| Aivān | A kind of portico, or roofed recess. |
| Anjuman | Assembly, committee. |
| Arkhālūq | Under-coat. |
| Bābī | Follower of the Bāb. |
| Bād-gīr | Air-shaft. |
| Bāgh | Enclosed cultivation. |
| Behāī | Follower of Behāu’llah. |
| Chādar | Sheet; especially the cotton shawl worn over the head and whole body by the women. |
| Chārvādār | Muleteer, or donkey caravan driver. |
| Dastūr | Parsi priest. |
| Dīv | Demon. |
| Farrāsh | Literally a carpet-sweeper. Really a servant, chiefly outdoor. |
| Ferangī | Frank, European. |
| Firmān | Government order. |
| Islām | Resignation to God. The name given by Mohammed to his religion. |
| Jazīya | Poll tax levied by Mohammedans on non-Mohammedan monotheists living in their country. |
| Jin | Genius; a being composed of fire. |
| Kajāva | A kind of wooden pannier with a hood. |
| Khān | A hereditary title. |
| Krān | A coin worth about 4½d., the tenth part of a tomān. |
| Kursī | Wooden stool. Especially one used over a pan of charcoal to support a quilt. |
| Lāla | A spring candlestick with a globe. |
| Lūtī | A rough; a bad character. |
| Man’ | A weight varying in different towns. In Yezd it is about 13 lbs. |
| Manzil | Halting-place. |
| Mazra’ | A piece of cultivated land. |
| Mirzā | Clerk, secretary. |
| Muballigh | A missionary. The word is generally used of the Behāī missionaries in Yezd. |
| Mujtahid | The highest class of the Mohammedan clergy. |
| Mullā | A word very like our term “clerk.” It is generally used of the clergy, but it is sometimes a mere courtesy title, and sometimes means a man who can read. |
| Mussulmān, Muslim | A believer in Islam. One who is resigned to God. |
| Nakhl | A religious implement. |
| Nijāsat | Ceremonial uncleanness. |
| Paighambar | Message bearer, prophet. |
| Paighambarī | Prophethood. |
| Qabā | Outer coat. |
| Qalāntar | Head-man. The title is used in Yezd for the head-man of the Parsis. |
| Qaliān | Persian hookah. |
| Qan’āt | Underground water-channel. |
| Raiyat | Agriculturist, a tenant farmer who pays rent in kind. It also means a subject. |
| Rūza khānī | Religious recitation. |
| Saughāt | A traveller’s present. |
| Savāb | Work of merit. |
| Seyid | A descendant of Mohammed. |
| Shiah | Nonconformist. However, there is a Shiah sect held orthodox in Persia. |
| Sunnat | Ancient traditions and Commentary on the Quran accepted by the Sunnis. |
| Sunnī | A member of the Mohammedan sect accepting the Sunnat, who are considered orthodox in Turkey, India, and Africa, as opposed to the Shiahs of Persia and elsewhere. |
| Taqdīr | Predestination. |
| Taqīya | Concealment of faith by denial in times of danger. |
| Tauhīd | Assertion of the Divine Unity. |
| Tomān | A sum of money, 10,000 dinars, equivalent to about 3s. 8d. |
| Yailāq | Summer quarters, generally a village in the hills. |
| Zardūshtī | Follower of Zardūsht or Zoroaster, the Parsi prophet. |