'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [167r] (338/1826)
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 {fT Any kind of wet woollen stuff fastened to a long
pole, with which bakers clean their oven, and temper the heat.
p barrang, Infants’ swaddling-bands. Ropes, girths,
or any kind of bandages or fastenings for loads. Bandages for
the breasts, to prevent their growing too large, or flagging down.
Barruj, Name of a city in India.
Ajjo bdriz, (part.) Issuing forth. Stretching out, extended.
Prominent, projecting.
p bdrzad (or A kind of gum, benzoin or benjamin.
v bdr-zaman,) The vicissitudes of fortune.
p U ,b bdrsd, Any thing done in haste. A commencement.
, , _ _ r r
n bdrsdt) (s The rainy season (in India),
p bdrastaldruriy Valerian.
p^v-^b bdr-sanj (or bdr-sanjin), Weighing a load.
Any thing placed in an opposite scale to preserve the equilibrium.
p burish) Rain.
bdrizy The first appearance of grass just sprouting
above ground, when the species is not discernible.
bdri^j (part.) Excelling in virtue or science.
A Jjjb bdt'ik, (part.) Shining, flashing (clouds). Bright
(sword). Name of a tribe; also of a mountain near Kufa.
A<L9jb bdrifcat, Refulgent, bright, dazzling, sharp (sword).
Refulgence, brightness (of a polished sword). Lightning.
p C-Tib bdrik (for ujCtjb bdrlk)^ Thin, slender, minute. The
membrane which envelopes the foetus.
bdrak allah, Good God! strange! how wonderful!
p ^^b bdr-kashj A porter, a day-labourer. A bandage or
rope tying over all. Carriage, means of conveyance. Oppressed.
Sympathizing, condoling.
p bdr-kasht, Porterage, carrying of loads,
p ^_e^b bdraki or bdriki, An excellent strong horse (particu
larly, a baggage-horse). All together, all at once,
p ^l^b bdrgdn, A ditch, a puddle,
p jl^b burgdzo, An agreement, a treaty.
p alf,b bdr-gdh, The place of leave or dismission, (applied to
ambassadors and supplicants of every denomination) i. e. the
king’s court, palace, tent, tribunal, or hall of audience. A court
yard, where they load or unload beasts of burthen. The womb.
bar girrftan, To become pregnant, to conceive,
p^b bar-gah (for al^b bdr-gdh), A hall of justice,
p ^b bdragiy A pack-horse. Strength. A courtezan.
PjSk bar-gtr, A bearer of loads. A beast of burthen. A
baggage-horse. A camel. One who puts a load upon man 01
beast. One upon whom any burthen is laid, or to whom any
crime or fault is imputed. A horse-soldier who has his horse
found him. A female. A camel-litter. A lender.
p^b bdrgln (or^b bdrkln), A cistern. A hollow place
where rain-water collects, a ditch. Stagnate, fetid or putrid wa
ter. Ground, either watered or which may easily be watered. A
dung-hill. A privy. The critique, examen, or review of a book.
p u;bc ;b Barman, Name of an ancient champion.
p burambby (or ^jrj-jjb), Sweet basil.
p<ubjb bdr-ndmah (or <!jbjb bar-nanah), Example, rule,
regulation, form, formula, canon. An edict, order, command.
Obligation. Use, custom. Military apparatus. A numerous
household. Majesty. Basis, foundation. Boasting. Praise,
encomium. Glory, honour. Favour. Causing. Exposing one’s
self to danger. Leave, dismissal. Throwing, hurling, darting.
Interceding, mediating, reconciling.
p ^jb bar anj. The largest kind of Indian nut.
p bdrandah, (part, of ^^jb bdrtdan) Raining,
p^jb bdrang, Swaddling-bands, fillets. An orange.
p burangbby, Southernwood.
p barangbbyah, Balm-gentle, parsley, citrago.
Ju burangu. The mountain-balm, or calamint.
njjb bdru, (s. ^ ) Sand.
rjjb burn, A wall, rampart, bulwark, or fortification. A
tower. Pinnacles, battlements, embrasures.
Pd^»jb burnt, Gunpowder.
r <0bi- CUj^b barut-khanah, A powder-magazine.
p bdruchah (or ‘^^jb pdruchah), A kind of vessel in
which they carry clay or earth.
p burud, Fixed alkali, salt, nitron. Gunpowder.
Pjjjb bur-war, Fruitful. Plentiful.
p *bjjb bd rozah, An every-day garment. Daily bread.
p AjJ jjb bdrujanah, Name of a note in music.
a Jjjjb bdruk, Ceruse of white lead or tin.
r ^b bar ah, God, the presence of God. Good, excellent.
Beautiful, clear. True, just. The way of truth and justice.
The countenance, aspect. The eye-brow r . A curl, a braid. An
intimate friend. License, leave, permission, dismissal. Form,
manner. Rule, custom. State, favour, condition. An affair.
Once. A part. Arms. Walls, fortifications. A ditch, trench,
palisade, or rampart. Full of desire, addicted to venery. A
pederast. Ugly? deformed. Covetous, avaricious. A bribe to
a judge. The crooked extremities of the beam of a balance to
which the scales or weights are suspended. An excellent horse.
A curb. A herd, a flock. An intoxicating liquor made from
barley. With regard to, with respect to. ^ IjO dar bdra-i
man, With regard to me. Ij\j bdra-i nuhum. The ninth
heaven. zan-bdrah, Fond of women.
p li,b bdrhd, (pi. ofjb bar) Burthens. Often, many times,
p i^^jb bdrhi, Zedoary.
a {jjo bdri-a, God the divine creator. Convalescent.
The Lord God most high and most glorious.
p bdri. Once, a time. I wish, would to God ! At length.
At least, in short. A king. Rank. Loaded, heavy. Excuse,
pretext. Walls, fortifications. Name of a large village in India.
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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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- '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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