'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [319r] (642/1826)
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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chapidari) To lean to the left side.
p chupiruh, Ready, prepared. Assembled. An assem
bly, congregation, meeting of any kind. To assemble.
p chapin, A wicker-basket for containing bread.
chatr^ (s ch'hatrd) An umbrella, parasol, parapluie.
A tent, a pavilion. A parlour. The curtain of a royal tent or
palace. A veil. A tuft of hair on the crown of the head.
chatr-i ab-gun (or mind)^ The firmament, jyj
chatr-i rbz zarin, sahar, or jyi nur). The sun.
chatr-i samdzoi simdbi or simin)^
The moon. Moon-shine, chatr-i ^ambarln (or
kuhlt), Night, jto chatr-i mar, A toad-stool,
JJ chair zadan, T o walk on the hands with the feet in the air.
P^tc chatr-mdri) A ruler, a governor, a basha.
p chutldkuj) The pistachio-nut, or fistinut.
v chatu, A veil, a covering. (Castellus.)
p chutuk, A sparrow.
p chattah, A thief, a robber, n Chittah, An account of
the lands of a village divided into dangs or portions.
p chatJn, The fore and after part of a saddle. A kind
of hops which grow on willow-grounds. (Castellus.)
p^ls^*“ chijdj, A leathern case with several compartments,
p chuck, A kind of sieve, (for A heap of corn,
p diCsf- chachakj A rose. A lovely cheek. A mole, a spot,
p chachalah, A slippery place. Chuchulah, Lingula.
p >f^ chuchu, A garden. A nipple. (Burhdn-i kati^.)
v chakhy Altogether. Necessarily. Labour, attention.
War, enmity, opposition. Twisting, contortion. A scattering; a
pouring out of wine. A scabbard. A grass-plot. Dross, filth.
chakhdchakh. The clashing of swords. Strife.
p^U chakhdchakht, Wrangle, perverse disputation,
p chakhdkh, A flint and steel for striking fire.
Pjjls-^ chakhdn, Squabbling, contending. Striving,
p chakht, A coveting, a longing desire. Hope.
p chakhch, A swelling in the throat.
chakhchir, Trowsers, long breeches,
p chdksh, Scrofula, the evil. A swelling in the throat.
Pain, a disease. A scraping the hair off skins. A bat.
p U-Xs-T chakhak, A mole on the body. The cheek.
p J/sT chakhgul, One who makes a pilgrimage on foot.
p chakhmdkh, A little bag in which soldiers carry fuel,
a fire-steel or tinder-box. A battle-axe fastened to the saddle.
p chakhmdgh (or chakhmak), A fire-flint,
p chakhidan, To strive, to endeavour. To contend,
to quarrel. To grow hot. To freeze. To be bent or curled.
To be attacked by a disease (a steer).
p SXJz?- chakhidah, Stricken. Driven forward,
p chukhtn or chikhin^ Filthy. Chikhin, Coloured.
p chaddr or chiddr, Fetters of cord or silk for horses.
PjJo- chadr, A four-year old camel. Chadar, A remedy, a
cure, (for chddar) A sheet. A table-cloth. A veil,
p \jj6s>- chudurwd, The aloes-plant.
p chidan (for chidan), To collect, to gather,
p j>- char, A song. Chur, The organ of generation.
p k^ chard, Why ? Wherefore ? For what reason ? Pasture,
a meadow. Pasturing, grazing. Cattle cropping the dry grass.
A marsh, a reed-bed. Chird, Why? Wherefore? A torch,
p <— chardb, Fat, gross,
p chardbah, Cream,
p chard-jd, A field for grazing,
p Achardkh, (equivalent to chardgh), A lamp,
p chard-kh'dr, A meadow; a field for grazing,
p chardkh-zcdrah, A candlestick,
p chard-khur, A meadow. (An animal) grazing.
c h ar( ~ l - z u r > A place abounding in pasture,
p t., * , chardsak,A noisy grasshopper. The corn-cricket,
p chardsyd, (perhaps from K/fcwo$) A cherry.
p t^ chardgh also chirdgh, A lamp. The wick of a candle.
A horse’s rearing. A pasture, a field. A guide, a director. A
client, a dependant, chardgh-i chashm, Offspring.
chardgh-i sipihr, Sun, moon, and stars. £1^=-
chardgh shudan, To shine, to be bright. To become a client.
jjJ>\ jJU chardgh-i ^dlam-afroz, A lamp illuminating the
world, i. e. A thing known to all. chardgh kushtan,
To extinguish a candle. chirdgh-i mughdn, W ine.
p j~-\ chardgh-dkhur, Abundance, plenty. Affluence.
p^Uj^ chardghdn, Lamps. An illumination,
p jS- chardgh-bdnah, The stand of a lamp. A candlestick,
p chardgh-pd (^^ pay ah or barah), The foot of
a lamp. A portable lamp. A candlestick. A horse rearing,
p ^ <^ 2 - chardgh-parah, A lamp. A candle-moth.
pJ-J^j chardgh-parhez, A lanthorn, a screen to a candle.
pt yy chardgh-cht, A lamp-lighter,
p chardgh-ddn, A large lamp, a lustre, or chandelier
suspended from the roof. Any stand or vessel for a lamp,
p chirdghak, A little lamp. A glow-worm,
p chardgh-kush, Engaged in any shameful work,
p cl \j>- chardgh-kushd.nl, A deed which shuns the light,
p chirdghalah, A glow-worm,
p chardgh-zcdrah, A lamp, a lantern.
p chardgh-zodsah, A moth hovering round a candle,
p chardgh-warah, A candlestick. A horse rearing on
his hind legs. A moth flying round the candle.
p chardghl. Land bestowed for the lighting up of a
Muhammadan mosque or tomb. A present made to a Mula foi
offering up oblations at the tomb of a saint. Alms gi\en to
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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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- 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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