'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [307r] (618/1826)
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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(the sea). Throwing prostrate. Being dishevelled (the hair). A
cloud raining water. A black ant. A ship. J///, Elephant’s dung.
A jajlat, Leafy (tree). Jujlat^ A single fleece.
* jajluk, An inclosure of pales, a palisade.
K Promiscuously, indiscriminately.
A or J"fn, The sheath (of a sword). The eye
lid, the eye-lash. A vine. A vine-shoot.
A A vine. A vine-shoot. A large dish, a wooden
saucer. A liberal man. Jufnat or jufnat, A small well. Jafnat,
Name of the first of the Ghassan kings who reigned in Syria.
p jafnak, A scabbard. A large dish.
Jdf 10 (and jifxcat) (from^>-), Injuring, treating
harshly. A wrong, an injury. Cruelty, iniquity.
A (fromy^r), Becoming languid (a stallion).
k jufuf (from Being dried (a garment
that had been washed). Collecting, gathering together.
A jaful) Cloud-impelling (wind). Fleet (courser).
Large (woman). Juful (from iJa?-), Passing rapidly along.
Casting (fish) upon the shore (the sea) ; driving (the clouds)
along (wind). Throwing prostrate. Being disordered (hair),
(pi. of jVz/Z) Black ants. Ships, (pi. of jaful).
A U^TJ u fd n ) (pf* Eye-lashes. Scabbards. Vines.
A large quiver.
A jirfU'i/s, Degenerated, unworthy.
A bJisy-jafiZy Swollen (carcase).
A Dr y (herbage).
A Green corn cut when it is high.
A Jufaynat, Name of a man.
A (Js>- jalch (from (Js>- jakka), Voiding excrement (a bird).
A <&>- jikkat, An old worn-out she-camel.
r i* jnI - ; A churn-stick. The sentence signed by the judge.
A wooden mallet used in taking cotton out of the pods. The
fifteenth night of the month Shavian.
v jakushah (or ^ 1-4- j a g a $ h a h ), A porcupine,
p jakak) G rapes of an inferior quality,
p jakalah, A drop. The leaf of a door.
jakur. Earth. Jikar, The liver. Harm. A babe.
A jikrat, Any thing necessary to be done,
p ^jj^-jikartj Colour.
p u_x>4- j ukuk, A certain bird smaller than a sparrow,
p jag ad. The peak of a mountain. A small partridge,
p xJ6s>-jugdrah) Different ways. Conflicting opinions,
p jagtibunistaii) (in ancient Persian) To write,
p jigar) The liver. The midriff or diaphragm. The
heart. The middle of any thing. Sadness, sorrow. Pity, com
passion, sympathy. Strong desire. Expectation. An ell.
jigar khurdan. To grieve, to be sorrowful,
jigar-i gil. The bowels of the earth, (metaphorically) the grave.
ddruw-ijigaT) A medicine or cure for the liver.
p \^s>-jig(tr~ugand) The caul. Sheep’s intestines stuffed,
p AiJ jigar-band) The intestines, the bowels. The gullet.
A son. Any thing lean and weak.
p jigar-bulah) Name of an offensive weapon.
r jigar-tdb) Diseased in the liver,
p jigar-taflah (also jigar-toftah)) Suffering
from a hectic complaint. Any one deeply in love.
p jigar-tishnah) Thirsting, hankering, longing after.
pt jigar-ji) A seller of liver and the like,
p J^-jigar-kh’drah) A magician, a sorcerer. A fabu
lous being. One deeply afflicted.
v\^jCs>- jigar-sd) Wearing away the liver, afflicting.
p jigar-soZ) Inflaming the liver or heart, tormenting,
p jigar-fasadl) The disease of the liver,
p jigar-garni) Hectic. A passionate lover.
v jigar-gbshah) A corner, or the lobe of the liver.
The heart, (metaphorically) A son. jigar-gbsha-i
man) An affectionate mode of addressino- a child.
. S . .
p jigranah) A kind of crane.
p jagrunitan) (in ancient Persian) To strike.
p jagari. Mustard-seed. Name of an herb. Jigri or
jugri) The red currant. Jigari, Partaking of the nature of liver
as colour; livid. <jjtkik-ijigari) A cornelian.
p jigari-ddgh) An indelible stain or mark. Any na
tural spot. Inconsolable grief.
p j a g^j a g*i ^ cr y °f fear,
p jagijah) A pot for containing grease.
p (J^-jal) The inside, or (according to others) the outside, of
the mouth. The midst of the sea. A lark. A handle, hilt, haft.
Thread. Jul) A horse-cloth. A veil (hung before a sanctuary).
ulX* bak) A green film which floats on stagnant ponds.
*A jalltt) (fut. J-sT yajillu)) He was illustrious.
a jail) The sail of a ship, (from jJj*- jalld)) Collecting
(camel’s dung). Jalla, He shone in majesty or glory, an epithet
frequently alluded to in the name of God, as, * (JsS>- itiil
allahu jalla zca udaj The glorious and the most high God;
(synonymous to which are jalla jaldluhu and (Jj>-
hakk-i jalla shanuhu). Jill) The stalk or reed of corn.
Coarse, rude. A coarse sheet or other stratum of linen. Jull)
A housing, or covering for a horse. A veil, carpet, or coverino-.
The principal part of a thing. /( Jr>- jull-i uisdkirihi)
The greater part of his army, (from p gul), A rose.
A^s>-jald) Baldness on the forehead. Name of a man.
A siz>- jala-U) Any thing clear and distinct. Emigration, exile.
Jild-a (from jl?-), Leaving one’s country. Driving into exile.
Scouring, cleaning, wiping, polishing. Making clear. Gazing
with delight on a bride unveiled. Splendour, polish. A colly-
rium which gives a lustre and clearness to the eyes. A title of ho
nour. p sis^-jilu-i zeutan kardan. To quit one’s.country.
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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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