'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [869v] (1745/1826)
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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1638
p Creat. The herb mallows. The nenuphar;
or an aquatic herb which turns its leaves always towards the sun.
A fire-worshipper ; a worshipper of the sun. A quail.
p zsartaftan, To kick, to tread upon. To bend.
p wartaj, A quail.
p vourtlj, A quail. A threshold, a door-sill.
A zcars, Any thing recent or fresh. JVirs (from c£>n.),
Receiving by inheritance, succeeding as heir.
a Ajjj marasat, (pi. of warts) Heirs.
A Ajjj wars ah, A heritage. (Hunter.)
T An area round a house. JVarj or wirj. Great
ness, largeness ; grandeur, pomp. Worth, value. Office, dig-
nity, charge, rank. A step, degree. Hard. A digging, a root
ing up. Waraj, Galangale.
r warjastagt, A pustulous eruption. (Castellus.)
p warchah (for wa agar chah). Although.
p warfch, Name of an herb used in diseases of the eye.
A A kind of tree. JVarakhj Softness, thinness
of leaven (when too much water is poured into it).
p warkhastan, To rise or stand up.
A work hat) (Ground) covered with luxuriant herbage.
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p ‘^Jj'x^rakhj^Qr ^^-jjwarakhch), Impure, filthy, hideous,
abominable, unsightly.
p J 9 warukhchi) Foulness, ugliness.
p warkhash. The beginning of any work. Name of a
city in the district of ^ Balkh.
p warkh’urdan, To see; to meet with, to find.
a J,j zcard, A rose, a flower. The leaf of a flower, a petal. Any
flowering tree or shrub. Saffron. Rosy. A tawny lion. Name
of one of the seven horses which Muhammad is said to have pos
sessed. war did l abyaz. The white rose. The nar
cissus. 7, The rose of Jericho or dog-rose.
AjU^h wardu'l himdr , The herb ox-eye. J,, war-
da'l hamir, Piony or ass-rose. J ^ ward-i dijla', The rho-
dodaphne-rose. Jjj wardu'z 'zmat^ Marsh-mallows. ,J t .
ward-i muzd^af. The hundred-leaf rose, abu'l
zcard) Penis. Wird, Continual motion or employment, incessant
labour, dailyuse,practice; a task. Approach, access (to water).
Watering cattle; also the time and place. \ halting-place, astage. 1
A section of the Kur’an. A quantity of water. Rosy. A legion,
cohort, or detachment of an army. A body of men and cattle at
a watering-place. Thirsty (persons). A fever, the day on which
it begins, p Jjj / d J} wird-i zabm. Speaking perpetually, a
fluency of speech, a Ward) (pi. of ^ ward) Rosy.
p wird) A disciple, a pupil, an apprentice,
p war ddshtan (for bar ddshtan)) To exalt.
p^J^j warddri) A rolling-pin. An apartment open to the
front. Wirdari) A wart. (pi. of ^ wird) Pupils, apprentices.
p warddnah) A baker’s rolling-pin. An axle-tree.
a xdjj wardat) One rose. A single flower. Ruin, destruction.
fVurdat) A dun colour.
p CJiJj j war
dak
System of postal communication used in Moghul India and later by the East India Company.
. The paraphernalia of a bride, whatever a
woman brings with her to her husband’s house.
r wardanah) A baker’s rolling-pin. An axle-tre e.
v warduk) The effects of a bride. A thatched house,
p wardukah) A thatched hut.
p wardah) A pigeon living among rocks. A pigeon-house,
especially a turret. A stick with which they force pigeons to take
wing (on the flight of these birds they often lay great wagers).
A wardtj/) Rosy. A slave. m+aJLW ZjJjj wardiyatu'sh'
sharntni) The odour or ottar of roses, having a rosy smell.
p zcardtch) A quail.
p Jjy zcarz, Gain, profit, acquisition. Custom, habit. Trade,
art, craft. The art of tanning. Growing corn. A sown field.
Agriculture. A field having a raised border round it. Minced
meat. The river Oxus. Transoxania. (in compos.) Gaining,
acquiring; learning; accustomed to, conversant with. Sowing.
Jjj db-warZ) A swimmer. Jjjy (jaiU-l ikhlds-warzdn,
Persons accustomed to sincerity.
warzaW) A ploughing ox.
p zcarzad, He studies, he labours.
v warzarud) The river Oxus. Turkistan.
p varzish) Custom, habit, exercise, use, study, labour,
exertion. Gain. Abstinence, sobriety.
p zcuruzk, Great, large.
warz-kdr, A farmer, a ploughman.
p zcarzkuri) A flaggon of water.
p j«Jjj zcarz-gaW) An ox for ploughing.
zoarzgar , A workman. A farmer, a ploughman.
p warzagart) A pitcher full of water.
p ^jjy wurazni) Fire.
p ft>arz«/z, Acquiring, accomplishing. Agriculture. Art,
trade, profession. A cultivator of the land.
p zzarzl) A tiller of the land, a labourer.
p warzidari) Jo sow a field. To accustom one’s self
to any thing, to acquire a habit. To boast, to glory. To labour,
to endeavour, to study. To acquire, to gain. To be a faithful ob
server of religious duties. To blow. To exercise, to perform.
p zearzidah) Sown. Assiduous, industrious, laborious.
^ eiy experienced. Any thing which has been very much han
dled and thereby become smooth (as leather).
p jjj waraj) The galangale, or sweet cane.
r o.aiS) Saffron. A plant resembling sesame, peculiar to
A labia L eiix, of which they make ghumrat) a kind of yellow
wash fm the face, used by the Arabian ladies, and also by the
men. See also kurkum.
p zsars or waraS) Wooden forceps, with which they hold
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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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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.
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- 'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:845v, 845ar:845av, 846r:909v, back-i
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- Richardson, Sir John, 9th Baronet
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