A concise dictionary, English-Persian : together with a simplified grammar of the Persian language / by the late E.H. Palmer, completed and edited from the ms. left imperfect at his death by G. Le Strange.

  • Edward Henry Palmer
Date:
1930
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Credit: A concise dictionary, English-Persian : together with a simplified grammar of the Persian language / by the late E.H. Palmer, completed and edited from the ms. left imperfect at his death by G. Le Strange. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NAME. EQUIVALENT. PBONDNCIATION. k A very guttural k, like ck in thick, only much stronger. el Ydaf, N k As in English, but g is always hard be¬ fore all vowels, as gi, pronounced S Gdf* 9 ghee, not jee. It is sometimes also pronounced with a slight y sound, like the Cockney mode of pronouncing the J Lam, l g in garden, “ gyarden.” When it occurs between two vowels it is often ^ Mim, m sounded like y, as^ST eyer. ^ Nun, n As in English: before b or fit is sounded as m. , Vdv, V Nearly as in English, but a little in¬ clined to w. 5 He, } As in English. sS Ye, y ) These are joined to the preceding letter by prefixing a small curve or stroke, and to the following letter by removing the curve with which they all but alif end: thus DETACHED. INITIAL. MEDIAL. FINAL. I—J > « l_A * [In modern Persian, print or MS., the diacritical bar distinguishing tsTgr from e) fe is rarely employed.]