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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎223v] (451/1826)

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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especially bagatelles, toys. cSjjf^P~ ir J lm f ar ^ s ^^ ^ vcn ^ er
of smalt wares, a toy-merchant.
Stricken in years. wine.
pJj ptrkalah-pazy One who cooks the heads and leet of
cattle.
p ptrmar-saly The year before last,
p L^sLc^y plrmiist-pay A horse that rears,
r ptr-mardy An old man.
v ^jXjfjptraman (for ptrdman)^ A circuit. About.
p ptrandakhy Leather made from goat’s skin.
r»j ^ji pay-razs (or A follower. A physiognomist.
Pjl> j pw 0 btiry The most high God.
p jd' pirujy A turkey.
v 'jjjJ^plrdz (forjjj-J /Jroz), Victorious. Superior. I ros-
perous, favoured by fortune and opportunity. A conqueror.
Victory, conquest. Opportunity, occasion.
p ptrozady Thought, reflection. A medicine.
p ptrozdanky Red lines, which women in some
Eastern countries make upon the face.
p Plroz-rdm, Name of an ancient city in India,
p ptrozah (equivalent to Xj»j+s ftrozah'), A turquoise,
a kind of blue gem. A conqueror.
pjjUw pirozah-chadity The firmament, the sky.
pj *^3 pirbzah-maghz, The sky.
p ^j^pirozl (for (_fj jj+s flrozi)y Victory, triumph.
p ^ pay-rawly A following, a pursuit. Dependance. Con
sequence. ^j+ipay-rawi kardan. To follow.
v plrahy YSa\d. Virgin honey. Sugar. A successor.
r Xj+J pirah-zan, An old woman, a decrepit grandmother,
p pirahan (or ptrahand), A shirt, a shift, a tunic,
p piriy Old age, decrepitude.
v jjlP pt~ ar ) A pedlar, a hawker. Name of a disease,
p pizan (or tUj-j ptzanah), A sieve,
p jjJoJ-J peztdan, To sprinkle, to scatter,
p pijury A bridle. W inter.
p pes (or pest), Leprous. Pcs, The leprosy. A
dwarf palm-tree, of the twigs or fibres of which they make ropes.
White. Vile, ignoble.
PjL«; pay-sipdr, Trampled, kicked. A traveller.
pay-sipur, Trampled, kicked. Travelling.
^pay sipurdan, To trample,
p pistan, The past, those who are gone,
p piskt, Youth,
p pe sa gb Th® leprosy.
P f ptsang kardan, To doze,
p - -» pesudan, To incline. To desire,
p pays ah, A small weight, twenty-four to a pound, used
only for weighing copper-money. A copper-coin. Money.
Pisah, Pye-bald, dappled.
p P~is~h The leprosy.
P pesh, Before, (in point of time, place, and degree).
In front. Forward. Further, beyond. An example, model, ex
emplar, coriphams, chief, superior, commander, leader, (in
gram.) The vowel point ’ m. A palm-branch. A dwarf palm-
tree. Intelligent, wise, pbsh az an, Before that.
i£S\ \\ pesh az dnkch, Before that which, previous to
which, sooner than. ^ P* s h az ^ e ^ ore
pesh dmadan, To come before, to meet, to oppose. To
occur, happen. pesh awardan, To bring, produce
before. ^ (jV' pesh-pa shudan, To be in advance; to
go forward, proceed. ijr^J pesh raftan, To go before, to
advance, precede, asp-i pesh-/ azc, A horse out.
stripping all others. pesh shudan, lo be superior^
to excel, shumurdan, To count before hand ;
to anticipate. pesh faristudan, lo send to, to
wards, before. pesh kardan, To prefix, to preface.
iJ~J pesh kashidan, To attract. peshgirif-
tan, To learn, to teach. To precede, to excel in doing or learn
ing any thing. To exhibit, stretch out. To propose any thing
to one’s self. P^sh 0 P as i Before and after. (They
generally say P as ° P^ s ^)’
p peshdb, Urine.
p JLjII-j pesh-a-pesh, Equal, parallel. Equally, before,
p peshd-dast, Ready money, cash paid down,
p pesh-ddank, The vanguard, the forlorn hope.
One that walks before his master (as a running footman, mace-
bearer, or halberdier). A chief (of religion, law, the army,
&c.), a priest, a judge, a general.
p peshddah, A kind of sweetmeat.
Pjl^j peshur, Urine (particularly of a sick person, which is
shown to a physician). See also <— peshdtb.
p pesh-uftdd, A volunteer, the forlorn hope,
p pcshdrdn, The prescriptions of physicians,
p ^JL+S pesh-imdm, A high priest.
pj^l ylLjpesh-dmad, Advance, coming into the presence,
elevation, advancement. Access, admittance.
p pZshdn, The best side of cloth, the best end which is
shown to a buyer, (pi. of pesh) r I hose before.
pjAi'1 pesh-undaz, A present or offering made at the feet
of a superior. A necklace. A napkin, a doily.
v peshdnl, The front, forehead, brow. The ringlets
hanging over the forehead. Sauciness. Strength. Hardness.
Desire. Opposite. Fortune.
p XJ (Jli-j peshdnt-band, A fillet or wreath for the hair.
P J'^ peshdn~i-ddr, Expert, successful.
d^ipeshdnt kardan, To be forward, or sauc).
peshunt-kushadah, Open, candid, ingenuous
pesh-dxsang (or ££»H>\Z~Jpesh-dhang)i V 0 ?

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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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