'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎662r] (1328/1826)

p kuhastah (or kuhashtah)^ A cup full of water.
An idiot, a simpleton.
p kahsalah. A fool.
A t. kahf, A cave. A large cavern, a grotto. An asylum,
especially a cave dug by men, or formed by nature, in a moun
tain. t—a^ kahfuV ’rajln. The asylum of supplicants.
as-hab-i kahf, The companions of the cave, i. e.
the seven sleepers. This is founded on a legend of seven young
Christians of Ephesus, who fled, they say, from the persecution
of the Emperor Decius, and slept in a cave, accompanied only
by their dog, for 309 years. Muhammad has adopted this story
in the 18th chapter of the Kur’an.
A kahkamat, A timid or terrified man.
p koh-kun, One who breaks rocks in pieces or who digs
through mountains. Name of Farhad the lover of Shirln.
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a kahkahaty Fearful, frightened. A plump girl,
p <£>1^ kahkahty A kind of cap worn by dervishes,
p kahkashany The milky way, the galaxy.
A kahkamy Timid. Aged.
p <__*.£ koh-kuby A horse. A camel. Name of Farhad.
a kahkahaty The roaring of a lion. The braying of a
camel. Warming the hands with the breath.
p kah-gil, Mud mixed with straw, for plastering walls.
A ji kahl, (pi. J/ kuhhaT) Of full age. i. e. from 30 to 50.
A man beginning to grow gray. Kahal, Cowardice. Indolent.
p kahily Aged (dog). Uncoined money. (Castellus.)
a JL£ kuhlariy (pi. of kahl) Men beginning to turn gray.
a kahluby The love-apple.
p ig kahlam. The brinjal or love-apple.
p kahlahy An old woman. Uncoined or unstamped money.
Small bits of gold or silver. A fool, an idiot.
a kahm (from ^4)y Bruising, crushing. Depressing, dispi
riting, dejecting one (misfortune).
kahmot. Short of stature. The lion. Deformed in
countenance. (A she-camel) with a large bunch.
a k aim as at y Having the feet close together.
A kahmaly A dwarf.
P kohn, kohan, or kohun. Old, ancient, worn. A priest.
JL umara-i kohan-sdl, Ancient chiefs. ^ /jV. t/ 0 ™
kohan, An old friend.
P kahambdr, A stack of hay or straw. Kuhamhar, A
hou*,; a habitation. A court. (See USUIS' gihbarhi).
kohan-pir, A very old man.
A hJ kahanat, (pi. of ^ kdhin) Priests.
P ^ kuhunjy The oxyacanth-fruit
pC^bU- ^ kohan-khardbdt, The present transitory world.
p L v > {^ kahandy A peasant, a villager.
p • j X Kohan-diz, Name of an ancient fort in Badakhshiin.
p^O kohan-dayr , The world. Heaven.
Pif^ kahanzah. Yawning, stretching.
^ kohan-farsh. The earth.
P (^//^ kohan-gurg, The old wolf, (met.) The world,
p kohnagty Old age. Oldness. Old (clothes),
p kohnahy Old, ancient. Beardless ; a youth.
kohnah shudan. To become old or inveterate. juinu~i
kohnah. An old or tattered garment,
p kihnly A winter-house. A bear,
pjlj^ kahzcdr (or kahwdruh), A cradle.
jJa kudagi-i kahzcdrah zoa tifl-i shir-kK 1 drah. An
infant in the cradle, and a child sucking milk; a sucking infant.
v kahudy Nimble-handed. <3
a j kahzoar, A large cloud. Kuhzaar (or kuhitarat).
Unsociable austerit^ eiJS3 otio .rre oT —'-(i t
a uJyf kuhufy (pi. of kahf) Caves, caverns, grottos.
a Icahwul or kahul, A spider. Kuliul, (pi. of kahl)
Full-grown men, i. e. from the age of 30 to 50.
A<£Jj^ kuhulaty Cowardice, lazine^ ^ 1* • * - “- 1 %
a kuhuh (from kahha). Being decrepit. Breathing in
another’s face, making the sound kuh* . , JLji l
a ^ Kihij Name of a fortress in SIstan. .
A kuha* (from ^j^), Being weak, pusillanimous,
p Jsf kahydn (or kahydnd). The herb piony^x ^ ^
? kahljy A wild plum. A mushroom. Name of a for-
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tress in SIstan.
p kaher, A wild apple, a medlar. Oxyacantb-fruit.
pj-^ kuhtZy A handle, a ring ; a loop at the saddle-bow, by
which they suspend a club or mace. nijitnuoiH 10 Hid A
p kali'll (or &L4 kuhaylah). An idiot. Ignorant. Waste
land newly brought under cultivation. , , ,
pL^ Kahl Id, Name of a champion of Iran.
pdLfi£ kahlluhy Name of a medicinal bark.
a kahirn. Old, dcftfftfciiW t i89boM i
p kihln (also kihinah). Least, less, younger. The
little finger. A medlar. The root of piony. (Castellus.)
o kith yak, A surgeon’s cupping-glass. (Castellus.)
p kay. When ? A great king. A strong giant, a genie.
An intrepid hero. Any one of the four elements. Clear, pure,
innocent, elegant, graceful. Noble, excellent. Just. jUi Kay
Kubddy Cyaxares. Kay Kdtcus, Darius the Mede.
^ Kay Khusrazoy Cyrus or Chosroes; the three first
kings of the Kayanian or second Persian Dynasty. A7, W no,
which, what. That, because, in order that.
A kay. That, in order to, in order that. Kayy (from ls£)->
Cauterizing the skin. Stinging (as a scorpion). Looking in
tently at. A mark burnt upon the skin. A cautery.
a s-^S kay-a (from L^), Fearing. Turning from.
A kay-a (from ^l^), Dreading, fearing.