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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎651r] (1306/1826)

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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woman. Kulbat, A closet, a cell. Severity (of cold). A tavern,
or wine-cellar. Straits. Sterility of a season. The whiskers of
a dog or cat. Kalibat, Mad (bitch). Withering (as herbage
for want of rain).
A kalbatani, A blacksmith’s or farrier’s forceps, with
which they take hold of hot iron, or pull out nails.
r kalbitari) A smith’s forceps. (Burhan-i kuti^.')
A kalbas, kulbus^ or kulabis. Avaricious, stingy,
p kulbad, A closet, a cell.
p kulbsitan, A tooth-drawing instrument. (Cast.)
p kalbasu, A large lizard.
p kulbak, A covering for a stack of grain. A hut built
for those who keep watch over sown fields or melon-grounds.
A kalbus, A species of locust.
p kulbah, A closet, a cell. A house, a cottage, a Turko
man hut covered with a kind of felt-cloth ; a shop, a warehouse.
A casket. A corner. A bridegroom’s house decorated. <ul£
kulba-i ihzdn, An afflicted or distressed family.
a kalba’, (pi. of kalib) Mad (dogs or camels).
Kalbi) Belonging to a dog or a bitch, canicular. A name by
which the Druses are called, because they are supposed to wor
ship a black dog.
p kulup, The beak of a bird.
v kalpaturah, Foolish sayings.
A <L!i kallut) A large blunt knife. Killat (from kalla),
Being blunt (sword), dull, dim (sighted). Being slow, stam
mering (tongue). Falling, ceasing to blow (wind). State, con
dition. A woman’s veil. A canopy ; an awning for keeping off
gnats. Kullat, (fern, of kull) All, every (woman). Delay.
fullut kullat or fulat kulat, A swift horse.
A kalt (from L^), Collecting, drawing together. Pour-
ing (into a vessel). - Galloping (a horse). Lying (any thing),
p kaltdn, The jambs or side-posts of a door.
A kiltdni or kullatdni^ (dual fein. of ,Jo kull) Both.
P kaltab or kultub, Hypocrisy, deceit. Governors,
p kallabdn, One who connives at his wife’s infidelity.
A kullat, A portion of meat or corn.
a-Is^K kalt ah at, A certain mode of walking,
p kaltujah, A fool. 1 itillation, tickling,
p kaltah, Dock-tailed, curtailed, particularly an ass with
his tail cut short. A short stick which fills the hand. Short, de
fective, little, mean, contemptible. Unsuitable. Any thing old
of its kind; past his labour, or any animal that can no longer
hunt from age. One who has an impediment in his speech.
p kaltah-chbb, A short staff carried by dervishes.
a kalsamat (fronv^ q), Being full in the face, plump
cheeked, chubby (yet handsome).
a kulsum, Full of flesh about the jaws. An elephant.
The silk flag at the top of a standard. ^ ^ ummu kulsum,
The mother of plumpness (by the figure metonymy) the proper
name of a woman, as of Fatima the daughter of Muhammad.
p ^ kilj, A fold, a wrinkle. Baskets in which they carry
coals, or dried dung for heating baths. Proud, arrogant, self-
conceited, foolish.
a fa/, Generous,excellent,celebrated. Strenuous,strong,
robust, bold men.
kaljdd, Bald.
p kaljan, A dunghill or receptacle for dirt and sweepings.
a kaljabut (from q), Striking with a sword. The
crackling of fire. Flame.
p kiljah, A quail. Kulajah, Of two colours,
p ^ kalch, Dirt, filth. A fold, a wrinkle. Curly hair. Pack-
saddles. Pride, arrogance, self-conceit. A dung-basket. Kulch,
A sort of cloth brought from CashmTr. Curly hair. Crumbs of
bread. The belly.
p kalchakdd, One who has the scald.
p^ kalachang, A crab,
p kalchah, A magpie.
p kalchichah or kilchlchah, Tickling, titillation.
p ^ kilh, A kind of gum, benzoin or benjamin.
a kalhabat (from q), Striking with a sword. The
crackling sound of fire.
A <Ls" kalahat, The mouth ; the environs of the mouth, espe
cially when stretched to a grin.
a kilhim, Earth, dust,
p ^ kulkh, A kind of herb.
p kulkhdn, The chimney, furnace, or stove of a bath,
p kalakhach, The filth of the body.
p^ kalakhrijah, The murmuring noise of a crowd or of
the flowing of water, the pouring out of liquor. Titillation.
P kulkhan, The chimney, furnace, or stove of a bath,
p ' kulkhan-tdb,One who lights the furnaces of baths.
a kalad, Hard, tough soil, without gravel. A hill. A
leopard. A weasel.
A kaladat, A tract of hard ground.
a kaldah, Hard, thick, gross. An old woman.
a kaldahat, A certain manner of walking.
a kaldam, Hard, thick.
A kuldum, Short. A dwarf.
p i kaldah, Dry, barren ground. Name of a person.
rj_l£ kilz, Root of the wild pomegranate.
kvij*&kils, Quick-lime, also mixed with sand, or formed

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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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