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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎202v] (409/1826)

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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To be disturbed, or perplexed, +& To be met with, to
come to hand, to be acquired. Bi ham, Yes.
bahmar, Many. Numerous, copious. A multitude.
p bahman, Circumlocutions, superfluous words. Some
one, a certain person.
p j ^ baham bar bastah, Suspicious. Suspected,
p j) ^ ba ham bar zadan, To be hasty and violent.
bahmat, A lamb. Buhmat, A rock, a stone. A brave
invincible soldier. A troop of horse. An army. Bahamut,
(Ground) abounding in the wild herb called buhma\
p bahmatdn, A white lily. A red lily,
p ^ ba ham rasamdan, To procure,
p ba ham zadah, Overturned, overwhelmed. Dejected.
bahmazag, A hedgehog. A porcupine.
p bahman, Intelligent, acute, adroit. A cloud pouring
rain. Snow melting on the mountains. A note in music. A
king, a monarch, a prince, a sovereign. A king of Persia.
The middle month of winter, answering to our January. The
second day of every month. Name of a demon or genius, sup
posed by the old Persians, and by their descendants the ParsI,
Magi, or Guebres, to preside over all beasts of burthen. Name
of a citadel and of a lofty mountain.
The monarch of his time, the hero of his age. Buhman, Name
of an herb, whose leaves resemble ears of corn, a flower like
saffron, or saffron itself, especially of the wild kind. Buhman
or buhmlj Name of a medicine of a two-fold nature, white and
red, ben album et rubrum; rosa canina.
p bahmand, Name of a medicine. Name of a demon.
p u L*> bahmandn, Name of a flower resembling saffron.
p bahmanjuh, Name of a festival celebrated by the
kings of Persia upon the second day of the month of Bahman.
p Bahmanydr, Name of a disciple of Ibn Sind.
p buhmah, Of inestimable value. Invincible.
p bahmi, Some, a little, somewhat. Buhmi, A herb,
growing upon walls whose leaves resemble ears of barley.
Bahndn, Name of a place.
\ bahndnat or buhndnat, A woman smelling sweetly,
particularly in the breath. Gentle, placid. Laughing, smiling,
p bahndnah, An ape. Bihndnah, White bread.
A U**# bahnas, A camel, gentle and tractable. Fat. A lion.
a Bahnasd, Name of a citadel in the north of Syria,
p <0 bah nisbat, In proportion to, comparatively.
A bahnasat (from q) Walking haughtily.
11 bahangi, A kind of yoke for carrying burthens,
p bahnah, A boy’s whipping top.
p bahxo, A palace. A balcony. A portico.
A bahw, A house or tent projecting beyond the rest. A
wild bull’s den or retreat, of the largest size ; also a large stable
for tame cattle. A wide extended country. Any thing large.
The cavity of the breast. The space between the breasts and
the throat. The place between the haunches, the womb.
11 Bhutan, The country of Bootan.
njj bhdj pattar, (s ) The bark of a tree, like
birch, used in Kashmir for writing instead of paper.
p buhud, Cloth singed, and having a yellow appearance.
A bahicar, A lion. Buhur, (fromBeing distinguished
for any perfection. Shining brighter (as the moon among the
stars). Breathing hard, labouring under an asthma, or shortness
of breath (from over-violent exercise, or over-loading). Oppress-
ing, weighing down (a load). Throwing up a load on the back
1 with a violent jerk.
pjy£> buhur, The eye, the sight.
a buhulah, A wife, a spouse,
p^ bahah, A file, a steel-burnisher. Hark ye!
p beh~i, Thou art good. Goodness. Clear. A quince. 0!
(an interjection, when the person addressed is near at hand).
a bahiy, Beautiful, elegant, graceful. Dear, precious.
A.<L^i bahiyat, (fern.) Beautiful. Precious. AjAA A va
luable present. <WJ <UL'« Rich and suitable presents.
a bahitat, A false imputation.
A bahlj, Glad, cheerful. Beautiful, lovely. Indian wood,
p bahed, Name of a grain.
p bahidan (or ^S+^pahtdari), To squeeze, grasp with
the hands, to press with the feet, to kick, to trample,
p bahlr, Baggage, camp-followers.
A bahir, Breathing hard, fatigued. Buhayr, A corpu
lent woman, who can hardly breathe when she walks,
p \j+sj baherd, Belleric myrobalan.
ii l£j bahlr bangd, A moveable market, camp-equipage.
A bahirat (or bahllat), A woman of a slendershape,
beautiful and delicate. A woman of distinction.
A Buhaysh, A man’s name,
p bahlm, A balcony, a portico.
A bahim, (A horse) of one colour, without any distin
guishing mark. Black. A black sheep. Giving little or no
sound, an almost imperceptible echo, a heavy dull tone. Sincere.
Excellent, incomparable.
a bahimat, A quadruped, an animal wild or tame. A
lamb, a calf, a kid. The infernal pit.
A bahimiy, Brutal, bestial, becoming a brute,
p behln. Better, best. Selected. Opulence. A cotton-
carder. A week.
i J j The greatest of the kings of the earth, and the most ex
cellent of the monarchs of the world and of the faith.
A buhaynis, A lion.
p bihinah, A week. A carder of cotton. Best,
p bi, (*1% ) (A privative particle or preposition) W ithout.
\\ hen prefixed to nouns, it is equivalent to in, un, im, iT, tesh

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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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