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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎196v] (397/1826)

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 baUl (and ‘UJj balllat), A humid wind, cold and rainy.
A watery atmosphere. A rainy season.
p iLJj BalilO) N ame of Muhammad mentioned in the Gospel.
A dLb bafilah (or balilaj), Belleric myrobalan.
pa bam (or bamm). The bass part in music. A bass viol.
The bass or lowest string, having the deepest tone. A deep sound
(as that of the large pipes of an organ, or a drum). Beating
the head. Hamm, Name of a country.
A j*-' bima (or Uj bi ma) } So that. How ! in what manner ?
A bumni) (for bum) An owl.
p \aj ba ma, To us.
A Uj bi ma, So that. How ? With that which, notwithstanding.
a1<-'Uj bi mazdy In which ? To which ? Why?
p ba man, (from mdndan), Remain thou, stay,
p 2fAiUj ba mdnduh, Fixed. Tired, fatigued, spent.
A p bi or ba mujarrad, Immediately, instantly, p
ba mujarrad-i didan-i o, At the bare sight of him.
A Jej bi madd-i nazr, As far as the eye can reach,
p bam zadan, To strike any one on the head.
A \imLm4J bi mashtd, In winter-quarters.
pd£j! ba ma^nd 1 dnkeh, To the intent that.
A Ld-’;JUj bi muktazd, In conformity with,
p bamang, Affliction, distress.
p bamangidan, To murmur. To be afflicted. To
perish. To be buried. To set (as the sun).
p ba muwajahahy In presence of, face to face.
Pj£*j ba muhr, Sealed, j~s A sealed bag.
r bamt, The bass in music.
r ^ ban, A garden, a field, a vineyard. Harvest. The
bottom of any thing. Anus. Meat or fish eaten with bread.
A certain fruit (called also ^ wan).
a ^ ban (equivalent to Jb bal), But.
bin (for ibn, occurring between two proper names)
A son. S+jz. bin abdi’llah, A son of a servant of God (a
name given by Muhammadans to apostate Christians who em
brace the Muslim religion).
p bun, Root, basis, foundation. Extremity, point, end,
tip (of any thing). ^Uj The arm-pit (or root of the arm).
bearing up by the roots, eradicating. The
tip of the nose. The root or higher part of the nose next to the
eyebrows. ^ The ground. ^
To sleep upon the ground. To keep watch. The
extremity or hem of a garment. ^ j The root and founda
tion. ^ Up- khurmd-bun, A palm-tree. The pith of a palm-
tree. A cluster of dates.
*A ^ batina, (fut. ^ yabinnu) He remained (in a place).
a ^ binn, Fat. ^ ^ bin ^ala? binn, Fat upon fat (one
good thing upon another). Bunn, Coffee-berries. A kind of
beverage made from wheat or barley.
a U bind (from ^), Building, erecting an edifice. Con
ferring favours. Giving orders for a bride to be conducted
home. Exhibiting her decked out. Going in unto (a wife),
(in gram.) Being indeclinable (built). Being similarly inflected
(the concluding foot of each stanza in a poem). An edifice,
fabric, structure, building. Conjugation. r W To build,
erect, rear, lay a foundation, a Bi nd, With, by, for, to us.
aU* bannd, A builder. j U bannd o kdrgar, Builder
and workman. jUx^o j Uj bannd o mi^rndr, Architect and builder.
A bind-an, Nigh, near, alike.
p^jU bandbar, Because, (jl j)}cj bandbar-un, Because of
that, therefore. bandbar-in, Because of this, wherefore,
p bandbah, A time, a turn.
A iibj bundt, (pi. of ibn) Sons.
A bandt, (pi. of bint) Daughters.
(Daughters of the sea) Syrens. (Daughters of the
earth) Rivulets. Truffles. Events, cir
cumstances. jj-J Name of certain hills in Arabia.
Lute-strings. CU\jj Name of certain villages in
Syria celebrated for their wine. (The daughters of
grass) the tender herbage. The constellation of
the bear (as having the stars scattered, in opposition to the
Pleiades where they cluster). ^uSj Name of a medicine.
h bandt, Woollen cloth, broad-cloth.
AjJu; banddir, (pi. of jJcj bandar) Sea-ports.
a banddirat, (pi. of bun-ddr) Firm, rooted.
A banddik, (pi. of bunduk) Musquets.
A lL&Lj banddik, Square segments of cloth, gussets.
s Bandris, (s ^^1 |I Varanasi) Benares,
p bandirinj, A shepherd, a pastor,
p^b banusab ( or i»^w:Uj), Turpentine.
a bandsir, (pi. of binsir) The ring-fingers.
A bind-a uilayhi, Therefore, wherefore, accordingly.
a bandgh, Thread twisted round a spindle. A secretary,
a notary. See also bandnj.
pjibj bandfar, An architect, a builder.
A ^u-iba bandkis, (pi. of bunkus) The tops of melons.
p ^bj bind-gar (or^£bj bind-kar), A builder, a mason.
p bind-gosh, The cavity behind the ear, or the lower
part of the ear. ^i^bj bina-gdsh kardan, To raise the
uvula of a new-born babe. To submit, to obey.
r r bj bandm, Celebrated, famous. Ba ndm, In the name.
Bi ndm, Of the same name. Synonymous. (Burhdn-i Kdti^)>
p L y^bj ba ndmizad, (An expression of admiration) In the
name of God! O Heaven ! How beautiful! Charming! Excellent!
A bandn, The finger. The tips of the fingers.
a <£)bj bandnat, The tip of the finger. Bundnat, A delight*
ful garden, a pleasant mead. A woman’s name.

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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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