'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [55v] (115/1826)
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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A abrdk, (pi. of burkat) Stony, sandy grounds. Ibrdk,
( ly ijjt) Hash? glitter, coruscation. Pregnancy of a camel.
Pouring a little oil on water.
a abrdk, (pi. of burkat) Certain aquatic birds,
white and small. 'Ibrdk (iv of Making a she-camel kneel
down.
a ibram, (iv of ^y) Twisting a rope tight. Doing busi
ness well. Wearying, disgusting. Urgency, importunity. Pro
ducing berries (a thorn), and unripe grapes (a vine),
p db-rdnah, Travelling by water.
p db-rdh, (or4fe^!) A canal, a conduit, a pipe, an
aqueduct, any place through which water flows.
a Ibrahim, The patriarch Abraham, surnamed
an nably, The prophet, or ^ ^ ie fri en d °f God.
A iy\ ibrat, A needle, a sting, the point of any thing, the tip
of the elbow. Crane's bill (a plant).
a —j)\ abraj, Having fine eyes. Abruj, (pi. of burj)
Towers. The signs of the zodiac.
p or^ abrujan or ^,-rs^.d), A bracelet, an orna
ment for the ankle.
a abrah, More or most heavy, grievous, troublesome.
A abrakh, One whose back bends inwardly.
a ily} ubrad, Colder. Showering hail-stones. Speckled with
white and black (a bull). (dual) The two colds, i. e
the morning and the evening. The cold fit of an ague.
a iJjjt ibridat, (from Jj) A disease creating impotency, oc
casioned by cold. Chilliness.
abrisir (or L r >\ j1r y\), Clouds, rain.
A abrash, A dapple-grey or pye-bald horse. A place
variegated with herbage of different kinds. Marked with w hite
or coloured spots or points, p Ju-lj y*. The heavens.
p i abrasham, Silk, sewing silk.
p abrushaml, A silk merchant. A silk worm. Silken.
p jr^ 3 ^ Abr-shahar, The old Persian name for Nishabur, one
of the four chief cities in Khurasan. It signifies the high city.
A abras, Leprous. ^ alabras, The moon, or her
spotted disk, yy} A species of large lizard.
p db-raft, Any thing carried down by the current.
AN ater spilled or dried up. A stone w r hich imbibes water.
Ab-ruft, A stone made smooth by water flowing over it. Sprin
kling water previous to sweeping.
A <jy} abrak, Pye-bald, black and w hite. A rope of different
coloured hairs. Any thing varied, black and white, having also
a shining appearance, as the eye, &c. A coarse, stony, sandy
soil. Lapis specularis. Talk. A medicine.
a abrak, Most blessed, p A sponge. Abaruk, A little
cloud.
p abrkdr, Astonished, confounded, stupefied, amazed.
p uburkdkiyd (or A spider’s web, a cobweb.
A Abarkubdd, Name of a city in the province of Arrajan,
lying between the districts of Pars and Ahwaz. It is situated on a
height, as all the names of towns compounded with the word abar
denote.
p S^y} Abarkdh, Name of a town in Chaldea, or the Arabian
Irak. Also of another in the Persian Irak, which is commonly sup
posed to be the ancient.Persepolis, distant 20 parasangs or 80,000
paces from Ispahan. It is situated on the summit of a mountain,
as the name implies.
p (J .jLjI abarmddardn, A kind of sweetmeat, made with
honey or sugar.
a yy] abrumat, (pi. of y baram) The fruits of a prickly
dwarf called it'
Lac
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
.
p ij m f\jy\ aburndk, A young man.
A bJyj! ibrintd, Disposing or preparing one’s self for any thing,
p abranjtn (or y^y} abranjan), A bracelet. An or
nament worn on the ankle.
p ^My] abranddj, Drest goat’s skin.
a ^j\ljy\ ibrinshdk, Joyful, flourishing as a tree, expanding
as a flower.
p j^j! dbru (or y* j!), Dignity, honour, renown, rank, office,
elegance, gracefulness, glory, reputation. Sweat, yss^j j j|
To disgrace. ^Jy y\ To frown, yd* y\ The chief
magistrate of a city. J~~z. ^sy \ The commander of an army.
i£)d'd»y\ To pay respect. To honour.
Pj^jI abru, (s.V) The eye-brow. The eye-brows.
Morning and evening. y\ To frown, knit the brow. y\
To nod, wink, beckon, approve by motion of the head or
eye.
p dbrud, A hyacinth, a w ater-lily.
p Abruz (or corruptly Alborz), Name of a mountain
near Ilarnadan in Persia. It is famous for a number of pyrees or
temples of the Magi, in which their sacred fires were kept per
petually burning.
p abru-JirdkhJ, Cheerfulness, ingenuousness, gene
rosity.
PjJ abruzci-zdl-zar, The golden eye-brow r of Zal,
i. e. The new moon.
p abru-kan, Tweesers.
p i^yA dbrun, Houseleek.
p yty^ ubruntan, (in ancient Pers.) To die.
p yy^ Going through tlie water ; an oar, or the like.
p i-Sy) ttbruzotsanam (or y*a»y \ abrusana/n), The man
drake, so called by the Persians from the resemblance of its root
to the human figure.
p y\ ubrah (see ) The outside of a garment. Abarah, A
kind of bustard, owl, or swallow. Ibrah, First fruits; early fruit.
p abrahdm, Nature, essence. Name of a prophet,
p abrahah, A kind of bird. Name of a o-eneral, called also
yy y , who made an unsuccessful attempt to take Mecca.
p y+yj} ibrahtmiyah, A kind of broth.
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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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