Abbreviations
(extracted from the Preface, pages v, vii, and viii)
| abl. |
ablative |
| acc. |
accusative |
| adj. |
adjective |
| adv. |
adverb |
| Ar. or A. |
Arabic |
| caus. |
causal |
| causat. |
causative |
| comp. |
compound or composition |
| compar. |
comparative |
| conj. part. |
conjunctive participle |
| conj. |
conjunction |
| contrac. |
contraction |
| corr. |
corruption or corrupted |
| Dakh. |
Dakhiní |
| dat. |
dative |
| dim. |
diminutive |
| fem. or f. |
feminine |
| fig. |
figuratively |
| gen. |
genitive |
| H. |
Hindústání or Hindí |
| i.q. |
idem quod, "the same as" |
| imperat. |
imperative |
| imperf. |
imperfect |
| incorr. |
incorrect |
| indef. |
indefinite |
| inf. n. |
infinitive noun |
| inflec. |
inflected or inflection |
| interrog. |
interrogative |
| intj. |
interjection |
| loc. |
locative |
| m. |
masculine |
| met. |
metonymically |
| n. |
neuter |
| n. |
noun |
| nom. |
nominative |
| part. |
participle and particle |
| Pehl. |
Pehlevi |
| Pers. or P. |
Persian |
| pers. |
personal or person |
| pl. or plur. |
plural |
| poss. |
possessive |
| postpn. or postp. |
postposition |
| prep. |
preposition |
| Prk. |
Prakrit |
| pron. |
pronoun |
| q.v. |
quod vide, "which see" |
| rt. |
root |
| S. |
Sanskrit |
| sing. |
singular |
| subst. or s. |
substantive |
| super. |
superlative |
| t. |
transitive |
| T. |
Turkish |
| v. |
verb |
| v.n. |
verbal noun and verb neuter |
| voc. |
vocative |
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