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baresômdan, 'twig stand ;' dakhmak (Huz. khazan), 'depository for the dead ;' dashtanistân, place for menstruation;' dîno, religion, revelation, religious rites ;' drayan-gûyisnih, 'unseasonable chatter;' drevand,
wicked;' drono, sacred cake;' drog, 'fiend;' frashakard, 'renovation of the universe;' fravâ har, 'guardian spirit;' fravardîkan, 'days devoted to the guardian spirits;' ganråk mainok, 'evil spirit;' garsisn, 'confession of sin;' gâs, 'period of the day, time;' gâsânbâr, 'seasonfestival;' gasno, 'feast;' gâQ s-dak (Av. gâus hudhau), 'meat-offering, sacred butter;' gavid-rastakån, 'the heterodox;' giv (Av. gåus gîvya), sacred milk;' gomez, 'bull's urine;' ha mêmâl, accuser ;' hamrêd, direct polJution, contagion;' hazarak, 'millennium ;' hîkhar, 'bodily refuse;' kår, duty;' keshvar, 'region;' khayebît, 'destroyer;' khrafstar, noxious creature;' k hvêtûk-das, 'next-of-kin marriage;' kirfak, 'good works;' kastîk,
sacred thread-girdle;' magh, 'stone ablution-seat;' maînôk, spirit;' marg-argân, 'worthy of death, mortal sin;' myazd, 'feast, sacred feast;' na såî,'corpse, dead matter;' nasai katak, corpse chamber;'nirang, 'religious formula, ritual;' nirangistån, code of religious formulas ;' niyayisn, salutation ;' padam, 'mouth-veil;' pâdîyâ vih, ‘ablution, ceremonial ablution ;' pahlam ahvân,'best existence;' paîtrêd,' indirect pollution, infection ;' parâhôm, hôm-juice;' parîk, witch;' patîtîh, renunciation of sin;' patîyârak, 'adversary;' pôryôdkëshih, 'primitive faith ;' rad, chief, spiritual chief, primate, high-priest;' risták hêz, "resurrection ;' satůîh, 'the three nights;' sêda, 'demon;' shapik, 'sacred shirt;' shnå yisn, 'propitiation, gratification ;' shnûman, 'dedication formula, propitiation ;'spênak mainok, 'beneficent spirit;' tand-i pasino, 'future existence;' tôgisn, 'retribution ;' tôra-i khada-dad, 'primeval ox;'våg, 'inward prayer;' vigarisn, 'atonement for sin ;' vishad-dûbârisnih, 'running about uncovered ;' yasno, 'ritual;' yast, 'prayers, ritual, form of prayer, worship, consecration ;' yastano, 'to consecrate, solemnize, propitiate, reverence;' yatak, 'wizard ;' yazdân, 'angels, sacred beings, celestial beings, God;' yazisn,
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