'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [219r] (442/1826)
The record is made up of 1 volume (908 folios). It was created in 1829. It was written in English, Arabic and Persian. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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p U- pakulak. Elegance, beauty. Laziness, ignorance,
deformity. Inquiry, search. Household furniture. Useless,
unprofitable. 1*ukuluky Rough, uneven.
p pakah, Hereafter. Thus, so. Pikah, A veil, a covering.
^ h e female bosom. A child’s play-thing.
p paguh) The dawn. J> /mga/t/ar, Early dawn.
p pagawt, (in ancient Persian) A philosopher.
P [J^iP a S~ tn 'i (* n ancient Persian) Millet.
p Jj pal, A field with a raised border. Pt7, The heel. The
foot (also the head) of a door, revolving in a socket, in the way
of a turnstile. A humming-top. Pul, A bridge, an embankment.
A small coin. j\i /L Jj pul-i ub-gun-i atish-bar, The
celestial vault. (Jj Pul-balan, Name of an embankment
near Ilarat. Pul-chaknam, Name of a bridge near
Shiraz. ^ pul-shikastan, To fail, to break down. To
drown. pul-i sirat, The bridge over the eternal fire,
across which the Muhammadans imagine they shall pass into Pa
radise. JjU? ,(Jj pul-i haft tak, The seventh heaven.
v SL^palad, A led horse. Puldd (for puldd), Steel,
p xSh palddah, A mean, wicked man. Speaking blasphe
mously, idly, indecently. Rash, furious, precipitate. Corrupt.
Slothful, imbecile. Extremely smooth. Thick. Unfortunate.
p^i^L pulurghii (or buldrghu), Those to whom others
fly for refuge. Flying from one, and taking shelter with ano
ther ; a fugitive, a deserter.
p CjfpJ paldrak, A cimeter (of Damascus), a sword of the
finest polished Indian steel.
p paldjur (or jjjhjpaldzur), Mastic.
p palds, Coarse cloth, canvas. Fraud, deceit. A cheat,
an impostor. To apostatize, to become reprobate.
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h \jA) t palds-puprd, (s M ) The seeds of
the Butea frondosa used in medecine.
p l i 4 iJL} paldsak, Evil, calamity, misfortune,
p paid fir, A wdndow.
p JiL paldkal (or lL^^Ij), A sword of excellent steel,
p paldluk, The habit of a dervish. (See CJjh paldrak).
p pildn, A pack-saddle,
p paldnah, A bad or indecent action,
p ijib paldnt) A sluggish beast.
pfij pildzo, A dish composed of flesh or fish highly seasoned,
first roasted and afterwards fricasseed or stewed, covered and
heaped over with rice nicely boiled, seasoned, and sometimes
coloured, and garnished with eggs, onions, &c. ^ e ^“
low pilaw, prepared with honey (used in some places at funerals),
p i 1 paldhank, A rein, a bridle, a halter, a cord.
P Jj pul-bandi, Construction of bridges and embank
ments ; also the tax imposed for such works.
p (JJj pulpul, pilpil (for JJls fdfd or fulfil), Pepper. A
clove; a poplar-tree, Root oi the long pepper-tree.
p pulchl, A dealer in pearls. Glass beads.
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p palakh, The throat.
p pulakhm (or palakhmdn), A sling,
p ' J pilistuk, A swallow,
p pilusgi, A crimson die.
p palisht, Impure. Carrion. A strumpet,
p iAiij palaghdah, Rotten, putrid, addle,
p palaftah, Chaff,
p pulk, A certain water.
p uiCb palak, An eye-lash. The twinkling of an eye. A
javelin, or demi-spear. Rough, rugg'ed. Difficult. Pendulous.
Arms. A loaf. A present. palak-i chashm, The
eye-lash. bjJ /d£b palak-i daryd, Clouds. Pulk or puluk,
The reins, kidnies. Whatever flies or passes with velocity. A
kind of bird, the bittern.
n palkar, (s O Revenue accruing from orchards,
p pulkanjik, A play, sport. Witty, pleasant. New
(whether newdy born, created, or never before seen). Elegant,
wonderful, admirable. A ludicrous or comic poet,
p palkush, A kind of flower.
p 4^b pulukah, Reproach, contumely. Ambiguous, obscure,
p j*b palm, Earth, soil, dust.
p J-yb palmurdah, Languid, pendulous, flaccid, withered,
p ^^b palmas (or palmasah), Perturbation. Losing
the use of hands and feet. A lie. Calumny, unjust imputation.
p <ub> palmah, The bason or scale of a balance. Lie, calumny.
Suspicion. Pretext. The round of a ladder. A board on which
' children learn to write.
p ^Jub palandin, A door-post. A threshold,
p Ljbb palank (or ci&b palang), A leopard, a tiger. Any
thing of a motley colour. A bedstead. Piling, A door-post,
p (^Jbb palang-push, A coverlet,
pySobt Palangar, Name of a king slain by Alexander,
p palang-rang, (A horse) spotted like a leopard,
p ytAj palang-gun, Of the colour of a leopard,
p palang-mushk, A kind of herb which grows
at Baghdad, musky, and spotted like a leopard,
p palangin, Like or belonging to a tiger,
p <iw£lb palanginah, Tiger-like. A kind of royal vest,
p i;bb palwdjah, Glass. A glass-vessel,
p ^Jjb palicds, Deception, imposture, flattery.
r uV”* P u l~ K u n i A hero. A raised path round a field. A
quick-set hedge. Pulzcdn (or ^j^jpulun), A place where a por
ter lays down his load for a while, that he may take a little rest,
r CLJjb palut, A small turban of little value,
p ^^Hyb pulus (equivalent to ^jbb«- chdpulus). Flattery,
p ^jb pulugh, Milking.
p lLSjL) paluk, A smith’s hammer. An upper chamber. A
shed, a lodge, a vine-dresser’s hut. Puluk, Camels’ dung.
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The volume is A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations , by John Richardson, of the Middle Temple and Wadham College, Oxford. Revised and improved by Charles Wilkins. This new edition has been enlarged by Francis Johnson. The volume was printed by J. L. Cox, London, 1829.
The volume begins with a preface (folios 7-8), followed by the dissertation (folios 9-40), proofs and illustrations (folios 41-49), and an advertisement on pronunciation and verb forms (folios 50-51). The dictionary is Arabic and Persian to English, arranged alphabetically according to the Arabic and Persian alphabets. At the back of the volume are corrections and additions (folio 908).
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The dictionary is arranged alphabetically, according to the Arabic and Persian alphabets.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 910; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- 'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:845v, 845ar:845av, 846r:909v, back-i
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- Richardson, Sir John, 9th Baronet
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