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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎896v] (1799/1826)

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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\ <LadcJ* handasat (or handasah) (from l andd-
zah), Geometry. ahlu'l handasat, Geometricians,
p Hindustan (for India,
p Hindis ah) Numeration by the letters of the alphabet.
A cypher. Arithmetic.
\ ^XJzhandusiy, (fern. handusiyat) Geometrical.
PjjL-jJoJb dddb-i handasiyuH) The geometrical science.
A hindikiy) Indian.
A (JL+iXJb handalik) Talkative, verbose,
p Hindmand) Name of a river in STstiin.
PjJcJfc Hindu) An Indian. A servant. A slave. A robber.
An infidel. A watchman. A mole on the cheek of a mistress.
Hinduw-i bat ik-bin) The planet Saturn. (Sy
nonymous to which are the following: hinduzo-i pir,
£ hinduzc-icharkh,jZ+~) hinduzo-isipilit')
hinduzo-i gumbaz-i garddn.)
Hindzcdr) Name of the city of Balkh.
Ilandazcdn) Name of the fortress of Balkh.
p hinduzodnah) A kind of pumpkin, a water-melon.
a hindazcdniy or hundizcdniy) Made of Indian steel.
(A sword) of an excellent edge.
p' jluAiJb Hindubdr) The country of Hindustan. An ink-horn.
A hunditS) Experienced, skilful.
r Hindustan, India.
p Hindustani) Any thing belonging to Hindustan;
the language of that country.
p Hindustdniyat) Ease, animal indulgence.
v Hiuduzoi (or hinduwi)) An Indian. Indian;
the Indian language, particularly called Hindustani,
p hunduzci) A bill of exchange.
pU^ hinduzoi-ajdahd) A sword of Indian steel,
p bjJ hinduzci darya-nishi/i. Writing.
A handazoil) Thick, gross, of a large size, and flabby,
p Hindi) One Indian. Any thing Indian, or belonging
to India. A sword of Indian steel, Hundi, A bill of exchange.
hundiydn (or Hundiyazcan), Commission on
bills of exchange.
p hindi-nvdd) Any thing belonging to India.
p hunaV) Skill, science, knowledge, ingenuity, art, industry,
excellence. Profession. A bill of exchange,
p hunar-band) Clever, skilful.
p dunar-parzoat') A lover of science, one who cultivates
or encourages science.
p hunar-peshah) An artist.
a ijJs hanrat) The hollow of the ear.
Pj'j j-Ss hunar-ddr, Skilful, knowing, clever,
p hunurmand (alsoj^iA hunarzcar)) Learned, excel
lent, skilful, industrious. mi^tndr-i Hunarmand, A
skilful architect. Hunannanddnah, Skilfully.
a hanashnash) Light, not heavy.
a han<^ (from Being marked with the sign ijcjfc
hanuit (a camel). Hana^ (from £-^i>), Being buck-necked.
The natural bend of the body. The concave curve in the neck
of a camel, ostrich, and other long-necked beasts and birds.
Hunna^) Humble, submissive (men).
a hanui) Short, contracted (neck). (An ostrich) having
a contracted and bent neck.
A han^at) A mark burnt on the right side of a camel’s
neck. Five stars in the left shoulder of Orion ; the sixth mansion
of the moon, distinguished by two bright stars in the feet of
Gemini; also the name of several other stars in the Milky Way,
and of eight in the form of a bow, called Brachium Leonis.
A (JjJz hanak) Affliction, grief, trouble.
A hankab) A dwarf; short-bodied.
A hank. Excessive rain.
rizU* Hang, Understanding; intellect, morals, good man
ners. A purpose, a design, an institution. Power. A wave.
A cavern, a cleft in the rock. The quantity or weight of any
thing. Strength, power, ability. Many, much, abundant. Keep
ing, guarding. A tribe, a family. An army, a soldier. A stroke,
wound, hurt. A draught of water. Hing, Prosperity, happy
times. A pain in the bowels. Assa fcetida. Intellect. Hung)
Provisions. Power, strength.
p hangar (or hangard). Haste, speed. Vehemence,
r hangdni) Time, hour, season. An assembly.
Hangdm-i nang o nabard. Time of battle.
(♦bi \jj^^ az hangdm-i sahar tdi hangdma-i slidim. From
morning until evening, din hangdm. That time, then.
bi hangdm) Untimely, ill-timed, out of season. iJ
dar hangdm-i sham) In the evening,
p iUblii hangdmah) A convention, an assembly, a meeting of
merchants. A place for any kind of play or entertainment. Noise,
tumult, commotion, confusion, riot, disorder, a crowd, a throng.
hangdma-i tijldn) I he world. hanga-
mah kardaU) T o make a noise, to raise a disturbance.
hungdmuh-gir, A rope-dancer. Tumultuous.
p hangdrni) Temporal; ephemeral; animats which
presently appear and disappear, as insects.
r hanguft also hunguft. Thick, dense, coarse. Much,
abundant. Cloth of a plain, equal, or firm texture. A kind of
| femalcMipper garment. A bed counterpane quilted with cotton,
p hungah, A place for any kind of entertainment,
p hangidati) I o be troubled, to be muddy.
a hanam, A species of date.
A hinnamat) A kind of philtre used by w r omen. A dwarf.
Short or deformed in body.
p iAajJz hanmud) Green substance lying on the surface of water.
A hanunat and hinanat) A sort of hedgehog.
a hanazodt) (pi. ol hunt') Small things.

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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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