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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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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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    DETACHED, INITIAL. MEDIAL. FINAL. c &> s. £ u* *5> *£L U* £ a t (3 v-“* 9 ft 3 * 3 < < ad j J \ J r r ♦ r 5 5b 4 * j j & if deprived of the curve would become unrecognizable ; hence they do not join to the left. The above letters are all consonants. The vowels are 1 u (as in bull), and 1 a (pronounced like u in but), both written above the letter; and _ i written below the letter. Combined with I a, j w, and y, these become I aa (a), ^ uw (u), (j iy (i), j aw (pronounced as ow in cow), ^ ai (like i in fine).* No word can commence with a vowel in the Arabic character: if it does the vowel is introduced by alif 1. When a syllable begins with a vowel, the mark 1 hamzeh is used to introduce it. But this hamzeh being written above the line requires a * [Sometimes pronounced like ey in they.]