'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [317r] (638/1826)
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 j a y% ( or (from la*®-), Walking proudly,
p L^-Jt^jayghut, A hamper made of palm-tree fibres.
v J^yghut) An ill-stuffed pillow, hard in the middle.
The middle of any thing. A basket made of palm-leaves or fibres.
p i *-^j : igh a h'> An ornament of jewels worn in the turban.
A Jayf or jiyaf, (pi. of j if at) Carcases.
A jtfat) A carcase, a corpse.
Aji-s*- Jayfal, Name of the month iAxsJ! ji zu'l ku-^dat.
p jifah-kk'dr, A feeder on carrion.
p L-£*^jik, The noise of fowls.
p (equivalent to j£>-jigar) The liver.
A A body of men, a troop. Revolution. A nation.
Jayalj A hyena. Jayil, Bad-tempered, troublesome, unjust.
^ji-ldn, Terror.
jildn, Thejuleb-tree. Sesame.
A ildri) Gravel or dust blown about by the wind. The
country called Gllan, to the south-west of the Caspian Sea.
A^^-jildniy^ Very dusty (day).
v jildhang. Name of a purgative Indian root.
Pjj\i&+».j'il~ddru i A wood, black without and green within.
a *+s>-jtm 9 The letter ^jim. A silk robe, embroidered with
gold. Libidinous camels.
Unamiable, detestable qualities.
Pjj tic^-jinahzsar, The bridge across the eternal fire,
p ^x^-jaynhiy An embryo. An interval.
A Jlnin, Name of a town in the district of the Jordan.
v jay wad) Chastity, continence.
A L-Jy^juyub) (pi. of i^^>-jayb) Shirt-collars. Pockets.
A juyud, (pi. of d*s>-jid) Long, graceful, slender necks.
A juyush (Rom Boiling (as a pot). Raging
(as the sea). Flowing with impetuosity (as a fountain). Being
greatly moved (the heart), (pi. of jaysh) Armies, forces,
troops. j^o\ amiru'l juyush) The general of the army.
'^i+s-juyush-i dhaii-posh, Troops covered with steel.
p Xj^-jiwah) (in Arabic zibak) Quicksilver.
A ji^^jayhabiik, Mouse-dung.
a jayhur, A fly tainting meat.
A &£>■ jay-at or ji-at, A receptacle of water. Arrival.
of the Persian alphabet, and is never met with in Arabic words.
Its power is that we express by ch. A few words are indiffe
rently spelt with -- che orj je ; as kdch or j'l£ kdj-, and also
with — chc or shin^ as lakhchah or lukhshah.
Ignorant writers are also very apt to confound it with ^jim.
p l»- chd (or chuy)) Tea. chd-ddn^ A tea-pot.
h chub. Name of an Indian fruit-tree,
p (jli'bU- chdbdtdn (or chapatun). An upper boot,
p chdbuk. Quick, swift, active. Ingenious, acute.
Adorned. Beautiful. Beauty. A horsewhip.
Pl/J^ chdbuk-bdzly Whipping, lash. (Hunter.)
p chubuk-khirdni) Swift-paced,
p lL£j[=>~ chdbuk-dast, Dexterous, nimble. Beautiful.
Pj^ chdbuk-suzodr, A breaker-in of horses, a jockey,
a rough rider. A horse-dealer. A flogger.
p chdbuk-suwdriy Horsemanship, jockeyship.
p chdbuki. Celerity, agility. A horse requiring the whip,
p chdbuk (or chupuk). Quick, nimble, acute.
p^yljUw chapditI, Bread. A thin, unleavened cake,
p chdplds or chdipluS) Flattery, adulation. A flatterer,
p chdplds i or chdplusi. Flattery, wheedle, adulation,
p A scabby head. Scald-headed. Bald,
p chdpub, Old linen cloth. A strip of old cloth,
p CiJoU- chdput. An old cotton-tree. Old cotton,
p ^1.=*- chdpah, A seal, an impression, a print, a copy.
chdtiUk) (KaSohiKo;) A catholic, a priest, a doctor,
a prior, or head of the Christian religion.
p jj'U*- chdtu, A halter, a rope to hang malefactors,
p chdch, A heap of corn threshed and winnowed. A
bundle of grass or hay. Stubble, straw, thatch. Name of a city
in Khatan, and of a famous bow-maker; hence
kamdn-i chdchi. Bows brought from that place, or made by
that man, which were neither affected by heats or damps.
chdchilah. A rustic shoe, made of undressed leather.
-l>- chdchl, A white bow, neither gilded nor painted.
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chakhsuk (or
chdkhshuk), A sickle.
pjjU^ chddir or chddar, A tent, a pavilion. A mantle, a sheet.
A tablecloth. A veil. A cascade. chddir-i ihrdnij
Snow. \jbL>j\ chddir-i ajdahd, The four elements.
chddir-i ajsdd, The four elements. chddir-i
kh'db. The curtains of a bed. chddir-i shab, Bed-
sheets. A woman’s veil. chddir-i kalandarl^ A
sort of tent. chddir-i kdfurl, The dawn.
chddir-i kuhld, The heavens. A dark night.
l 5 — o— -Jfr*
chddir-i Idjazcard, The azure sky. A verdant meadow.
chddir-i yazdij A kind of woman’s veil.
v\~>JjjC\>- chddir-tarsd) The sun. The sun’s rays. Light.
A blue and yellow garment.
p chdidak. The cooing of the turtle. A lark. A Cas
tanet. A certain note of the harp. A kind of water-bird.
PjU- char (contracted fromjU>- chahdr), Four. A potter’s
kiln. Able, willing, (for chdrah), A remedy, a cure.
pj j}\char abrdj A kind of dervish who shaves his eye
brows and whiskers.
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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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