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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎197v] (399/1826)

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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PjJcj bandar) A city, an emporium; a port, harbour, a trad
ing town, to which numbers of foreign merchants resort. A
passage, a narrow pass, a place adapted for ambuscade.
pJjJcj bandaraz (or bandaruz), A packing-needle,
p bandar-gdh, A port. An emporium. A pass,
p bandrugh, A large kneading-trough. A dam or
barrier, either to form a reservoir of water, or to divert its course.
p ^ bandash, Carded cotton. Uant/Zs/i, Termination, re
solve. Fastening. Engraving, enchasing. Invention, con
trivance. The preparing a false story, making up a false ac
count of a transaction. Elegance of style.
p band-i shatranj. Check at chess,
p JJcj banduk (or banduk), A filbert-nut. A musket,
firelock. A cannon or musket-ball; also any ball which is shot
from cross-bows, balistas, &e. An Indian nut.
j;.—C l JJOJ banduk shikastan, To smack the lips in kissing,
p bandukah) A little ball. A round stone. A drachm,
p L1 i ban dak System of postal communication used in Moghul India and later by the East India Company. . Cotton cleansed of the seed,
p jllSjOJ band-kushdd) A joint, a ligament,
p Joj band-kashah) A bolt, a bar. Servitude.
p^liJGJ bandagdn. Bondmen, servants, slaves. ^
\jj Sincere servants. Servants of God.
p sliJcj band-gdh, A joint (of the body). Place (of a joint),
p bandagi) Servitude, ministry, devotion. Compliment,
p band-glr, A very fine cement made of chalk, with
oil and cotton, or ox-hair, employed in the construction of baths.
A large beam, the main support of a house. Name of a tree,
p bandan) To bind, fasten. To propose, design, desire,
p bund-ndyijah) Litter from vegetable stalks.
p^^-rsTJcJ BandanjiU) Name of a place in Persia.
bun-i dandan^lihe gnms. Submission, obedience.
Purpose, intention. A treasure, a store.
p tiXJ bandinah (or bandimah), A coat-button,
p jJcj bandu, The tike. The canker-worm,
p hjcj bandazcu. Acid. Name of a certain bitter plant,
p * Joj band o bast (Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location. . A settlement for rent or taxes,
p j Joj band o bastl. Belonging to a settlement. A fine.
a SJjJcj bandudat, Podex et pudenda viri.
p bandui') Imagination, fancy. Bundur^ Packthread,
p bandurugh or bandizcargh, A dam, a wear.
pj^Jcj bundbz (or pundoz), A large packing-needle,
p banduk) A musquet.
p bandukcKi) A musqueteer.
p bandah. Bound, fastened, fixed, chained. Included,
contained, shut up. A servant, slave, bondman, domestic. SXJ
jljsiU A servant without power, a most humble servant.
The slave of (your) threshold. ^jL? (for
sSuj) A most devoted and affectionate servant. aJoJ
Obeying commands, subject to the orders, obedient, ob
sequious.
omma
<s£~j j JJcj To bind and oblige.
pjj^j XXJ bandah-parzcar, Cherisher of servants (a respect
ful expression used in addressing a superior).
p bandah-khdnah) The house of (your) servant, i.e.
my house (used when speaking to a superior).
p iJcj bandah-zddah) Son of your slave, i. e. my son.
pjly bandah-nawaZ) Kind to servants.
p c.fJcj bandl, Bound, chained. A Muhammadan captive,
p ^ bandiyun) Prisoners, captives,
p iOlaTJcj bandt-khdnah) A house of bondage, a prison.
p^JoJcj bandldan. To bind. To shut up, to confine.
bandishah) Imagination, fancy,
p bandinah (or bandimah)) A coat-button.
p bun-rdn) (The root of the thigh) The groin.
banas (from Shunning, avoiding (evil),
p bunsdlah) Old, worn-out.
bans-lochan)(i The sugar of Bambu.
A banash (from Being remiss, negligent,
p binshdkhtan, To place, to erect,
p binshandan. To make sit. To plant, to erect,
p 1 ba nishiU) (imp. of —U nishastan) Sit down.
Ay-suj binsir, The ring-finger.
ag jjlkj (,jssr Bahr-if Buntush, (IIo'vtoj) The Sea of Pontus.
A (jLkj bantiydn) A shrew, a scold, a brawling woman.
A J&j banzar or bunzar) An excrescence, a caruncle.
p banafsaj) (or<i & banafsah),\ violet. Violet-colour.
A bi nafsihi) In person, himself. Identically,
p » banafshuh) Violet. V iolet-colour. Purple.
p AJLsui banafshah-gun-i tdrani) The purple sky.
*A banakU) (fut. yabnuku) He arrived.
a Zscj binakat) The -upper opening of the shirt at the breast.
A gore in a woman’s shift. A gusset.
a bunkuS) The top of a melon,
p bankah) A grain resembling a lentil.
p i 1 < 1 j bunk, The bark of the Egyptian thorn. Banak, A
sort of fruit. A hind of satin. A pimple. Drops of sweat on
the face. Bunak, A shrub. A sign, a vestige.
a bunk. The root, origin, best, or soundest part of any
thing. An hour of the night. Nascaptha, an odoriferous root.
a binkdm (for p pingdn), A cup, goblet, or bason.
A vessel perforated in the bottom for measuring time, by admit
ting or dropping the water through the orifice. A duelling,
p bunkardn. Any thing burnt in a pot.
p bunkushldan. To swallow without masticating.
p bunkulak, A rose-bush. A sort of Iruit.
p bun-kan, A hoe, a weeding-hook.
p banku. Cotton-seed,
p Jy&J Bankul, Bencoolen.
p bun-i koh. The basis or foot of a mountain,
bun-i kohl, A kind of medicinal berry with a greenish husk.

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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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