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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎667r] (1338/1826)

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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pifjjll ^jt gard-aludah) Soiled with dust. Worldly-minded.
vj^jgwddn, Turning, winding, changing, inverting, con
verting. One who turns or goes round. Conjugation, inflexion.
Meat parboiled and roasted with spices. The neck,
garddn shudan. To revolve, to turn round, gar-
dun-i garddn, The spheres, the heavenly bodies. M
Icubba-i gardun-i garddn^ The vault of heaven perpetually
revolving.
p garddndd. May God effect it!
r garddndan. To turn round,
p gardanak, The pointers (two stars in the Bear),
p ^Ij^gardana/i, An iron ring (to which anything is sus
pended). Girddnah, A child’s go-cart, leaning against which
it learns to walk.
p garddmdan, (transitive of gardidan) To
change, alter, avert, convert, divert, to drive round, surround.
To be whirled round, to be converted. dwuz gar-
ddnidan, To make inflexions of the voice, i. e. to sing, modulate,
shake. ba chard gar dan id an, To lead to pasture.
garddnJdah, Turned round. Meat parboiled and
roasted.
girdawd, A patrole.
vjl\*/girddwar, All round, round.
p girddwardan, To assemble, collect; to spread,
p Gurddwjand, Name of a celebrated champion.
v gird-bud, gird-bddah, ov gird-bdl), A
whirlwind. A devil. Ld gird-bud dsd, Like a whirlwind.
p jA\)dJgird-bdlish (or gird.bdlin), A small round
pillow laid under the cheek. A large cylindrical pillow.
p gardbdn, A leader, a commander-in-chief. The tree
of paradise. An artificer’s wooden block fixed in the ground
for polishing his work. A shirt-collar ; neck and breast of a shirt.
v jdji girdbur, A wimble, a gimlet.
P gard bar dicar dan, To trample down, destroy,
p gird ba gird, All round.
p djgard-bandan, A collar, an ornament for the neck.
p gird-pdy, The space about the foot of a throne or
other" seat. yJoj/^ haWZ g“ ri ‘ dan ’ To
wander about any place incognito in search of any thing.
P JLjJ)/ gird-pesh, All round.
P gird-kVdn, A circular table.
p ^/gardar, Hard ground at the foot of a mountain. Hilly
around. A city.
r gird-run. The root of the thigh, the groin,
r ^fgardish. Revolution, turning round, reversion, conver
sion, motion. Turn, change. gardish-i dsnan,
The revolution of the heavens.
r gard-shab, The darkness of thenight.
r y v girdshandah, Reptiles. ^
rCjjfsndak, (diminutive of gird) A small royal tent
A large round tent. A bride’s chamber. An enigma. A rich
cake. A sum, a total, a whole, a collection.
v gurdkdh, The hypochondria,
p gird-kund, A collector. Surrounding.
PjliJ^ girdigdr, God, the Creator. On purpose.
g/rrf/gar, Divine workmanship. Gurdagdr, Ihe hypo
chondria or waist under the short ribs.
p girdagdn, A walnut. The ball of a pellet-bow.
p gird-gdh, The navel,
p gird-giribdn, A shirt, a shift,
p gurd-gir, A conqueror of heroes. The title of the son
of Afrasiyab.
p girdmdnah, Seed of mezereon.
p gardan, The neck. A pole. Strong, robust, firm, pow-
erful. A brave, or stout man, a hero. Strength, power.
gardan khdridan, To scratch the neck, (met.) To seek
an excuse, gardan zadan, To decapitate.
gardan-i shutur, A camel’s neck, (met.) A purse full of gold.
gardan nihddan, To place the neck, i. e. to submit,
to obey. ^ ^ khun-i lashkar dar gar
dan-i d, With the blood of the whole army on his neck, i. e. he
was the cause of their destruction, ji J j?***** 3 V
shamshtr o kafan bar gardan, With a cimeter and a winding-
sheet on his neck. Gurdun, A mitre, a cap, a bonnet.
p gardnd, A spit. A wheel; also a curricle or go-cart,
in which a child learns to walk. The name of a musical instru
ment; also a game. A boy’s top. Ihe knee, the knee-pan, or
any similar joint. Roast meat. T. he peg of a musical instrument.
gardnd-i charkh,The sky. Girdand, A deep dish,
p gardndj, Roast-meat which had been parboiled.
v gird-ndmah, An incantation written upon a bit of
paper accompanied by the name of a slave who may ha\e run
away from his master, which being hidden under a stone or in
the ground, is supposed to have the power of preventing his
escape, and obliging him to return. A die for coining, the im
pression on money.
p gardandn, (pi. of gardan) Strong, powerful, il-
lustrious. ^ gardanun-i nazm, Illustrious poets.
v gardndy, A boy’s top. Girdndy n\so gardndy, A
red rose. A child’s go-cart.
r s gardan-bustah, Chained or fastened by the neck.
( *. J gardan-bastah o dil-shikastah, With the
neck in chains and a broken heart.
P L y r t gardan-band, A chain, collar, necklace, ornament
for the neck.
Tj \J gardan-Jirdzyfslretching the neck; long-necked,
p Jp* gardan-kash, Exalting the neck, i. e. proud, haugli-^
ty, refractory, disobedient, stubborn, obstinate. ^
gardan-kashdn-i nazm, Poets of distinguished merit.

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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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