'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [343r] (690/1826)
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 Ls>~ hannat, A wife. The froth of a camel, (heb. run)
A woman’s name (Hanna). Ilinnat, Madness, fury.
a hanta-a, A dwarf.
A huntal. Escape, flight.
A h untar at, Difficulties, straits.
A hantam, A green-coloured bucket or water-pot.
a huntuf, One who scratches his head.
A hins (from Swearing falsely. A sin, crime.
Maturity of judgment. Obedience.
a hunsar (or hansara'), Foolish. A fool.
A ihansarat, Straits, difficulties.
a hansal (or khansul), Weak, feeble.
A hanj (from Inclining, giving a bias. Twisting
a rope. Uinj, Root, origin, stock.
A c— hunjab, Dry.
a hunjud, An oblong tract of sand.
anjar, The head of the asper artery. A certain plant.
A hanjarat (from q) ? Slaughtering. Beingdeeply
sunk in its socket (eye). Hanjarat or hunjurut, The wind-pipe,
r Syzio- hanjarah-ghaltan, A singer, a warbler.
a hanjarly, Guttural.
A UmSssXs^'hanjaf (hinjif and hunjuf, also hunjafat),
The top of the haunch or thigh. The back-bone.
A hinjal, A large-bodied woman. Clamorous. Hunjul,
A wild beast, especially a lion.
a hunjud (also hunjur), The wind-pipe, the
throat. An oblong vessel, a jug, a cruet, a smelling-bottle.
A hunjuf, Head of the ribs joining to the back-bone.
a hunud, (pi. of hanud) M aters absorbed in sand.
a handaj, A large camel. A man’s name. Hunduj,
Sands producing odoriferous herbs and flowers.
AjJus- hundur (orj*X>s>- hundur), The pupil of the eye.
A Hindis, A dark night, darkness.
a handakuk (or handakuka'), I he lot-tree.
Hindakuk, A tall foolish fellow.
a {Jaxs- handal, Short. A dwarf.
a handalis, (A camel) fleshy, flabby and slow-paced.
Excellent (camel).
a handum, Name of a certain tree with a red root.
A hindamdn (^Ua^ hinziman also hunziman), A
body of men, a crowd. People.
a hundurat, The pupil of the eye. Ilundurat (also
hindirat), The object of vision.
a handiyat, A hawk.
a hanz (from ic^), Roasting (an egg on a hot stone).
Scorching (the sun). Making (a horse) sweat by exercising him
in the sun. Diluting (wine) with a little water. Growing hot.
Hanaz, Heat (of the sun). Name of a place near Madina.
a hinzdb, A stout middle-sized ass, short and thick. A
strong dwarf. A wild carrot. A flight of biids.
a jsj^- hanzakr (or ^j^>- hanzakrat), Dwarfish, despicable.
A hunzub, A flight of the birds Uai kata.
A^^u^s- hanas (from Pushing courageously into the
hottest of the battle. Hunus, Pious, chaste (people).
A hansh (from (^A^), Hunting (vipers). Bending.
Driving off’, averting. Hanash, A serpent. A malignant villain.
A bans (from Dying.
A-tLs^s- hinsu-a, A weak man.
AjUa^- hinsdr, Slender and large-bellied.
A hinsdl (and hinsdlat'), Large-bellied.
A hansal, A cavity in a stone. Water collected there.
A small pond.
A hant (from la^s*-), Being red (hide). Coming to ma
turity (the herb t.A^j). Ilinat, (pi. of 4 \a*>- hintat) AV heats.
a hintat, Wheat.
AjiJaus*- hantarir, Clouds.
A i, g hantaf, Large-bellied.
A <Ckuj>- hunati-at, A broad fat she-goat.
a iLliixs*- hanzd-at (from Q)? Reviling shamefully.
A hinza-w, Short-bodied.
A i •- hunzab or hunzub, A male locust. A beetle.
a hunzabd, A beetle.
a hanzal, The wild gourd, the colocynth.
A hinziydn, One who speaks imprudently.
A hanaf (from Being bow-legged. Walking
limpingly on the outer edges of the feet. Professing the true
religion. Eschewing idolatry. Being circumcised. Turning
Musulman. Being of the sect of Hanifah.
a \ics>- hunafd, (pi. of i— hanif) Orthodox believers.
a hinfas, Impudent, shameless.
a hinfash (or hinfish), A viper.
A h a nfas, Weak, cowardly.
p hanaf i, Orthodox. mazhab-ihanaf t,
The true religion, (for hanif t) The sect ot Hanliah.
A hanak, High indignation. Ilanik, Enraged.
A WU's- hankat, A bird resembling the woodcock or snipe.
A hank (from Putting a curb or check-rein
under a horse’s chin. A bridle, the chin-strap or chain. Per
ceiving, understanding. Confirming. Rendering expert (age).
Rubbing the palate of an infant with chewed date or honey (in
order to induce it to suck). Hanak, The palate, and the under
part of the mouth which is opposite to it. The beak of a bird.
Thej aw, the cheek. Deep black.
A hunkat, Strength, firmness. Experience. A strap
or timber of a saddle.
hunkardn, Name of a bird that lives on fish.
a hankal, Despicable, rude. A dwarf.
a hankalat (from q), Walking heavily.
a hanamut, Sleep.
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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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- 1 volume (908 folios)
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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.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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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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