'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [221v] (447/1826)
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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p posttiin, Camel’s skin. Fish-skin, shagreen,
p position, To rot, corrupt, spoil, wither; to become
putrid. To be torn, worn, ragged. See
p i posidah, Rotten, rancid,putrefied, carious. AV orn out.
p posh, A covering, mantle, garment. A coat of mail.
A cover, veil, lid. (in comp.) Clothing, dressing, covering.
pa-posh, (Covering the feet) shoes, slippers,
jaram-posh or khata-a posh, Concealing or pardoning
sins, sabz-posh, Clothed in green. ^ kallah-
posh, (Covering the head), a turban or other head-dress.
p Liyj Covering, concealing. A garment. Thought,
p poshak, Clothes, garments,
p pbshuki, (Cloth) fit for making garments,
p poshdnidan, To hide, to cause to cover or clothe,
p pushtak, Name of a boy’s game,
p J ^yposh-darbandl, A plant growing in Darband, ;
which the natives bruise and form into little bougies, and use as |
an eye-salve.
v tj.^ypdshish, A covering, garment, dress. A coverlet,
sheet, blanket, ^^jLLy pdshish-i tan, A covering for the
body, a habit, coat, gown. zamln-i hi pdshish,
(Ground without covering), a desert; uncultivated lands.
P pushak, (in the dialect of Turan) A cat, puss,
p pdshkardan, To tie up the fore-skirts of the gar
ment round the w r aist; to gird up the loins, to fall seriously about !
any thing. To let down the lappet of the garment. To con
tract one’s self. To become bold or impetuous, to strain every
nerve. To be believed, credited, trusted ; to deserve confidence.
p poshgdn, A point in the divine life attainable only by
the very spiritually-minded. Name of a place near Nishabur.
Poshagdn, Invisible things. Name of a note in music,
p poshalah, Covered. Clothing.
p pdshand, A woman’s veil reaching to the ground,
p pbshindah, Who clothes. vv-. >
Who puts on the habit of friendship.
p pushang, Name of a village. Pushnag, A cat.
p poshnah, A lid, a cover. Any thing concealed.
p pbshah, A veil, a curtain.
p poshidan, To cover, conceal, clothe. To dress,
p poshidam, Fit, proper, necessary to be put on.
p 2SiX*M>y poshidah, Clothed, dressed, concealed, covered, hid.
A chaste, retired woman, ^j^y poshidah budan, To be
concealed, to abscond, lie hid. To be clothed, dressed,
p jvld- pdshidah-chashm. Hood-winked. Blind.
p <—^ puk, luel lor fire. Any thing combustible ; as laths,
chips, or shavings of timber with which they light fires. Fuel.
Wind from the throat. Thorns, rubbish, and earth, which they
strew over the pits in which corn is laid, that it may not be disco
vered by thieves or enemies. The pit itself. A sort of herb,
dock, monk’s rhubarb, lapathum. Hollow. A prophet.
p Jyj pul, A bridge. Any thing orbicular laid upon, or ad-
hering to another, as a piece at draughts, the scale of a fish, & c .
A small piece of copper coin, JyJ pul giriftun, To scrape
the scales off a fish, to scale. Pul, An inn, a caravansera, an
hospital. An helmet. The web in the eye. Prior, anterior,
p Lyiy pulub, Sense, feeling.
p ^y'iy puldb't, Palpable, tangible, evident, obvious,
p Siy pulud or polad, The finest Damascus-steel, which with
that of ^y Kum is esteemed the best in the East. Steel gene
rally. A demon. A famous warrior. A club. Boiled rice.
Pjjb Siy puldd-bdzu, Having an arm of steel,
p puldd-khai/ (or Siy puldd-rag), Headstrong.
P^bs^-s Siypulad-sanjdn, Hardy, intrepid warriors.
p Sl)J pulud-mikhlab, (An eagle) with talons like steel.
p Sy Siy puldd-nihdd, As hard as steel, of the nature of steel,
p JjSy puldni. Pottage, gruel.
p C^y pulak, The scales of a fish.
p tiy pulah, Name of an insect. A melon. A laverorewer
ofleather. A prowling wolf.
p ^y pun, Felt-cloth, or any kind of saddle-cloths for horses,
camels, or other beasts of burthen.
Punlkd, Phoenicia.
p pdy, A plant which has tendrils like the vine and bears
fruit resembling fox-grapes. Pwj/j ^ andering, running, mean
dering. Investigation.
v\j,y pug a (or ^V'y pity an), Wandering, meandering. A
swift horse. A vagabond, ^j^y P**J/^ in hudan, I o mean
der, to run up and down.
p yjlt> y puyun-hizbar, A horse.
r yy t puy-puy, Running very fast. Fie !
v y pawichah, Ivy.
p y puyidan, To wander,
p ijlj yj puyish, A running up and
dow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
n,
p y puygdn, The womb. Water sprinkled on any thing,
p puyandagi, Running, swiftness,
p puyuh, Wandering, running. A canter, a hand-gallop.
Vehement desire.
p y puyidan, To run to and fro, to wander, to meander,
to make haste. To run over, examine, learn. To be attentive,
p y pah, Bravo ! well done!
it pahdrah, The hog-deer,
p Pahdmdn, Artaxerxes.
up ^g~j\y t phdnsi kardan, To hang by the neck, strangle*
p &j\ypahunah, A wedge. The bar of a door,
p Phatdn, Name of an Afghan tribe. A Patan.
p^£j pahr, A fourth part, c—-1 T wo fourths or watches
of the night. Pw/tr, A Jewish seminary. A synagogue,
p Xjjy pahrah, A guard. Protection. A fourth ot the night,
r j\J8jy.pahrah-d(ir, A centinel, a guard, a watchman.
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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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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.
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- 'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:845v, 845ar:845av, 846r:909v, back-i
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- Richardson, Sir John, 9th Baronet
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