see مناط).


. دك dak : (page 530)


دك dak, 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 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).

دك dakk



A دك dakk (v.n.), Bruising, braying,



Alif-Ya (11)


1. الیا alyā : (page 96)


الی ilá, 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).


الیا alyā



G الیا alyā, Marsh-mallows.

الیاس ilyās, alyās



A الیاس ilyās, alyās, Elias; name of a king of Khazar, a


2. الیا alyā : (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).


الیا alyā



G الیا alyā, Marsh-mallows.

الیاس ilyās, alyās



A الیاس ilyās, alyās, Elias; name of a king of Khazar, a country on the confines of the Caspian Sea.


Alif (1)


4. الالف al-alif : (page 91)


alāqī



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

الالف al-alif



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

آلاله ālāla, الاله alāla


آلاله ālāla, الاله alāla, A tulip.



A الیف alīf, Familiar, intimate; a com- rade, friend.



Third 111:


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




ذ ẕ : (page 556)


A crown-holder, a king.


دییمیر dayīmīr


دییمیر dayīmīr, The 16th day of the month.

ذ ذ ẕ


ذ ẕ, called ẕāli manqūt̤a 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 Arabian year, ẕū ʼl-ḥijjat, as


ذا ẕā : (page 556)


was, perhaps, somewhat like th in "that," but the Persians make but little, if any, difference between it and ز zā, and accordingly call it also zāʼi s̤aḵẖiẕ (see ابجد).


ذا ẕā



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

ذاٴب ẕaʼb


3. ذو ẕū : (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.


ذو ẕū



A ذو ẕū, 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.

ذو ẕū : (page 559)


of ẕaṃb), Crimes, sins, trespasses.


ذو ẕū


ẕauʻ



A ذوع ẕauʻ (v.n.), Needing, wanting.



Jim-Kaf (23)


جیك jīk : (page 383)


جیقه کردن jīqa-jīqa kardan


جیقه جیقه کردن jīqa-jīqa kardan, To adorn the (eye-brows) with a certain powder of brass and talc.

جیك jīk


جیك jīk, The noise of fowls.

جیك جیك jīk-jīk


جیك جیك jīk-jīk, Cry of birds and beasts.

جیل


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


(In view of the crucial importance of the prayer niche, this view is persuasive. The phrase “neither of the East 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. بایا bāyā : (page 153)


bāha, A lake, a pond! a strong horse.


بای bāy


بای bāy, A city.

بایا bāyā


بایا bāyā, It is proper, it behoveth.


بایام برآمدن bāyyām (ba-aiyām) bar āma- dan, To grapple with adversity, to contend against misfortune.

بای حال bi-aiyi


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



Zayn-Ya (17);


. زای zāy : (page 608)


strong, rapid (current); dry.


زآهن zi āhan


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

زای zāy


زای zāy, (in comp.) Bringing forth.

زایچه zāycha


زایچه zāycha, A horoscope; astronomical tables.


. زی zay : (page 631)


Iranian champion.


زهیراب zahīrāb


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

زی zay


زی zay, 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)


ك bāk : (page 149)


باقی مانده bāqī-mānda



a باقی مانده bāqī-mānda, A remainder; a survivor; leavings; the balance of an account.

باك bāk


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

باكار


ك bak, 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.


ك būk : (page 208)


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


بوك būk


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

بوكس


Lam (30)


. اعلی aʻlá : (page 75)


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


اعلی aʻlá



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

اعلیحضرت aʻlá-haẓrat


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


232. الم alam : (page 95)


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

الم alam



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

الماس almās


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


33. الو ulū : (page 95)


الو ulū



A الو ulū (used as pl. of ذو), Lords, masters; having, possessed of;--ulū ʼl-amr, The companions 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. ه h : (page 1484)


every fourth night"; (4) in all those Arabic feminines, terminating in ــَــ ة, whose ة has 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.; while before the termination ān it is changed to g, as āhū-bara "fawn," pl. āhū-baragān. When taking the sign iẓāfah the


ها hā : (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.


هابدة hābidat, hābida



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


h


ه h (called hāʼi hauwaz or hāʼi mudau- wara "round hā"), the thirty-first letter of the Persian-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 (زنده zinda, pl. زندگان zindagān; جامه jāma, dim. جامگك jāmagak), and the substitution of ق in Arabic for the final ه in Persian (A. فستق = P. پشته); or it is of dental origin, as in ماه māh "moon," S. māsa; مهر muhr "seal," S. mudrā; گاه gāh "place," Z. gātu. Lastly, it is originally labial, as in کوه kōh, compared with Zand-Pāzand کوپ kop and A. قاف qāf, کوف in کوفة kūfat. Accordingly we find it interchangeable with ا, ج, ح, خ, س, ف, ق, ك, و, and ی. In Persian ه is of two kinds: manifest or sounded (z̤āhir), 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 ه occurs principally in four kinds of words; (1) in nouns bearing a resemblance 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 ــَــ ة, whose ة has 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.; while before the termination 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 خانۀ من ḵẖānaʼi man "my house." For further particulars consult the Grammar.

ها hā


ها hā, 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 exclusively) 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 animated beings.

ها hā



A ها 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.


Jim-Ya (13)

Note, a possible error: the roots are forcefully interwoven, unlike the rest; thus the first “ja” 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.


jā, A place; stead, room; time (m.c.)

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

4. ی y : (page 1522)

By her /Venus; / time Jupiter/Aquarius

y (called yāʼi ḥut̤t̤ī or yāʼi mus̤annaʼi taḥtānī "yā doubly-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 consonant and sometimes a vowel; in the former case it has the sound of y in "youth." As a vowel, it serves, when preceded by kasrah (ــِـ), to form the long vowel ī as sounded in "police," or e as sounded in "where"; and wit


Waw-Kaf alt. Waw-Gaf (26)


وك wak : (page 1478)


the shock or brunt of a battle; any cavity in which water collects (less than وقیط q.v. above); slander, disparagement;--waqīʻatu ʼl-is̤nain, A fight between two, a duel.


وك wak


وك wak, A frog.

وکاٴ wakʼ



A وکاٴ wakʼ (v.n.), Leaning on a staff;--wikāʼ (v.n. of وکی), Binding or stopping the mouth of a bottle; a chain, or anything


wāk, Name of a water-fowl.


. ویك wīk : (page 1483)


a cloth.


ویشیده weshīda


ویشیده weshīda, Spread out, made (bed); exalted, raised; twisted, involved.

ویك wīk



a ویك wīk, Bravo! fy! out upon! oh! (an interjection of pity).

ویکان waikān



a ویکان waikān, Oh! alas!




Ta-Ya (19)


tāya


تایه tāya, A thin thread; the glossy ap- pearance of anything fat (unsupported by examples); (for A. طایة q.v.) a place for drying dates, &c.;--tāyaʼi ʻalaq, A drying- place for hay; a hay-stack (m.c.).


t̤ayā



G طیا t̤ayā, Sal ammoniac (= پیکانی q.v.).


¯; name of an Arabian tribe


tāy


تای tāy, Like, resembling; a garment; odd, single, unit; number; a single (piece or sheet); half a load; fold;--yak tāy, Single;--du tāy, Two-fold.

. تای tāy : (page 278)


Thus far, thus much.

ی tāy, Like, resembling; a garment; odd, single, unit; number; a single (piece or sheet); half a load


وی tūy, toy : (page 338)


توهین tauhīn



A توهین tauhīn (v.n. 2 of وهن), Enervating, relaxing, debilitating; scoffing.

توی tūy, toy


توی tūy, toy, Fold, ply; inside;--toy, Feast, entertainment; a wedding-feast.

تویج toyaj


تویج toyaj, Ivy.


Waw-Ya (16)


ی wāy : (page 1454)


واهیات wāhiyāt


A واهیات wāhiyāt, Absurdities, fiddle- faddle, trifles, nonsense.

وای wāy


وای wāy, A well having a flight of steps down to the bottom; an interjection of pain or threatening; fy! away! woe to you! alas!--wāy ba-wai, Woe be to him!

واٴی waʼy



A


واٴی waʼy : (page 1454)


wāy


وای wāy, A well having a flight of steps down to the bottom; an interjection of pain or threatening; fy! away! woe to you! alas!--wāy ba-wai, Woe be to him!

واٴی waʼy



A واٴی waʼy (v.n.), Promising, being surety for; a promise;--waʼaʼ, The onager or wild ass; colt of an ass, horse, &c.

وایا wāyā


wāyā, The object of a wish, desire, or


Ta-Kaf alt. Ta-Gaf (29)


تاك tāk : (page 276)


tāfih, A trifle; a little; few.


تاق tāq


تاق tāq, A tree, a fire of which will burn for seven days.

تاك tāk


تاك tāk, The tendril of a vine; the vine.

تا کجا tā kujā


تا کجا tā kujā, How far? whither? how long?


ك tak


تك tak (imperative and participle 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


تك tak : (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, separately, detached (m.c.);--tak ū pū, Run and search; diligent inquiry (see تك و پوی);--tak ū pū 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.


تك tak : (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, detached (m.c.);--tak ū pū, Run and search; diligent inquiry (see تك و پوی);--tak ū pū 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


تك tak : (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 pū, Run and search; diligent inquiry (see تك و پوی);--tak ū pū kardan, To search or examine carefully;]--tik, A mouthful, morsel; before, near; a horse;--tuk, The beak of a bird; the point of


گ tag : (page 319)


نشین takya-nishīn



a تكیه نشین takya-nishīn, Sitting in a mo- nastery (i.e. a monk or dervīsh who never goes out).

تگ tag


تگ tag, Bottom; earth, ground; a cry for help; a race or heat; running; (in Zand and Pāzand) a ripe date;--tagi daryā, The bottom of the sea;--ba-tag nishastan, To sink to the bottom.

تگاب


تگ tag : (page 319)


or dervīsh who never goes out).



Fifth 111

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



Ha (5)


ح ḥ


ح ḥ (called ḥāʼ or ḥe, ḥāʼi ḥuttī or ḥāʼi muhmala), the eighth letter of the Arabic-Persian alphabet, is a strong aspirate generated deep in the throat; it is the character to represent eight in arithmetic, and Sagittarius in astronomical books.

حاء ḥāʼ



A حاء ḥāʼ, حا ḥā, The Arabic name of the letter ḥ; a good man; a shrill-voiced woman (these two meanings doubtful).


Kaf or Gaf (20)


اف kāf : (page 1006)


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


کاف kāf



A کاف kāf, Name of the letter ك k; in grammatical parlance it designates, for Arabic, the ك ka- of comparison (kāfi tashbīh), or the ك ka of the second person (kāfi mu- ḵẖāt̤abat); for Persian, the particle که kih, either as relative and interrogative


ك k (called kāfi tāzī or kāfi ʻarabī), An Ounce, The twenty-fifth letter of the Arabic-Persian alphabet, and in Persian writing frequently confounded with گاف gāf, expresses 20 in arithmetic (see ابجد). This letter is inter- changeable with


گاف gāf : (page 1072)


گاشتن gāshtan


گاشتن gāshtan, To turn, cause to revolve; to avert.

گاف gāf


گاف gāf, Name of the letter گ; boasting; a crack, fissure; exceeding bounds.




Ha-Ya (15)


هیا hayā : (page 1519)


is, exists; existence.


هی hiya



A هی hiya, She; she is.

هیا hayā



A هیا hayā, Ho! holla! hark ye!

هیاٴات haiʼāt



A هیاٴات haiʼāt (pl. of haiʼat), External forms.


ه hūya : (page 1519)


هویدك hawaidak, Name of a heresiarch.

هویر huwīr


هویر huwīr, One who hopes.

هویه hūya


هویه hūya, A shoulder; aid, protection.

هه hah


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


Dal-Ya (14)


دایه dāya : (page 502)


eternal.


Ha-Kaf alt. Ha-Gaf (25)


ك hāk : (page 1486)


famished (man).


Ba-Lam (32)


بال bāl : (page 149)


water.


باگهر bā-guhar


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

بال bāl


بال bāl, An arm; a wing; stature; the upper part, top; a kind of large scaly fish; the hair on the pubes; growing;--bāl afgan- dan, To drop the wing, to become weak or disheartened;--bāli tāẕ-rav, A white cloud appearing suddenly on a darkly clouded sky and bringing rain


ال bāl : (page 149)


To drop the wing, to become weak or disheartened;--bāli tāẕ-rav, A white cloud appearing suddenly on a darkly clouded sky and bringing rain;--ba-bāli dīgare parīdan, To act under another's protection.


بال bāl



A بال bāl, The heart, mind, soul; state, condition; affluence, easy circumstances, conveniences.


. بل bal : (page 195)


time.


bal



A بل bal, 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)


. لاج lāj : (page 1110)


Incomparable, without a second.


لاثم lās̤im



A لاثم lās̤im, A breaker, hurter.

لاج lāj


لاج lāj, A bribe; naked; a bitch.


a لج laj, A kick; dispute, quarrel; a cross rent; a wound from a blow with the foot; unfortunate, unlucky (the last unsupported by examples).


لوج loj : (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 : (page 619)



A زكوٰة zakāt, Alms.

زكور zakūr


زكور zakūr, A miser; a robber.

زكی zakī



A زكی zakī, fem. زكیة zakīyat, zakīya, Pure, virtuous, just, pious, chaste; one who gives the prescribed portion of his wealth to the poor.

زكیا


Lam-Jim (33)


3. لاج lāj : (page 1110)


Incomparable, without a second.


لاثم lās̤im



A لاثم lās̤im, A breaker, hurter.

لاج lāj


لاج lāj, A bribe; naked; a bitch.

لا جرعه lā-jurʻa



a لا جرعه lā-jurʻa (for lāyi jurʻa), The dregs, lees,


a لج laj, A kick; dispute, quarrel; a cross rent; a wound from a blow with the foot; unfortunate, unlucky (the last unsupported by examples).


ج loj : (page 1131)


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

لوج loj


لوج loj, A country in Irān;--lūj, Naked.

لوجیا lujiyā


لوجیا lujiyā, Long.

لوچ loch


لوچ loch,


Dal-Lam (34)


ل dāl : (page 499)


Repelling power; power of expulsion.


دافق dāfiq



A دافق dāfiq, (Water) poured out.

دال dāl


دال dāl, A large black eagle; a huge fish (doubtful); thick and fat; (for dār) wood (in some compounds, as dāl-parniyān, &c.); (for dār, imp. of dāshtan) hold;--dāli mīnūfar, One of the twenty-one chapters composing


دل dil : (page 531)


and faith;--dil u zabān yakī ast, He speaks as he thinks, he is no hypocrite or dissembler;--dil yakī kardan, To make two persons to agree;--ātishīn-dil, Of an ardent heart;--bā jān u dil, With soul and heart;--dar dil āmadan, To occur to the mind;]--dul, An abscess in the bowels produced by constipation.


دل dall



A دل dall (v.n.), Guiding, directing.


Waw (6);


w : (page 1446)




intelligent.


نئین naʼīn


نئین naʼīn, Made of reeds, reeden, reedy; (for نه این) not this.

و و w


و w, 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 Ephemerides as an abbreviation for Friday and the sign Libra.



Ba (2);


ا bā, bā-


با bā, 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)


تا tā (S. tāwat, Pr. tā), To, unto, until, as far as, as long 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 jā, Thitherto,


tā, A fold, plait, or ply; single; a single sheet of paper; a unit [in this sense it follows numerals, to denote so

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


ت bāt


بات bāt (for باتو), With thee.





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