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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎389v] (783/1826)

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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676
ments. Plants twisting round one another. Sauntering about
without necessity and doing nothing. A glutton. A handsome
youth. Darkness. A wolf. An ass. A camel that goes un
driven to w ater. Name of a horse.
da^lajat (from q), Moving backwards and for
wards. Receiving much. Turning. Obscurity, darkness.
a da^lakat (from q), Being the worst of any thing.
Going far. Following, prosecuting, pursuing.
A da^rn (from Supporting any thing falling. Co
pulating. A troop. Firmness, stamina. ^ Id da^rna bihi,
He is enervated. Di^fim, (pi. of <UxJ di^mat, di^am, and
di^dmat) Columns (of houses). Props (of vines), (pi. of
diuimut) Stays, supports of families.
A di^rnat, A pillar, a column. A vine-prop.
A J da<£rnasat (from q), Abounding in tadpoles.
A du^rnus or da^nius, A black animalcule bred in dry
ponds, a tadpole. A royal favourite. Acute, penetrating.
A du^rna\ A carpenter. The middle or best of a road.
Any thing solidly supported. Du^tnly, Name of a tribe.
a da^n, Branches of the palm-tree slightly joined to
gether, on w r hich they spread the branches of dates. Da-^in, A
careless fellow. Da^in, Naturally depraved.
a da^nat, (pi. of^j^J da^an) Careless fellows.
A di^ankar (also di^ankardri)^ One who acts
basely or oppressively to another.
a da^zcd (for da^wa' 1 )^ A law-suit.
A da^zcut or di^wut, A prayer, a benediction. An invi
tation, convocation. A citing before a judge. An assembly, a
convivial meeting. A proselyting to the Muhammadan faith.
Command, empire. Pretension to rule. Once, one time. Dt\-
isat, Pretension, a false claim.
A du^uj, Fury, madness.
A Du^ud, (pi. of iXciJ Da^d) Names of women.
A da^us, Very bold, warlike.
a da^xza' (and da^rcd)^ A law-suit. Pretension,
ambition. Claim, demand. The subject of ambition, the thing
desired or contended for. Excuse. The events, changes, or vi-
cissitudes of fortune, p j) da^wd-i bardbari kar-
dan, To pretend or claim equality. aDu^kj??/, Any one, jLc
md du^zclyun bi’d’dar, There is nobody at home (or who
can be made to answer).
r datwa’-ddr, A plaintiff, a claimant,
r da^wa’gl, Supplication.
A A spurious child, a bastard. An adopted son.
a du^aymh, Intelligent. Name of a clever man.
p dagh (for dSgh), A mark, a stigma. Bald. Any
place where the hair has been rubbed off. Ground, on which
nothing grows. QJ kiydbdn-i dagh, A barren desert.
r LiJ daghdy Imposture, deceit, treachery. Seduction, adu
lation, Vicious. False, insincere. A bastard. Base money
Sediment, dregs. Rubbish, slicks and straws, daghd
namudan, To deceive, to circumvent.
a IcJ dugh «, A foolish woman.
vj[) IcJ daghd-bdz. An impostor, a cheat, a traitor.
AjliJ dughghdr, (pi. of\ib ddghir) Invaders, assailants.
a dighds, (in of Desiring to make haste.
a daghdsly, (Camels) suffering from repletion.
a JliJ digital, (pi. of JxJ daghal) Vices. Depravities.
A dugh dm, A disease in the jaws.
A daghdmir, [mpurities, filths.
a daghdicil, Misfortunes.
A4r£Lij daghbajat (from q), Driving (cattle) to water
every day. Giving one’s self up to pleasure.
a daghbus, Suspected of something bad. Infamous
A Dughat, Name of a very foolish woman.
A daght (from c^xJ), Strangling.
A^ixJ dughsar, Foolish, insane,
p JxJ daghd, A bride.
p dagh-ddr, Branded. A slave. Dughddr, A falcon.
a 4xJxJ daghdaghat (from cAxJ q), Disturbing (the mind),
provoking. Causing one to laugh by tickling. Stinging (with se
vere words). Shaking. Pleasant life. The hollow of the foot,
which does not touch the ground. Slender round the middle,
r uJxAxJ daghdaghak, Titillation.
p AiA-cJ daghdaghah, Fear, confusion of mind, tumult, sedi
tion. Dighdigah, Tickling under the arm-pits.
PjJxJ dughdu, Name of a bird weighing about fifty pounds.
Dughdu, (or DughdaioJh), Name of Zardusht’s mother.
daghr (fromInvading, or attacking (an enemy).
Entering (a house) forcibly or uninvited. Carrying off by vio
lence. Thrusting away. Strangling, throttling. Raising the
uvula of a new'-born infant. Not sucking sufficiently (a child),
and receiving little nourishment from it. Daghar, Depravity of
disposition. Audacity with inconstancy.
a*>> dagh rat, (fromyC<^), Seizing, carrying off forcibly.
a jXj daghrur, Shameful, obscene, very indecent.
a daghr a', Giddy boldness. Repulse.
aJxJ daghz (fromJxJ), Marrying (a wife).
dagh-sar, Bald-headed.
a ijZkz^ daghsh (from jjixJ), Assailing, attacking. Entering
into (the darkness of the night).
a daghas (from Being full (of meat or of rage).
Over-eating till he cannot chew the cud (a camel).
A daghsdn, Filled with rage, boiling with fury.
a daghf (from i—i.O), Receiving much and often.
a^ ixJ daghfar, A large lion.
a daghfas, Fatness, corpulency.
A (jlsxJ daghfak, Fruitful (year). Comfortable (life).

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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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English, Arabic and Persian in Latin and Arabic script
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