'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [310r] (624/1826)
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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deceiver, a cheat. Bold. Drunken. Jollity, mirth, impudence.
Drunkenness, revelry. Fierceness. Decorating, adorning.
A jummash, One who toys with women, a dangler.
a jim d ^, (m of Consenting, agreeing. Collect-
ing, joining. Concubitus, coitus. A collection. All, universal.
A multitude, the sum total, the whole. A large cauldron.
^\jimti t u'l ism, ine. Jumma^j A mixed crowd of men.
A jamauit) A crowd, a troop, a body. A heap or col
lection of any thing inanimate. A meeting, assembly, senate,
council, congregation. A faction. jamauit-i
yahud, A Jews’ synagogue. yU mafruz-ijarnauit,
The prayers prescribed to be said in the larger mosques.
A jamdl (from Being fair, comely, becoming.
Elegance, beauty, decorum. suhib-ijarndl, En
dowed with elegance, beautiful. jamulaka, Take care
of your behaviour. Jimdl, (in of J**?-) Treating handsomely,
kindly, courteously, (pi. of jamal). Full-grown camels,
r ^\as>~ jutndl, Beauty, elegance (of form).
A ^jammdl, A camel-owner. Jummdl, Very handsome.
jinidldt, (pi. of jamal) Full-grown camels.
A <L1\as>- jimdlat) A troop of he-camels without females, (pi.
of jamal). Full-grown camels. Jammdlaty Camel-owners,
p Jimfilug (or lL>* JUc^), Name of a famous robber.
A jamdlly, A kind of musk-melon (red-fleshed). Ju-
mdlly. Large, strong (camel or man).
A jam dm (from ^-jamma), Resting (a fatigued horse).
Rest. A heaped-up measure of corn. Jimdm (from j ammo).
Abounding (water in a w'ell). Flowing. Being filled (a mea
sure, a vase). A measure of dry goods, containing 15lb. (pi. of
Has*- jammaf)) Reservoirs. Jurndm^ A heaped-up measure.
p ^\as>- jurndn, A kind of wood, the exterior of which is black,
and the inside of a pistachio-green.
A jumdn, A pearl. A globule of silver resembling a
pearl. A belt or girdle of leather adorned with gems or beads.
Jammuii) Heaped-up (measure).
v jumdtnah^ The middle, the midst,
p jamdrii) A cup-bearer.
A jummdmy, Long-haired (man).
a jJ^A^jamdhtr^ (pi. ofjj$AS>-jumhur) Republics,common
wealths. \j\^j {J1 &\A^-jamdhir-i nasdrd, The Christian republics.
a jamd-i^j (pi. of ^+as>- jam it) Collective bodies.
A jamd-il, (pi. of jamal) Full-grown camels.
a jammat) A reservoir of water. A crowd, a troop. A
multitude, plenty. Jummat, A crowd. He who asks the pretium
sanguinis for a slaughtered kinsman. Hair flowing over the
shoulders. The part of the head where the hair is collected or
tied up, especially the forehead. The knotty parts of plants
whence the flowers spring.
p jamtud) Exulting in, reviewing with complacency
any good deeds which have been wrought by one’s self.
jumsur, Earth or dust heaped up.
p jurn-jdh, A place of assembly. Imperial.
A jamjaly The flesh which is in the middle of a shell,
p jumjum, A cotton shoe (worn by dervishes.)
a Ia^s^T jamjamat, (from q) Muttering. Jumjumat,
The skull. A wooden cup. A well dug in a brackish place.
a jamh (from Being refractory, vicious (horse).
Running away (as a wife from her husband to her relations,
without leave). Throwing (one huckle-bone against another).
A jamkh (from ^^T), Being proud.
Ajys^Tjumkhur^ Hollow (reed, or anything similar).
*A ±AJ>- jam a da, (fut. SazszT yajmudu) The water froze.
A &A&- jamd (from Sas*-'), Freezing, congealing (water, or
blood). Being frozen-hearted, unfeeling. Ice. Jumd or
jumud, A high fortified place. Jam ad, Ice, jelly. (pi. of
jdmid) Congealed, consistent. Rigid, stiff. Inanimate
things, fossils, p
,&aa- jamad-i chitii, Native alkaline salt.
A^JSa^- jumada', Cold weather. The month Ji/wrltZa’.
a jAS>~ jamr (from Giving (to any person) a live coal.
Averting, warding off. Live coals.
Pj y jA£>- jumarbur (j yjA>-jamrayur or j yjA£>- jamz~ncar),
A horse whose face, belly, and legs are white.
A XjAS^ jamrat, One live coal. An eruption, the prickly heat.
Gravel, or small pebbles. A troop, especially a body of 1000
horse. A tribe made up from several. A sacred solemnity or
peregrination performed in the valley of Mina, near Mecca, in
which they defy and throw stones at a figure representing the
devil, ijAZ’r ) */*■’ samrat wa jamrat. Good and bad.
v SjAJ>-jamrah or jimrah, Vapours, warm exhalations rising
out of the earth in the spring of the year.
p ^jjAs>- jamri,jumr~i, or jimri, Poor, vile, mean.
A jAJ>- jamz (from j*?-), Travelling quick (a camel).
Aj\jAs>- jumzdz (or ijA&- jumzat), A lump of dates.
A jumzdn, A species of the date.
A lSjAS*- jamaza', (common gender) Fleet (camel or horse).
v Uj+as?- jams, Ice. Jams, aho jamas, A rising ground in a
garden. Earth heaped round the roots of vines.
A <L~as*- jumsat, Half-ripe dates.
A jamast, jamsat or jamist, A kind of turquoise or
coarse blue gem, found near Madina, cups of which, it is alleged,
have the singular property of preventing those who drink out of
them from being intoxicated, and also of causing pleasant dreams.
A low illiterate man.
p ^ jL^as>- jamasfarim, A species of sweet basil.
A jamsh (from ij!Las>-), Shaving (the head), making
bare. Milking with the tips of the fingers, Flattering, sooth
ing; toying, playing. A low voice, a soft sound.
p jamash, An eye-glance. The turn of the eye and out
stretched neck (of rapacious birds when going to seize their prey).
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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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