'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [308r] (620/1826)
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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a 4-!^- julbat. The cuticle which grows over a wound when
healing. Leather used for camels’ saddles. A part of proven
der or of a cloud separated from the rest. A flourishing shrub.
A heap of stones (blocking up the way). Adversity. Scarcity.
Hunger. Jalabat, Sounds, clamours, mixed murmurs.
A jilbah, A deformed little old woman. A serious mishap.
A jalbadat. The neighing of horses.
A jA^rjulabiz, Strong, robust.
A j alb as at (for khalbasat) Flight.
p julbilor julbul, An ornamented canopy over the — <jyt>
hazodaj or camel’s litter, in which the Eastern ladies travel.
^ julabalak (or j alarnb a la A:), The sound made
by great gates when opening or shutting.
v julbii, A certain plant resembling mint,
p L-Jyb^jalbub, Ivy.
p <>- jilbahang) The seed of a yellow flower.
A jalba\ (pi. of (Slaves) carried to market.
vjn^rjalbiz, An informer, a make-bate. A halter.
A julat) A baldness on the fore-part of the head. Jallat,
The orbicular dung (of camels or sheep). Jillat, Old (man or
camel). Jullat, A date-basket (made of palm-leaves).
jHa C— jalata, (fut. u^Ls^^ryV/V?/) He struck.
p jultd) (in ancient Persian) The skin of man or beast.
p j(dtdk, Wild sorrel.
^ J a l (l ji Ereak of day. (pi. of jalajut) Skulls.
A jaljd, A village, an unfortified town.
A jUjab (and ^Ls^"), Old and decrepit (man).
Ai-s^r jalajat, The head, the skull.
p J^=r jaljal or jiljal, A bell. The bells of a tambourine.
A J^i uljul, Little bells appended to the neck (of a camel);
also those which are hung round about the rim of a tambourine.
A thunder-cloud. Light, airy, cheerful.
A juljuldn, Coriander-seed. Seed of the grain sasa-
mah. The heart-strings, the innermost recesses of the heart.
juljulan-i habash/y, Seed of the black poppy.
juljuldn-i niisrly, The Egyptian lotus.
jaljalat (from q), Striking with the hand,
touching with the fingers (cymbals, castanets, or a tambour de
basque). Roaring (thunder).
*a jalaha, (fut. yajlahu) (He) browsed (the tree).
A jalh (from ^'^"), Cropping (as cattle the leaves of
trees). Bald before or behind. JmZ/i, (An ox) without horns.
Ja/fl/t (from ^^') Being bald on the forehead. Baldness.
A .tW^T Jalhd-a, Name of a place two leagues from Basrah.
A jilhdb (or <£jIs. . jilhdibat)^ A decrepit old man.
A jlsk- jilh dz (or^s^ - jilhaz). Narrow-minded, covetous.
A jilhdt) Hairy, shaggy, extremely rough.
A jilhdiz. Hairy, shaggy, and large.
A jilhdn, Narrow-minded, tenacious, covetous.
a t— jalhab (or jalhabat)^ A decrepit old man.
a i^rT’ jalahat. The forehead and temples.
A jilhaZ) Old, decrepit (man).
a Jalahtd, A country destitute of trees.
A iis:
jilihz, Large-bodied and hairy.
a ^a^rT jilhizd) Hard, rough ground. Large and shaggy.
jalhamat (from q), Twisting a rope.
A jilhari) Avaricious, stingy, narrow-minded.
a jalkh, Filling its bed (a river). Cleaving, cutting (the
earth). Throwing prostrate. Striking the belly. Defiling (a
damsel). Lengthening (any thing).
A jalakhda', Idle, slothful, good for nothing.
A jalakhtdy Ground without trees.
A jos-W" jilikhz, Hairy, and at the same time bulky.
a jalakhmad) Thick.
p aL-. jald. Quick, swift, speedy, brisk. Mastupration.
a ^s>- jald (from '^1=^), Striking, lashing, whipping. Throw
ing down, laying sprawling. Forcing (a woman). Skinning (a
camel). Hard, severe (man). Quick, active, brisk. Jild, A
skin, a hide, leather. A volume, a book. JwW, Hardness, (pi. of
ajlad). Hard. Jalad, Strength. Hardness. Hard level
ground. The firmament, the expanse of heaven. A large camel,
that neither breeds nor gives milk. A sheep whose foetus died in
the birth. The skin of a camel’s colt (stuffed and placed before
the mother, who, thinking it alive, gives milk plentifully, or
suckles the young of another camel).
juladd, (pi. of xSs>-jal7d) Hard. Active.
a jaldab, Hard. Strong,
pjb jald-bdz, Expeditious, quick, fleet, hasty,
p ufiV jald-bdzi) Haste, speed, dispatch,
p jald bajald, Quickly, speedily.
A jaldat (from ^xi^), Scourging, whipping. A camel
yielding very rich milk. (A sheep) neither breeding nor giving
milk. Jildat, Hard, level ground. A large camel destitute of
milk and offspring. A single skin.
p ^^xi jald-kadam, Swift of foot, fleet.
jh>- jild-gar, A book-binder,
r ‘AXs*- jald-mizdjj Hasty, precipitate, passionate.
jaldu, Reward, price Place, room, stead.
p jaldJ, Speed, haste, expedition, quickness, swiftness.
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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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