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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎205r] (414/1826)

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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"V? bidastar, The beaver.
p b; hi dost o pa, Without power or authority.
bi dastur, Ill-bred. Without precedent, unusual.
p ^ b * da^zca', Free from claims.
A bay dak System of postal communication used in Moghul India and later by the East India Company. , A pawn at chess. Solitary, single, unmarried.
p fir* / baydak-i sim, A star.
p bed-giyd, A sort of thistle.
p J^ ^ dil, Heartless, dispirited, pusillanimous. Love-sick.
Melancholy, dejected, sad, stupid.
r 'txj bidald, Vain words, idle talk.
p bi dill, Heartlessness, dejection. Cowardice.
p bi dam ugh, Brainless. Ill-tempered, easily provoked.
p t^b:^ bi damdghi, Bad temper, impatience, irritability,
p (JbcAjj bidmdl, A dagger, a bright sword.
p bed-mush, Name of a fragrant shrub.
Kedzcdz, Name of a mountain in Transoxania.
p U^J***. bi dos, Innocent, faultless (little used).
r l5^ bl dawl, Shapeless. Uneducated, ill-bred.
p bi dawlat, Unfortunate, unhappy.
p bidun, Without.
p bidwand, Name of a stone used medicinally,
p bi dahshat, Fearless, undismayed, unappalled.
p bedi, A wdllow.
p bi day a, Unfeeling, pitiless.
bi diydnat, Irreligious, unjust, unconscionable.
p bi didah, Blind. Saucy. Ungrateful.
p ^ bi din, Irreligious, heretical. An infidel.
Aj! js-j bayzdr, A scatterer of words, a prater, a blabber.
bizdrah (or bidarah), Fraud, deceit.
A bayzakh, A fat woman. Name of a place,
p JjkX-J bayzak, A foot-soldier. A commander. A falcon.
a j+j bi-r, A well, a pit. ‘ ^"^.1 The wells of Joseph ; the
first is situated on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus, near
the borders of Canaan, over which the Muhammadans have built
a mosque, as supposing that to be the well into which the pa
triarch was thrown by his brethren. The others are those of stu
pendous structure at Grand Cairo, as described by our travellers,
and supposed to be the work of Joseph whilst minister of Egypt.
p 'j*J bir, Lightning, thunder, a thunder-bolt. A deluge. A
bed, bed-clothes. A handsome vest. Learning by heart,
p birdd, An old man.
pJ^-j birdz, The horn of any animal.
p ,3^ bayrdk, A standard, an ensign, a banner. A troop.
bayrdk-ddr, A standard-bearer, a cornet.
ii birdgi, (s cj ) A Hindu mendicant and peni
tent, who, having forsaken the world, leads a wandering life,
p bayram, Name of a Muhammadan solemn festival,
p birdn, Passing by. (for wirdn) Desolate.
birdnah (for wirdnah), A place full of ruins.
p s\j 1 j bi rdh, A wanderer, one who deviates, errs, or loses the
way. Unprincipled, dissolute. A courtezan. Anger.
(jjyi bi rdh shudan, To wander, to deviate from the way.
p^£> bi rdh shawd, Wandering, straying,
p bi rdihi, Deviation from the right way.
bi rdhi kardan, To be guilty of excess.
p bi ra-y, A fool, an ideot, an imprudent man.
phu^-j bi rabt, Irregular, undisciplined,
p birbushd, (in ancient Persian) A cucumber.
h Birbhum, (s Vira-b'humi, The land of
heroes), Name of a district in Bengal,
p jjLj Birbiydn, Name of a hero.
p ^ bi rahm, Merciless, cruel. ^ ^
That pitiless wretch who abandons his parents, and relatives.
rjj-J biraz, A fuller’s beetle.
v birzad, Iron filings. Solder. Galbanum.
A ,J*j bi-r-i zamzam, The well of Zamzam at Mecca.
vX'jjJ bir-zah (or birzi), Honey,
p Jui <- 5 ^^ bi rustd-i <jdd, Innocent mirth,
p bi rashk, Unambitious. Slothful, spiritless,
p bi rizd, Without leave.
p bayrak (equivalent to bayrdk), A standard, a flag,
colours. A troop, jy bayrak-i nur, The peep of dawn,
p &£Birkand, Name of a city,
p bi rag, Heartless, without emulation,
p bayram, A carpenter’s hatchet. A Avimble, an auger.
An instrument for piercing leather. A kind of silken stuff. A
small lever or bar. Birum, The ring-worm, or dry scab. A
blacksmith’s instrument for piercing iron. Fried kidneys,
p birun (for birun), Out, without,
p biranjdst, The plant southernwood,
p bi rang, Colourless. The design or outline (of a
picture). Beginning, foundation, principle. The Divine essence.
v ^ bi rd, Shameless. Bold, rash, inhuman. A purse.
A Bayrut, Name of a maritime city in Syria.
p biruj, The herb mallows.
pjj^ bi rdz, Unfortunate.
p^jj bi rdzi, Destitute of daily bread.
birdzaj (for p Xj^j+i pirdzuh), A turquoise stone,
p uijjijtj birdzan, A precious stone. A load, a burden,
p Xj*j+S' birdzah, A garment for daily wear.
F birun or berun, Without, out of doors. Exterior, ex
trinsic, foreign. The outside. From, a great way from.
birun dmadan, To come out, to sally forth. To revolt.
birun faristddan, To send abroad, to emit, send
out, dispatch away. birun To extract, draw
forth, lead out, export, throw out, eject. az birun.
From without, outwardly.
p j+) biruntar, More foreign or external,
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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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