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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎322r] (648/1826)

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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541
jaw and chin. A word. Perished, annihilated. Vine-pruning.
Drop, or dropping (from chakldan). chak-
nazols, An actuary, a registrer. Chile, A walnut, the kernel of
which is not easily got from the shell. A drop. One side of four.
An eighth part of a thing. ChuJc, Penis. The knee.
v \£j>- chaka, A lark.
p chakabah, A beetle used by washers or fullers.
p L— chakachuk, The clashing noise made by swords.
The sound of a stroke of a dagger. Drawing, a draught.
p chakdd, The top, the crown of the head. The hind-
head, the middle of the head. Bald from the forehead to the
crown. The summit of a mountain. A partridge. A shield,
p chakddah, The crown of the head. A shield.
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p chikdrah (from What? andjli business), Useless,
p chikdri, Useless, contemptible, worthless,
p chakdsah or chikdsah, A hedofe-hoof, an urchin,
p chakdf, A lark. A small partridge. A mob, tumult.
p chakdk, The forelocks. A conveyancer, a notary-
public. A borer of pearls, a bead-piercer.
p chakdgah (or The leaf of a door. A drop,
p iUilCs- chakdmah, A poem exceeding eighteen couplets.
p^lG- chakdn, (in comp.) Dropping, distilling.
khun-chakdn, Dropping blood. Chikdn, W T hat thing ?
p chakand, Besprinkling, wetting. (Castellus.)
p chakdndan, To drop, to trickle, to distil.
chakunidan (from To make drop,
p chakdio (d^X>- chakdwak or chakdzcah), The
cooinjr of a dove. Castanets. A certain water-bird. A lark.
A small partridge. The summit of a mountain. The crown of
the head. The forehead. A note in music.
p chakdzo-gdh (or chakdwuh-gdh'), A notch
at the end of a bow into which the string goes.
p s\L>- chakuh, A mountain’s top. The crown of the head.
chakij, A mallet, a hammer,
p chakchdk chakdchak also
V v V V * *
chakdchdk), The snoring of people asleep. A smacking kiss.
The clashing of sw-ords. The chattering of the teeth from cold.
pX-C^^ chakchak, The noise made by water in dropping
The chattering of the teeth from cold. The clashing of swords.
Chikchik, The crackling noise made by the damp wick of a
candle. Chukchuk, News spreading on every side,
p chak-ddn, Eloquent,
r chikar, Name of a dish. (Castellus.)
p <0 Jj>- chikarnah, A heron, a crane.
p chakrah, Foam, froth. A bubble.
chakri, Mustard. Chukrt, Sorrel,
p chakzabah, Froth.
p chaks, A bit of paper in which they wrap up such
things as musk, powders, and drugs. A perch, a roost. Chukas,
A roost. Shame, modesty.
p <lXj»- chaksah, A perch or roost for birds. Little niceties.
A bit of paper for wrapping up powders, and the like,
p chakasidan, To blush, to be confused,
p chakish (from chakidan), An oozing or drop
ping. Liquefaction. Chakush, A brazier’s hammer.
p XXXr»- chakak, A silken cord. Chukak, A tent-rope. A
silken band or girdle. Chukuk, A sparrow.
n <0X>- chaklah, Whatever falls from its place. A district,
the jurisdiction of a Fawjdar; as the of Hugll in Bengal.
pjJXs«- chakliz, The pains of child-birth,
p ^L*X>> chafcmdn (or ^aX>- chakman), A woollen cloak,
p chakmlzak, A suppression of urine, a strangury,
p chakan, A rich silk. The evening. A woollen cloak.
Chakin, (chikin, or chiktn), A kind of cloth wrought with
the needle in flowers and gold. Embroidery, needle-work,
p <ul3 chak-ndmah, A roll descriptive of land-boundaries,
p chukundur (orj±j£>- chukundur), Beet-root,
p j chikin-ddx (or chikin-gar), An embroiderer,
p chikin-ddzi, An embroidered robe; needle-work,
p chaku, A fiddle-bow, a plectrum. A silken band. A
sparrow. A kind of very rich silk. The evening.
p chakuj (or chukuch), An iron tool for notching
mill-stones. Name of a bird somewhat bigger than a sparrow,
p j chak n chdnah, Talking much; a babbler.
pj^X- chakur, A bird of the partridge-kind,
p (iXX>- chukuk, A lark. Purslain. The mourning of a dove.
A note in music. Chukuk, A sparrow,
p chikazanah, Name of a bird,
p <X>- chakah, Small, minute. Chakkah, A drop,
p chaki, Red goat’s leather. The pivot of a mill,
p ^^XXX^- chakidagi, A drop. Distillation,
p chakidan, To drop, distil, flow, ooze, trickle.
v chakidah, Dropped, oozed out. A mace,
chaklda-i khun, Red wine. Chukidah, Sucked.
p CJjJX- chaktzak, A suppression of urine, a strangury,
p lIXXX chaklk, Name of a bird bigger than a sparrow.
PjX=»- chagdr, The hind-head. The crown of the head. The
ridore of a mountain.
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p chugdshah, A porcupine, a hedge-hog.
p chagdl, A butt for archers. A drop. Thick, heavy,
p chagdmah, A poem of more than eighteen couplets,
p chaggdni, A kind of melon.
p chagdw, A lark. A small partridge. A mob, tumult,
p chigar, The liver. (SeejXs-). Harm, loss. (Castellus.)
pXX^ chuguk, A sparrow.
p JiX- Chigil, Name of a city in Turkistan famous for hand
some men and expert archers. Name of a temple in the same

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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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