'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎194v] (393/1826)

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bulbul-chashm, A sort of silk.
pa balbalah. The guggling' of water when poured from
a bottle. Anguish of spirit. Bulbulah, A drinking-vessel with
a spout. Butter. . Liquor. Leather. A root. A camel-litter,
p bulbuli) A firkin. W ine. Leather. An apricot.
balban. Purslain.
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r bulbils, A wild onion. Garhck.
Bulbul, Name of a place in Bahrayn.
A Balbags, Name of a town in Egypt.
A <LL> ballat, One single drop. Moist (wind) bringing rain
or dew. A benefit. <LjJ * ‘Li-fe hallat wa ballot, Somewhat, a
little, small rain, and few drops. Billat, Moisture. Bullat
(from Ju balla), Being wet. Sprinkling, moistening. Juice of
young plants. Humidity, moisture. Remains of love. Bene
ficence, benefit. Vice, wickedness.
❖ A balata, (fut. yablitu) He cut.
A (from Cutting, splitting, slitting, dividing,
separating. Being cut, divided. Being wise, intelligent. Bulat,
The name of a bird, whose feathers, it is said, consume those of
every other bird with which they are mixed.
a al^L' baltat (from Q)? Cutting, dividing, splitting.
A^b balta<^ or balatta^. Cunning, crafty, sly, sagacious.
AciU-b baltu^aniy, A person pluming himself on qualifica
tions to which he has no pretensions.
a baltauit, (fern.) Clamorous, noisy.
a baltazjy, Eloquent. Bold.
a baltam, Men, people. Stammering.
biltls, Name of a medecine.
a . balsuk. A wide extent of stagnant water.
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jf:A balaja, (fut. yabluju) (The dawn) appeared.
a^ balj, (from ^) Shining forth, appearing (dawn). Open
ing. Baluj, Separation of the eye-brows ; space between them.
baljat or buljat, Light. The latter part of the night,
just before the dawn, bs^r' The morning twilight, the first
appearance of aurora. Buljat, Space between the eye-brows.
baljam (equivalent to balgham), Phlegm.
* a ^ balaha, (fut. 7/a&/«/w) (The earth) dried up.
a balk (from Drying up (the ground). Passing,
being lost (shame). Unripe dates (being in the middle state
between j —j busr and ^Jbs- khalal, which signify also unripe
dates in different stages). Bulah, (An eagle, or vulture) be
coming blind from age.
A>=b balahlah, A dish without a bottom.
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A ^ balkh or bilkh, Proud, haughty, exalting one’s self,
elated. A kind of oak. A gourd. Balkh, One of the capitals
of Khurasan (Transoxania), about ten parasangsor leagues from
the Oxus or JThun. It is called likewise The city of
Abraham, and was as highly venerated by the ancient Persians
as Mecca is now by the Muhammadans. A goblet of wine.
A balkha, (fern, of ablakh) Foolish ( woman).
a bs-b balikhtat, A species of dwarf-tree, which extends its
branches a great way over the surface of the ground; a gargarism
of which is used to make leeches upon the gums drop off.
P >b
balkhach, Vitriol, black tincture.
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A • Balkha^, Name of a place.
p ^J^b bulkham (equivalent to palkhamdn), A sling.
a <UA~ balakh/yat, A tree, resembling the pomegranate, with
beautiful leaves.
p jb balad, A guide, an escort, a convoy.
a jb balad, A city, town, district, province, country. Habita
tion, abode. Mecca. Earth, ground (especially where it has
not been dug, nor any fire lighted). An ostrich’s nest, or the
place where her eggs are hatched (whence the proverb, ^ Jj!
bbl tld-j azallu min bayzatVl balad, More contemptible than
the egg left by the ostrich). A house. A sepulchre, a tomb, a
grave. A part of the heavens which has few stars (being, in
astrology, the twenty-first mansion of the moon, distinguished by
six stars in Sagittarius). The isthmus of the jaws, the throat
and parts adjacent. The space between the eye-brows and the
root of the nose. The breast. The palm of the hand. The
element or principle of any thing. A sign. A plummet, parti
cularly such as is used at sea. Name of a town in Diyar-bakar
(Mesopotamia), and of another in Persia. jb The secure
city, i. e. Mecca. Buld, A particle of gold, silver, or lead.
A ^bjb bildam (or be'jb bilddmat), A blunt sword.
A ^ jb bulddn, (pi. of ^ balad) Cities.
A S jb baldat, A city ; or the quarter where any one resides.
One’s country. The twenty-first mansion of the moon. A part
of the heavens having few stars. The space between the eye
brows and the root of the nose. tU-b / i'jb A glorious city, Con
stantinople. jb A superb city. Buldat, The space
between the eye-brows. t^~y\ ,£<jb The form of the face.
a ^.jb Baldah, Name of a valley near Mecca, and of a moun
tain near Jaddah. Bildah, Fat, corpulent (woman).
a |*i-'b baldam (or ^ib balzam), The most prominent part of
the breast and throat, and that part of the wind-pipe which is
connected with the breast. The projecting part of the throat ot
a horse. The top of the wind-pipe.
a be jb baldamut (from ^jb q), Being silent from fear.
p *jb Baldah, Eve, the first woman.
a baladiy, Belonging to a city.
Ajb biliz. Plump, fat, thick. Short. Slender (woman).
A^ub bils, The ashes of alkali. Balas, Wicked, profligate
(man). A kind of white fig, or a fruit resembling it in Arabia