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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎575r] (1154/1826)

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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jj r -
A gharbty, West, western, westerly.
p gharblb, A kind of black grape.
A ghirbib) Very black,
p gharblr, A sieve.
p gharbtl, A sieve. g^iar67/ sac/aw, To sift.
p gharbilah, Alternate motion and rest.
A ghirrat (from jC. gharra), Deceiving, flattering with
vain hopes. Inexperience. Sloth, carelessness. Ghurrat (from
jZgharra) Being white (the forehead). Whiteness, brightness,
an ornament, a blaze on the forehead of a horse (larger than
dirham). Aurora, the dawn. The human face (implying
also a shining brightness). Noble, illustrious. A lord, the chief
of a people, the master of a family. The most excellent of any
thing (especially the richest furniture). The first appearance
of any thing (particularly of teeth, denoting likewise their white
ness). The splendour of the moon (especially the first three
days). A month. A fast. A servant, male or female ; a slave,
boy or girl. A fine of five hundred dirhams, derived from the
appellation generally given in Arabic to an infant male or female
slave of that value, p i/ghurra-i In dazo-
lat-i rbz-afzun. The founder of this daily increasing empire.
pjS* Xji. ghurra-i mdh-i muharram, The beginning of the
month Muharram. A ijZ. ghurra-i ndsiya-i
sultanut zoa ikbul, The star and ornament on the forehead of the
state (a title).
p ghurtah, Clamour, noise, tumult.
A gharas (from d^), Being hungry.
A gharsdn, Hungry.
A gharsa’, (pi. of^lj^i gharsdn) Hungry (men), (fern,
of gharsdn)y Hungry (woman). gharsa'l zci-
shdih) Slender-waisted (woman).
p gharchah or ghirchah, Ignorant, stupid. Mean, ab
ject, infamous. Weak, impotent. Sick. Slow, lazy. Reproach,
taunt. Georgia. Name of a people in Turkistan.
p d>j£. ghard, A habitation for the summer-season. Ghurd, A
swoln gland. The windy hernia or rupture.
A ^ ghard) ghird, also gharad, A species of mushroom or
puff. (from J^i), Singing; the motion of the body whilst
singing. Gharid) Singing (bird). A kind of shoe.
a ghardat or ghirdat, A kind of mushroom. Ghiradat,
(pi. of ghard and ghird) Mushrooms.
A iLiJpZ ghardakat) Dust, or the darkness of the night obscur
ing every object. The dropping of a curtain, hiding with a veil, i
p ghar-dil) Timid, cowardly.
p ghardah) A wheel. Ghurdah) A gland, tumour, wen.
AjjZgharar (from gharra). Having a white spot (the
forehead). Any thing subject to the caprice of fortune, or of
uncertain events. Engaging for what is not in our power, as
selling a bird in the bush. Ghurar, (pi. of ghurrat)) The
three first days of the month. The best parts of a thing. Stars,
or bright spots. Ornaments. Ghurur) (pi. of agharr) White.
Illustrious.
gharazU) (fui.jjki yaghruzu) He pricked.
■ K jj^ gharz (from jjS.), Piercing (with a sword, needle, or
sting). Fixing (a stake) in the ground. Thrusting (the tail)
into the earth (as a locust when laying eggs). Having little milk,
or not yielding it (a camel). Putting (the foot in a stirrup) when
going to mount. A leathern stirrup (one of iron or wood being
called rikdb). A sucker ingrafted into the trunk of a vine.
GhurZ) (pi. of XjjC. ghurzat) Sewings with close stitches. Gha-
raZ) A sort of very bad herbage. GhariZ) An edict, interdict.
p Jj^ gharaZ) A species of the herb shepherd’s staff.
1 ghar-zdd or ghur-zdd) A scoundrel, a base fellow’.
x ghurzat) Sewing wdth close stitches.
p ghar-zan, A strumpet.
p ghurzang) A bound, a jump.
p ghurs or ghirS) An ear of corn. A bunch of grapes.
Rage, passion. Soon angry. Wearied. Weak. Ghirs, A scratch.
A ghars (from ^j^), Planting (trees). A plant. Ghirs,
A black crow or daw. A young planted shoot. A proselyte. A
membrane covering the head of a camel at the birth ; also what
ever comes along with the foetus.
p gharsd) The herb elecampane.
p iJ^/Z gharsh) Anger. Useless pieces pared from a skin.
Ghirsh) Abomination. A divorce. Ghurrish. Force. Ano-er.
v jZ. gharshd, Anger.
r ghurrisht, The roaring of a lion, the braying of an
ass. The neighing of a horse.
p ghurishnah) Name of an herb for washing the hands,
p gharshi) Rage, passion.
p gharshidan) To be angry.
p gharshidah) Angry.
A gharz (from ^jdjz)) Fastening the poitrel, or breast-
strap of a camel. Filling (a vessel) ; not filling (it) quite full.
Shaking (a bottle) in order to make butter. Drinking the milk
before the butter forms. Taking or receiving (any thing) whilst
fresh or new. Weaning (a lamb) before the proper time. The
space of any place or vessel which is not completely filled (as
from the surface of the water to the parapet of a well). The
breast-strap of a camel. Ghurz, The side of the brido- e of
the nose. Ghurz and ghuruz, (pi. of ghirzat and ghurzat)
Breast-straps of camels. Gharaz (from ^^i), Being tired of
(any place). Having a strong inclination for (it). Wish, design,
view, meaning, intention. Business, need, occasion, use, want,
end, machination, interestedness, selfishness. Hatred, rancour,
malignity, rage, spite. A butt or mark for archers, /U ajZ
gharaz-i khafiy) Concealed malevolence, p gharaz
kardan) To persecute, to conspire against, to entertain a secret
but mortal grudge, to lay a train for the ruin of another. To in-

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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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