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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎311v] (627/1826)

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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fines of Eg-ypt and Nubia. Janadil, (pi. of ^Xs^jandal) Stones.
aljanddil, The cataracts. Junddil, Strong and great.
a j^^junndr^ A plane-tree.
a sj[^jindzat or janazat, A bier. The funeral solemnity
and rites, r ajLs*- jinuzah-rawan^ A horse.
a jinds^ (tii of Being akin, resembling.
p Jandgh) The jamb of a door. A contract, a bargain.
The breast-bone of a bird. The bow or pummel of a saddle.
Junagky An outside covering of a saddle (made of a leopard’s
skin). A surcingle. A stirrup-leather. The flap of a saddle.
A cup. A sturgeon.
a jundflij) Cunning, deceitful, crafty, wily.
a jandfer, (pi. of janjur) Ancient sepulchres.
p fjv^jundk) The covering of a saddle.
p junngi A- bird-cage, a coop, an aviary.
(pl.of^^-jan) Women, (equiv. to^Uj
A. < j\±>-jandn (from { j^~ janna), Growing dark. A dark
night. Darkness, obscurity. The heart. A garment. A great
crowd. A prince, a chief. Jinan, (pi. of <Ls>- jannat) Gardens
planted with trees. Paradises. Jundn, A shield, (pi. ofoU-
jdni) Gatherers, pickers, cullers. Sinners. Jinn an, (pi. of
Demons, devils.
a <Lj\^.jundnat (from janna, He covered), A shield,
p tiLs^janana/i, The heart.
A (pi. of<L{ii>»jindi/at) Faults, sins, misdeeds.
a janu-ib, (pi. of i— jantb) Led-horses.
a <te\^jinugat (from ^_c^), Committing a crime. A crime,
iniquity. A wounding, a maiming. Whatever is acquired by
rapine, p jindyat kardan, To commit a crime.
p L-^rjamb, Near, with, by the side of.
a jamb, A side. A part. A tract of country, a coast.
A boundary. Whatever is on the side. t sahib
bVljamb, A familiar. A fellow-traveller, (from Break
ing on the side. Wounding a man on the side. Leading a horse
at the side. Removing from, shunning. Causing one to re
move. Janab (from Leading at the side (a horse of
state, or a captive). Halting, limping, or leaning to a side in
walking. Adhering to the side (the lungs from thirst). When
in a race the rider leads a spare horse by his side on which he
may spring, in case the one on which he is mounted is likely to
be beaten. Short. Janib, One who keeps out of the way to
avoid meeting and inviting a stranger. One who limps or leans
to one side in walking. Junub, A stranger, foreigner, guest.
i^^-Jc^jdr junub, A stranger in the neighbourhood. One
who will not allow himself to be led. A polluted man.
A jimbdr or jinnibdr, A young bustard.
p J'~z>rjumbdn, Trembling, shaking,stirring, moving. Melt-
>ng. ddsh-jumbdn, Moving the shoulders.
^ junubdn, (pi. of junub) Polluted.
v ^±*j\*Js>~jitmbdn~idan, To cause to move. To elevate. To
carry off. To rock (a cradle). To shake or churn (milk).
A <L^jambut, A side, a tract of country. A bit of skin from
a camel’s side. A plant becoming green after withering in the
summer. A withdrawment. Junabat, Any thing shunned.
\ jumbasat, A black woman.
\ jumbukh, Large-bodied, long.and lofty.
a tested jumbukhut, A large louse,
p Xys^-jumbad, A vault, an arch. A caper, a curvet.
AjjU^l jumbudu'r rummdni, A pomegranate-flower.
A iXyS^jumbadat (from p gumbad), A vault, an arch.
Pj~s>~jambar, The rim of a sieve. Suffocation, a throttling.
a j~s*-jambar, A large short-bodied camel. A young bustard.
v jumbish, Motion, agitation. Gesture. A work, oc
cupation. ijjj^^jumbish dmadan, To bestir one’s self.
J J jumbish-i anneal, The movement of the pen upon
the tablet of the Divine decrees. The first motion of the planets
setting out from the sign Aries. jumbish-i zamin,
An earthquake. j um l>ish kardan, To move, creep.
A jumbukat, A deformed or bad woman.
a jumbul, A large wooden bowl,
p jambalul, A swing, a see-saw.
A jambalik, A big aged woman,
p jumbandah, Any thing moving. A living creature.
A creeping thing, a reptile, a venomous insect.
p jambuh (or jamblh), A weapon.
p jam bah, A large bar. A fuller’s beetle. A grape-
stone. A reptile. Motion, agitation.
a ^jr^jambty, Lateral.
SY jamb id, Origany, marjoram.
p jumbidan, To move, stir, shake, swing. To blow,
p jumbidah, Shaking.
p jambinah, A kind of arms or armour.
A jannat, A garden, set with trees. A grove of palm-trees.
Paradise, heaven. Muhammad knew the genius of his country- .
men too well, to suppose that they would be captivated with the
idea of mere spiritual enjoyments in the world to come ; he there
fore declared, that as the body in this life takes so much part in
the sufferings of the soul, it should in justice partake of its hap
piness hereafter, by the most exquisite enjoyment of every cor
poreal sense. A vulgar notion has prevailed, that the Arabian
prophet excludes women from his paradise, but he had too high
a regard for the sex to be guilty of so unpolite a piece of injus
tice : the idea originated from a verse in the Kur’an, which most
certainly allows no place there for old women ; this gave so much
uneasiness to an ancient dame, that she remonstrated to Muham
mad upon the cruelty of the exclusion ; when the prophet ren
dered her immediately perfectly happy, by declaring that all the
old women should be restored to the bloom of youth before they

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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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