'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [490v] (985/1826)
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 shabrakat (from Jyr* Q)> Tearing, cutting in pieces,
p shabram, Night-dress. A bed with the bed-clothes.
Spurge, sea-lettuce, tythimallus. Red lead, minium.
K shubruni) A kind of pulse. Tythimallus, a species of
thorn. Covetous and short.
p jJ* shab-rang, Obscure, black, clothed in sable. A dark
bay or iron-gray horse. Name of a flower. A species of stone
which burns like coal.
shab-raiD) One who walks or travels in the night. A
night-watch. A holy man. asb-ishab-raw^ A swift
horse, going well in the night.
p*JuJ shab-zindah-dar, Vigilant during night.
v shubus (or shubush), A louse, a nit.
p shibist or shubust, A hideous monster; any thing
striking- terror. A corn-weevil.
p shabistdn (or shabistdm)^ A bed. A bed
chamber. A king’s bed-chamber. A closet where one says
nightly prayers. Night-clothes. A winter-habitation,
p a shab-sadah. The epiphany. A bat.
p shabusah, A small insect, as a louse, or weevil.
v iJLJL shubsh or shubush, A louse.
p c. •.*■■■-* shabshab, A horse going well. A swift pace. The
whizzing of an arrow when discharged from the bow.
p shabashty shibisht, or shubusht, A thick, deformed,
and hideous man.
p shibshah, A weevil. Small but numerous lice.
A shabas, Asperity. A tree full of thorns.
pLLIxmI shabitbdt, Shepherd’s staff (an herb).
A ^--1 shibfy Enough to satisfy for once. Shiba^ (for
Being satiated. Approaching to satiety. Being disgusted with
repetition. Having forage enough (cattle). Satiety.
A shab^dn, Full.
pLc shab-^abdj A dark night.
A shubzat, Enough to satisfy for one time.
A shab^a', (fern, of ^,1*^ shab^dn). Plump (woman).
shab^a'l khalkhdlj A fat woman, especially when
her bracelets and ankle-rings are too small for her.
p shabghd. An enclosure for cattle at night.
pj\x~Z> shabghdr, (j^U^A shabghdtrah)j\)t~J* shabghaZ) bj\xJ*
shabghdzah, or shabghdw), The same.
r shab-ghartb, Cakes and sweetmeats distributed
at a grave on the first night after interment. (Burhdn-i kdti t .)
p c—-***» shab-fdrah) An enclosure for cattle in the fields.
A shabak) Lust. Shabik^ Libidinous.
A c*^*-*» shabk (from (, M ^--- 1 ), Mixing. Inserting. Being in
serted. Being mixed. Shabak, The teeth (of a comb), (pi.
of shabakat) Nets.
p ( Oiot shibk, A whirl on a spindle. Shabaky Various-co
loured. Of net-work, latticed. A fungus or mushroom red within.
A <LC-S» shabakat, A fishing-net. A net-work veil. A lattice
Shubkat or shubakat, Family-connexion, affinity,
p shab-kar, An insect, a reptile. A flea.
A shabkarat, Purblindness,
p shab-kuldh, A night-cap. A black cap.
p shab-kun, Undertaking a nocturnal expedition, making
an assault in the night. The cricket. The morning, the dawn.
jjJJ shab-kun zadan, To travel in the night,
p JOwC-l shabkand, A bird’s nest.
VjjLj* shab-kur, Any animal purblind at night.
v shab-kurt, Purblindness during the nighi.
p shab-kukt^ifi-J* shab-kukd, or shab~kukah),
A description of mendicant, who at night-time takes up his post
on the summit of a tree, or a hillock, and from thence calls out to
each individual in the village byname, to come and administer to
his relief. {Burhdn-i kdti^.)
p shabakah (from a shabakat) A net.
p ilCJi shab-gdh (A night-place) for sheep. Night-time,
p shab-gard, The night-patrol, watchman. The moon,
p shab-gardt, Watching at night.
p shab-gaz, A flea (stinging or biting by night).
p shab-go, The chief of the night-patrole. A singer.
p shab-gun, The colour of night, i.e. black. A car
buncle, a gem. shabgun-i ^aydr, The sky.
shab-ishab-gun, A very dark night.
shabgunitan, (in ancient Persian) To leave.
p shab-gir, One who passes a sleepless night. A cricket,
a nightingale, or any animal which sings at night. A servant who
works or travels in the night-time. (A caravan) travelling at
night). Attacking by night. A nocturnal assault.
shab-gir kardan, To rise before day. To invade or to attack
during the night.
A shabl (from <J--£»), Growing. Being delicately or well
brought up. Shibl, The whelp of a lion or other beast of prey.
p shabldriidan, To cause to adhere, to unite.
A shibalam, A transverse piece of wood put into a kid’s
mouth to prevent it from sucking. Name of a tribe. (In the
dual) two strings which tie a lady’s veil round her neck,
p shibltdan, To hiss. To chirp. To break wind.
A 1 shabam (from Being cold (water). Cold. Sha- ,
him, Cold (water). Cold from want of food. Death.
A shabn (from Being soft, and full of animal
juices (a youth). Drawing near.
p shabnak, Name of a boy’s game,
p shaban-gdm, Evening-tide,
p shaban-gdh, A night-place, a fold (for cattle),
p shabnam, Dew. An epithet given to a very fine species
of muslin. shabnam-sifat, Like dew.
p shabnihah, Treasures buried under ground.
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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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