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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎660v] (1325/1826)

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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lustre (of a sword). A mace or club, especially the head. A
fountain, a jet-d’eau. Water. A mushroom, a fungus. Noc
turnal dew. The better part of any thing. A prince, a chief, a
general. An armed cavalier. A youth at the age of puberty.
An eunuch. kaickabu'l (trz y The mineral substance
called talc. kawkabu'l kharki, Stars which shine
till near the dawn. kaickab-i shutmis, Samian
earth, c —zu kawkab, Sorrowful, mournful (day).
pLSj£ kazckabu, (in ancient Persian) A star.
kawkabat (from ^ q)j Shining (as a star); glanc
ing (as steel). A star.
p kawkbbs or kazcakbbs, Crooked, bent,
p kazokabah, Ministry, servants, attendants, vassals, sub
jects, slaves. A eunuch. Majesty; a royal train. A polished
steel ball suspended to a long pole and carried as an ensign be
fore the king. A concourse of people. Splendour,
p kukurdy Sulphur.
p kazokaltdsh, A foster-brother. Name of a confi
dential minister of Awrangzeb.
p kbkalak, The pod which contains the cotton before
it is ripe.
p kokilah or kazskalah, A kind of lapwing,
p kokmd f (in ancient Persian) The sun.
kokaiiy An owl. Unripe grain.
p kijkndry Poppy : (after the opium has flowed from it,
they bruise and boil the heads, the oil of which, called koknar,
has a strong inebriating quality). A species of pine,
p kokanaky A small owl.
kukuy A ring-dove, or wood-pigeon. A fried egg, a
fritter. The cooing of a dove.
p kukuzzur, A back-burthen.
a .MViryswifif A j-ds\oa .^HBt iv .ygim’
A kazokazaat (from q), Walking like a dwarf. Has
tening, making haste.
p CJj £•£ kukurty Sulphur,
r jlfyfc kukuzy A kind of embroidered silk.
p kaiskazcuhy An owl.
p kokahy An owl. A little round cake.
A kazaka’y Worthless, inconsiderate, prodigal. A gap.
p kugtily A globule of dung made by a beetle.
p holy A pond or reservoir. An owl. Kuly The back,
the shoulder. r I he back of a hill or mountain. A carp, a sal
mon-trout. A lord, shallow water, a ditch, or any place where
water stagnates. Inexperienced, rude. Kazcal, A baggage-
horse, clumsy and slow; also a stubborn, unbroke horse. A skin
of coarse leather. A coarse kind of woollen stuff. Name of a
town in Persia.
p kbldby A pond or reservoir. A large wave,
p kuldjy A certain kind of sweetmeat.
p Ll/'Jji kbldky A large wave.
A kazaldiiy kulan, or kazcaldiiy The plant papyrus,
p^^ Kazsalariy Name of a mountain.
P kuldnjy A kind of sweetmeat. The cholic.
P kuldwit/dny Able wrestlers.
p^Jj£ kulipary Name of an herb.
P^y Kblukhy Name of a champion. Kulakh, A fire-place.
a kazsla^y Filth, uncleanness.
kulghunchahy Red paint for the face.
p U kolaky A hollow dish in which women put their cotton
for spinning.
p kazolamy Black pepper.
p^J/ kulanj or kulunj. The cholic ; a pain in the back and
loins from cold. A fire-hearth. A chafing-dish. Name of a
note in music.
kblangy A sodomite.
p kulahy A place where hunters lie to surprise their game.
Foolish, stupid, dull, ignorant. A rogue, a scoundrel. A por
cupine, a hedgehog. Imperfect, small.
A kulahy Measured (corn).
p kottdany To dig, excavate, hollow out, eradicate.
A *<f kazzm (from Leaping (as a horse upon the mare).
Lying with (a woman). Having a large bunch (a camel).
Pudenda. Kum, A herd of camels, (pi. of kawmd) Large-
bunched camels.
p kuniy Hay; dry herbage growing in ploughed ground,
The bog-rush.
aU/ kaicmdy (A she-camel) with a large bunch. , .
v kumdjy Unleavened bread.
a kumaty A heap of earth.
p kumchahy A narrow street. A cell. ,
A kazcmahy Large-hipped. One whose teeth so fill his
mouth as to prevent him from articulating distinctly.
p kumary (in ancient Persian) A pear,
p kbmishy A well-digger.
p komahy A straw-hut, or shed to shelter those who watch
the fields. Kumah, A coat of mail, (made of rings or plates),
r kbmidy A topaz.
kaxzn (from Being, becoming, happening. Be
coming surety for another. Essence, existence. Nature, the
universe, j kazon zca makdriy The universe, the world,
every created being. likawnihiy Because it might be.,
kuriy The backside, khuridariy To
scratch the backside, (met.) To be ashamed, to be sorry. W
k un-i khury The fundament of an ass, (met.) A great fool.
Mischievous, depraved. Kazsan or kuzaariy A sodomite. Knzcin
or kawariy A concourse of people assembled on the tenth of the
first month. Knzuany A kind of willow.
p kundniy The dwelling of a man, the nest of a bird, the
lair of a wild beast. Pasturage.

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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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