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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎223r] (450/1826)

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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beast confined in a narrow place, whence they cannot escape.
An undermined wall.
e pay-khushtah) (or i^jLy&jpay.khmht), A beaten
path, worn by the feet. Sick. Incurable.
p ptkhtdan, To divide into parts. To rise.
p P~ td , Scattered, dispersed. Singed, spoiled. Useless.
Ped, Fat, grease, tallow.
p ^4^ pay da. Born, created, produced. Discovered, invented.
Exhibited. Public. An invention, discovery. A publication, ex
hibition, production. Openly, publicly, clearly, evidently, ma
nifestly. To be evident. To become public. To
come forward (as a bile or other sore). To labour under any
disorder. To originate (as a malady). To rise or appear (as
the sun). 1 o invent, discover, declare, make public.
v P a ydud) Open, public, manifest.
p P a ydash) Creation, production, cosmogony.
p jV‘^ paydd-zcdr , The produce of a field, profits of trade.
v payddvousi) A coin of the value of five dinars, that
passed current in Persia during the reigns of the Kayanians.
p payddyish, Production, birth. Earnings, profit.
v ^PW dar pay^ Step by step, one after another.
P >A J '^ n man * A founder or chief of any religious
body or sect. Monday. An old woman. (Cast.) j 1 .
ptr-i barnd-zcash, The world. The sky. ^ pjr-i ta^Jim)
A spiritual guide. <*1L ^ pir-i chehl sdlah. Maturity of
intellect. An angel. Adam. A turquoise stone.
p~ir-i khudd) Name of Othman. ,j^p~ir-i khirad, Wisdom.
ptr-i khastS) The planet Saturn. The devil,
Ijjj ptr-i do id) The vault of heaven, ^ ptr-i do mdy)
The world (as subject to the interchange of day and night). ^
pir-i dahkdri) Old wine. ptr-i zdl. An old decrepit
man. The father of Rustam. A title of honour (similar to Senior,
Seigneur, Senor, or Senhor, among the French, Italians, and
Spaniards). pir-i sardndib) The old man of Cey
lon, i. e. Adam. £ pir-i shashum charkh. The planet
Jupiter. pir-i tarikat) A spiritual guide,
pir-i fartut) A delirious old man. pir-i falak. The
planet Saturn. Uyi fcJzZ pir-i kushta-i ghazrghd) The old
man killed in the fray, i. e. Othman. pir-i kanban)
The patriarch Jacob. ^ pir-i mughdri) A chief priest of
the Magi, or worshippers of fire. A prior of a Christian monas
tery. A keeper of a tavern, or house of promiscuous entertain
ment. pir o jazcdn) Old and young.
pir-i darwishdn, The superior of the Dervishes (an order of
Muhammadan monks).
p\j+j pird (and pirdy) (from pirdstan)) One
who decorates, polishes, or writes with elegance. A pruner.
\j«> nad/rflA-pJ/’a, A writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. of memorable events.
p pirdid. Last year.
p JL j\j*jpirdr-sdl) The year before last. A fertile year.
pj^j pirdstan (or pirdstdnidan). To adorn,
decorate, ornament, embellish. To tan. To prune. To cleave,
to cut. To diminish. To prepare ground for sowing. To scat
ter here and there in small quantities. To fill up a ditch. To
build or surround (a well) with stones. To marry, to associate
with. To put on a garment which does not fit.
r pirdstah) Adorned. (Any thing) cut or lopped off.
(A skin) softened and fit for use. (Ground) prepared for seed.
Giving, causing, inducing. An ornament. A well surrounded
or built with stones. A village abounding in palm-trees. Suburbs.
p pirdgand) Scattered, dispersed,
p pirdgandan, To disperse, to scatter.
P pirdman (or pirdmun)) A circuit. A bor
der, a margin. The environs, the adjacent places. The skirt
of a garment, a lappet, or flap. About, around.
pirdman-i sardy) The environs of the house, whatever surrounds it.
p payrdmuti) Harmless, inoffensive.
p pirdn) (pi. of^-j pzr) Old men. Land granted for the
erection or preservation of a tomb over a Muhammadan saint.
Name of one of Afrasiyab’s generals. v ,
p P*rdnah) Elderly, like an old man. Becoming, suit
ing a saint. Growing old. A hunter,
p pirdnah-sar) Old age.
p pirdnidan) (transitive of pirdstan) To cause
to adorn.
p pirdh) A leather-dresser, a tanner, a currier.
p pirdhish) Ornament, decoration. Tanning.
r pirdhan (or jnrdhdn)) A loose vest, a shirt.
p pirdhan-i kaghizi, A petition for justice.
Dawn. The rays of the sun.
p pirdhidan. To tan or dress leather.
p pirdy) Adorning. Pruning. Shaving the head.
v ^/ x i}ji^pirdyish) Ornament, decoration. Tanning.
.p pirdyindah) Clipping, pruning. Adorning,
p tyj^pirdyah) Adorned. An ornament. A woman, who is
an ornament to her sex. A cradle. A vessel. ^
pirdyahbakhsh kardan) To adorn, to embellish.
p pirdyidan) To adorn. See pirdstan.
p pir-bunyah) A young man quite grey,
p pir-pambah) A hairy old man.
p ^Jiyjpirdan) Abroad, out of doors.
p ^jj+ipir-zdd) (Old) born decrepit. An old man of au
thority, an aged prince. The father of Rustam (the Persian
Hercules). (The father of this hero is called likewise Jlj jJ
pir-zdl) (Old hair), andjj Jlj zdl-zan, (Golden-hair).
p P* rza d (or i>jj*S)) A kind of medicine. Galbanum.
p jjjf^ptr-zar) An old man.
p uJjH P* r ~ zan ) °W woman. £ yy- Heaven.
p *)jzi payrzah) Any thing tied up in a bundle.
r P* r j~h Different sorts of merchandise mixed together,
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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)
Arrangement

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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