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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎176v] (357/1826)

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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expel, To go, proceed, or flee. drive
out, to eject, to expel, to emit.
p badram (or padrdm), A pleasant, elegant, de
lightful place, garden, or house. An assembly, banquet, or en
tertainment. Wild, vicious, unbroke (horse). Continually,
p badrarij A kind of dish, a sort of pot-herb. Wicked,
p bad-rdh. Deviating from the right path. Wicked.
Jq dushman-i bad-rdh, A malignant enemy,
p jJo ba dar ay, (imper. of dmadan) Come forth,
p Jo bad-ra-y, Maintaining erroneous opinions, or notions,
p i^sr\j Jo bad-ra-ihah, Fetid. A stink, stench, bad smell.
A S; Jq badrat, A quick brisk eye. An eye in its badar or full
moon. A weight of 10,000 dirhems, equal to 6,6663 Attick
drachmas. A bag made of the skin of a lamb or kid, in which
they carry milk : (the skin in which they put butter is called
mis-adat; and both have these names only when they
have been just taken from the mother; for if they were sucking
lambs or kids, the milk-bag is then called shakxsat, and
that for butter uikkat: and when the lambs or kids have
been one or two years old, the first is then named zoatb^
and the other nihy).
p ^jJq badmj, The purple amaranth,
p te&y jq bad-rakhtah, Melancholy, gloomy.
pjjjJq badar-raw, A drain, a sewer.
p ^jjJq badarzah, A portion, a part, a share. Bidruzah,
Victuals carried home from an entertainment by the guests,
p ^*^jq ba durustt or ba drustl, Indeed, truly, certainly,
p jjq badr-shab, A full-moon-light night,
pjl^i; Jq bad-raftur. Going badly. Patient,
p <tJ,tJq badrakah, A guide, an escort, a convoy. A vehicle.
Anything ordered to be taken with medicine (as water-gruel
with salts). An observer of the moon. A confident. Patient.
4^Jq lashkar-badrakah, An army-guide. ^'Jq
7caraka-i muhabbat-badrakah, Letters of friendship.
p bad-rikdb, Ill-paced and hard to mount (a horse),
p <^f>Jq bad-rag, Of a bad stock. Malevolent.
p ^jJ^ bad-ragi, Baseness of birth. Malevolence,
p JJ bad-rang, Of a bad colour or kind.
ba dar navtst, Error. The auditing of charges,
p jJq ba dar niydmadan, To be distressed and helpless.
PjjJq bad-raw, Going, trotting badly. A pack-horse.
r ba durud, Farewell! Health. Fronting. Parting.
J^ bad-rdzgdr, Bad-tempered, wicked. Unfortunate,
p badrush (or badrusht) A pass, a narrow
pass on an enemy’s confines. Expectation, hope,
p ^jjJq ba darogh, Falsely.
p if^Jq badrah, A weight of 10,000 dirhems, equal to 6,6663
Attick drachmas. A small pocket. A barren tree,
p $jJq bidrah, A ship-worm,
p badri, An outside-cover, a wrapper.
p ^,j\j Jq badaryddddan, To wash. To remove outof sight.
P Jq bad-zabdn, Foul-mouthed, slanderous, ill-tongued,
back-biting, reproachful. Indecent language, abuse.
P JXtj jq bad-zabdnt, Bitter words, abusive language,
p Jo bad-zindagdni, Wicked, vicious. A bad-liver,
p bad-zahrah, Malignant. Timid, chicken-hearted.
p bad-ztb, Ungraceful, inelegant,
p ^Jq badas, Make haste !
p bad-sd^at, An unlucky moment. Ill-timed,
p c^wjJq bidast or bidist, A span.
p^j^T c^-wJq ba dost dwardan, To procure,
p L^-jJq ba dast bash, Make ready! quick! attend!
p^j»^ l^-jJo ba dast budan, To number, to count, to obtain.
To be in hand. To be aware, to be informed of.
p / c^v-:Jq ba dast-i chap shumurdan, To count
with the left hand. (As the fingers of the left hand stand for
thousands, the expression implies, To be very numerous).
/ L^v-.'Jq ba dast-i digar mar giriftan, To take
hold of the serpent (met. to engage in any perilous undertaking)
by the hand of another.
p ^J^ CU-w.Jq ba dast shudan, To come to hand.
v ba dast giriftan, To take in hand, to handle.
Pi yu^Jq ba dastur, As heretofore. According to custom.
p-qr* 5 Jq bad-saj, Ungraceful, ill-favoured,
p ^U-sJq badasghdvn (or ^Ix-jJq), Ivy, convolvulus,
p JICj Jq bad-sigdl, Malevolent, malignant,
p ^J>J bad saluki kardan, To maltreat.
p^lj-iJq bad-suwdr, A bad horseman. A stallion, fierce and
untractable. A horse that will not carry well or double,
p ^*-3 Jq bad-sirat, Of a bad disposition, ill-tempered,
p (Jibi Jq bad-shaki, Deformed, ill-shaped,
p lUjusS: bad-surat, Ill-favoured, ugly. Badly formed,
p (jqJq bad-tarik, A bad habit (in a religious sense),
p i^c—Ljq bad-tinat, Ill-tempered, malignant,
p Jq bad-tinati, Malignity, malevolence,
p Jq bad-zann, Suspicious, distrustful.
*A ^Jq bada^a, (fut. £Jqq yabda^/u) He invented.
A ^Jq bad^ (from £Jq), Producing something new. Be
ginning. Novelty, innovation, invention. Wonder. Bid^, New.
Surprising. j*i\ ^JJb ^Jq ys> He is quite original in this affair.
A c^.cjq bid^ctt, Novelty, innovation, heresy, schism. Op
pression. A hog. c^c-Jq , Jjfcl ahl-i bid^at, A heretic, sectary,
or dissenter, p c^iJq <Lo do seh bid^at, Two or three hogs-
a bid^atl, A tyrant, an oppressor.
p l-Q 1^- Jq bad-^alaf, One who does not observe the distinction
between clean and unclean meats ; not scrupulous in his diet,
p Jq bad-^amal, Working mischief, doing what is wrong.
p Jiq£. Jq bad-uihd, A liar. A promise-breaker. ‘V
kafir-i bad-cahd, A perfidious, truce-breaking infidel.
A ^Jq badgh, The fragments of a broken nut or almond.

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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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