One of the main features of dictionaries and encyclopedias is using example of entry and quotations to verify the meaning and the word usage or combining it by others. The dictionaries written in the subcontinent have considered these issues. BaharAjam is one of them containing 19729 entries, vocabularies, combinations, proverbs as well as plenty of poems ranging from Khorasani style to the Hindi one. In this research, this dictionary has been precisely studied and then the examples of each entry and the quotation methods have been mulled over. The examples of the entries in this dictionary have divided into three categories: poetry, prose, and example. The poetic predominance of Persian cultures up to the time of the writing of BaharAjamdictionary and the greater attention of Persian students of the sub-continent to the category of poetry has been the reason for the abundance of poetic examples. Prose examples also show the importance of the sources of such instances at the time of writing BaharAjam and the lexicographer's more attention towards not transcribing previous poetry dictionaries, although some examples indicate the educational aspect of this culture. In the second part, the twelve ways of quoting in BaharAjam dictionary are mentioned with examples. Moreover, these methods indicate the sensitivity of LaleTikchand to the materials of BaharAjam dictionary and to educate and reassure the users of this culture, who have mostly been Persian language educators.
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