'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [292r] (588/1826)
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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A su^ban, A large male serpent, a dragon, a cockatrice.
A su ip^ n< ) (pl* °f sa^b) Channels (in a valley).
A <Lxj su^bat or su^abat, A venomous lizard having a green
head. A mouse. A dormouse. Name of a tree.
A jl-Zaj sa^sa^, A pearl or its shell. Scarlet wool.
a sa^sa^at, The speech of a stammerer. The inarticu
late sound made in vomiting.
a sautj) A crowd of travellers.
A sa^jarat (from q), Pouring out.
a Sour moist dates. Soft (earth). Fresh (pot-herb).
«A*^c ^ j <ij ^ ^ He has neither little nor much.
AjXJ su^r and su^ur, A deleterious juice, exuding from the
root of a poisonous plant. Many warts.
A '{lb** (and sw^uruni), Two glands going
round the margin ofa horse’s sheath; also two in the udder of a ewe.
A &jjxi sa^rarat (fromj jXj q), Being cleft (the nose).
k J3j^ sa^rur, A short man. A wart. A plant producing
gum-ammoniac. The root of the sea-onion. A small cucumben
A k-O sa^t, Corrupted, putrid (meat). Sa^at (from Lt5), Stink
ing (as meat or water). Falling in pieces (a rotten hide). Swell
ing and cracking (the lip).
A ‘UaxJ sa^itat, An addle egg.
A ^,1*3 sifJ or A superfluous tooth growing out before or
behind another. Su^l, An excrescence on the udders of cattle
resembling a dug. A kind of insect to be found in putrid lea
thern bottles. Ignoble, despicable. Sa^al (from J*3), Having
any thing superfluous growing before or on the side (a tooth).
Suuil, (pi. of jJxJsMci) Excrescences resembling warts. Name
of a certain family in the Arabian tribe of Tayy.
A iL*j#rt^/a,(fem.of as^a/), Superfluous-toothed (woman).
A scijAab or su^lub^ A fox. The upper extremity of a
spear-staff upon which the head is fixed. A gutter or sink in an
area. The mouth of the aqueduct which feeds ponds or cisterns.
The root of a palm-shoot. da-u's' sa^lab, Baldness.
(Alopetia). s\^ duzsu-u's'su^laby A sort of medicine.
tjnabu’s'sa^lab) Nightshade. sadab-i
misriy, Salep.
A sa^/aia/, A bitch-fox. The rump-bone. The buttocks.
Name of a man ; also of a tribe. Name ofa king.
A s amiably at) A horse’s pace resembling that of a dog.
A <d*j sa^lat) A wart growing upon the udder.
sa^lh) A sort of date.
a Jlybj sa^liil) A superfluous tooth. Su^lul, Passionate, angry.
A sheep (which may be milked from three or four dugs).
*A sa^amU) (fut. yas^amu) He removed, drew out
a sauinjat) The midst of the ocean.
sa^W) Soft, unripe dates.
a su^ub) Gall, bile, bitterness.
a (An army) encumbered (with baggage). (Cat
tle) having excrescences upon the udders resembling dugs.
A k*x.> sadt) Moveable sands blown about by the winds.
A j_3 sugh) An idol.
A Uj saghd (from ^*J), Bleating. Sughd, The bleating of
sheep, goats, or deer; the cries of animals in labour. The fissures
in the lips of cows, sheep, or other animals which part the hoof.
A sighdb) (pi. of saghb) Cold, limpid streams.
A saghdrtr, A small melon, beautifully streaked with red
and yellow. In Egypt and Syria, where it grows, it is used like
a nosegay, on account of its beauty and fragrance, (pi. ofn>yc
sughrur ) Warts, excrescences (growing on a horse’s sheath).
A p\xjsaghdm, A certain mountain-plant resembling the anise.
*a saghaba, (fut. yasghabu) He stabbed; he slew.
A saghb (from c_-^a 3), digging. Piercing, slaughter
ing. Pure cold water gliding in the bottom of a valley. Saghab,
A reservoir of cool water in a shady part of a mountain. The
melting of ice. Sughab, (pi. of <L*j sughbat) Frogs.
a JLm sighbdn and sughban, (pi. of saghab) Lakes of
cold water in the shady parts of a mountain. Meltings of ice.
A sughbat, A frog.
A sighsdgh, A hesitation a stammering.
A saghsagh, A stammerer, a stutterer.
A tj&jc saghsaghat (from jtJJH q), Stammering. Trembling,
chattering unintelligibly. The bite of an infant before it has got
teeth. Incoherent speech. Search, scrutiny.
* A saghara, (fut ..yZj yasgharu) The edge (of the earthen
vessel) was chipped. (The sword) was notched. He brake
(another’s) front-teeth. He closed (the chink or breach). He
occupied (the pass).
a saghar or saghr, The fore-teeth. The mouth. A large
opening fissure, or gap in a mountain; a narrow pass between
hills, bordering on a hostile country. A strait. A chink. A
fortress. The best herbs. Separate, divided. Sughur, (pi. of
sughrat), Throats. Fissures, chinks, gaps.
A sighrab, Yellowish teeth. Small teeth.
A ijitj sughrat, The pit of the stomach or the throat (the place
where they slaughter camels). A fissure, a gap, an opening.
A tract of country. A plain level way.
a JJjX> sughrur, A wart. The confines of an enemy’s country.
A saghim, A hunting dog.
A saghiv, A sort of date. Sughuzo (from yu), Bleating.
Ajyj sughur, (pi. otJC saghar) Passes, straits, frontiers.
A saghyat, Hunger. A desert.
*A U5 sofa, (fut .yasfu and yasfl) He followed,
A Lb suffa, Mustard. Mustard-seed. Nosesmart.
3«A Uj safa-a, (fut. yasfa-u) (The pot) boiled much.
Aak-lUdb>-lfij safdjat mafdjat, Very foolish.
A safdrik, (pi. of sufruk) Grape or date-stalks.
A <LiLb safdfat (from c-b sajfa), Becoming ingenious, skilful,
intelligent. Being light, active, nimble.
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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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- 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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