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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎838v] (1681/1826)

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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p ncizlj, A horse of parade or state led before a great man.
a ^ nazth. Far distant, very wide.
p nazidan, To draw out, to extract.
a j>Jj nazlr, Small, moderate.
A VS nazlrat, (A woman) having few children.
aJ)J3 naziz (fromjj nazza). Running or passing with rapidi
ty; also crying (a deer). Exuding, pouring out water abun
dantly (ground). Vibrating (as a bow-string when shooting).
Light, volatile, moveable. Full of desire, libidinous. Brisk,
active. Excellent. Addicted (to evil).
A nazlzat, A motion in the head.
A^jjinazj^ Shallow (well). Foreign. Far distant. Ga
thered, collected (fruit).
A AxJji nazluit, Excellent (she-cainel or camels), such as they
carry to other countries. A fine (woman) carried to be married
amonarst strangers.
A nazlf) Debilitated by loss of blood. Inebriated, stu
pid. Parched with thirst.
a nazlkani) The worst of (men or of goats).
a nazllj A stranger, a foreigner. A visitor, a guest.
Plentiful or magnificent (entertainment).
nazim or nizlm^ A cloud; mist. Nizlm, A deluge,
pjj naj\ What draws out or extracts. The wards of a key.
p nijud or ni/jud, A family, origin, root, principle. Seed,
descent, extraction. Noble, born of a distinguished race, jljj Jo
bad-nijud) Ignoble, of a mean origin. jUi Li/lj pdk-nijd c/, Of
a good family, nobly born.
p nijddah also najudah^ Family, origin, root, principle.
Radical, original, generous, noble.
r Jj3 nijdy A great man. A master, a preceptor. Sad, glum.
Pjliij nnjghdr, Noise, shout, exclamation,
p *Jj n/j/n also nujm, A cloud ; a fog, a mist; a low-hanging
vapour, obscuring the surface of the ground; darkness. Noise,
shouting, clapping of hands. Vexation, sadness, anguish. An
inundation, a deluge.
p nijmandy Venerable, respected. Anxious, afflicted.
p najmudan, To scum, to clarify,
p JJJ3 nijand also najand, Formidable, terrible, tremendous.
Venerable, revered. Astonished, stupid. Altered, changed (by
grief or age), sad,-cast down. Angry. A considerable mer
chant. A learned preceptor. An old man of authority and ex
perience, one that may be trusted. Faithful. Turbid, muddy,
obscure. Deformed in the face, lean, thin, withered. Timid,
weak, infirm ; bearing, or unable to repel an injury. An unjust
person, a wicked man, a sinner, one who injures or oppresses.
Abhorred, abominable. Low (ground), (in astronomy) the
lower apsis in an eccentric orbit (opposed to —j! awj).
p nijundi) Sadness, gloom, melancholy,
p gjjj) najang) A gin, trap, snare.
p nojah, A very slender branch of a tree. A hunter’s ar
row. A thin plate of gold or silver cut in the form of the leaves
of flowers, and occasionally sprinkled upon the heads of bride
grooms. Anguish. Name of a fixed star. Wool with which
they cover the roofs of houses. Nijah, Timid, troubled, vexed.
Venerable, revered, awful.
p ^Jojj najtdan, To draw forth, to extract, to pull out.
p nijtnt, A vapour covering the earth, darkness,
p «r/s, A shade, harbour, bower. A house. Nits, The
circumference or environs of the mouth. Intellect, judgment,
understanding. The beard. Vulva. A slippery place.
j nas, A vein, a sinew. (Hunter.)
a (j-J Jiass (from nassa), Driving, checking or crying to
(camels). Being thirsty, dry. Being dishevelled (hair). Going
on rapidly or perseveringly (in any affair). Departing with
speed. Approaching to water.
A nus-Qi The beginning of fat or corpulency (complete
fatness being called iklirar). Fat. Generous wine, pro
moting cheerfulness. Thin w^atery milk. Nas-ct, nis-u, or nvs-a,
A woman who fancies herself to be with child. Nis-a, One who
mixes or converses with. Ar/s-a, (l—J> nasa-a, or nasd-a),
(from LJ), Driving or checking (camels) by crying to them.
Being wanton (a doe) frisking (round the male). Delaying,
protracting. Giving credit (for any thing sold). (God) pro
longing (life). Allowing (camels) to become extremely thirsty.
Be ginning to fatten (sheep). Beginning to grow (as hair) after
the former had dropt off. Mixing (milk) with water ; offering
it, or wine, to one. Having a stoppage of the menses beyond the
usual time (a woman), and thence supposing herself pregnant.
p l —j nasd, A place to which the sun’s rays never penetrate.
Dead. Name of two cities in Khurasan. Nisu, The flesh and
bones of any dead animal.
a nets a, (dual nasazsdni and jol-—J nasaydni), A
nerve or tendon extending from the thigh to the heel; also a
disease affecting it, the sciatica.
a.cLmJ nasd-a, Long (life). Nisd-a, (pi. niszvdn) Wo
man, the female sex ; a lady.
A nasdbut, Skilful in genealog-ies.
A & Lj nas-at (from ^^), Supposing (herself) pregnant from
the stoppageofhercourses(a woman). Nus-at, Delay, a putting
off the payment of a debt. bd^cihu bi nus-atin, He
sold or he bought upon credit.
a j nassdj, A weaver. A maker of coats of mail with
iron rings. A composer, an inventor, a liar.
a4s>-L«j nisdjat, The weaving art.
A nusdh, Rubbish, stalks.
PjL^ nasdr, A place impervious to the sun’s rays. An ar
bour, a canopy, a bower, a shade, a shadow.
A An' nasdsat, Mecca.
a sJoLj nasdtirat, Nestorians.

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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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