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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎324r] (652/1826)

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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choba, A slake, a post.
p i}\) js>- chu bud bar khdstan, To rise up, to leap.
p chbban (also chopdn), A shepherd. A horse-
keeper. chdbdn-sag, A shepherd’s dog 1 ,
p chobani. The pastoral office.
p i —r > y>- chbb-bdr^ A nut-shell,
pjb chob-baz f The silk-worm’s cone,
p .AiJ chub-band, A bridge.
p ^>b L^Jyy- chob~purah) A chip, a lath, a shaving, a piece of
wood. A species of reeds of which mats are made. A besom
for a barn. An instrument for levelling the earth.
chub-kh'dr^ A timber-worm. Beaten.
PjL' chob-dar, A mace-bearer. (He carries a long
staff with a large head, the whole covered with embossed silver).
chob-danah. The jujube-tree and fruit,
p chob-dastl, A walking-stick. A goad,
p chbb-say, A rasp.
puJI^ chob-shikdf, Cleaving wood. A wedge,
p chbb-shikan f A woodpecker,
p chbb-shuicl, A fuller’s beetle.
p chobak, A little stick. A stick for separating cotton
from the pods. A watchman’s rattle. Red-wood.
p chub-kdrl, A drubbing. A kind of embroidery,
p ^bwil chobak-ushnun, Pearl-ashes, lie.
p uJ^’ *>- chobak-za?i) A head watchman. A drummer,
p chob-kash, An instrument for cleaning cotton.
t chobakl) The timber of a saddle. The patrol, the
nightly watch. The commander of the nocturnal guard.
p chobaktn, A wooden instrument for separating cot
ton from its seed. A w’atehman.
p chbbah) A rolling-pin. A wand. A walking-stick. A
fiddle-stick. A title of Bahram chubln.
p chubt, chubin, or chubtn) y Wooden,
p chob-yasak, A staff borne by a mace-bearer,
p chobtnah. (AiJ »r»- chobinah, or dib-J »r>- chobinak),
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A woodpecker. An eagle. Aswan. Name of Bahram chubin.
p <£jb chazo-payah, A quadruped, a beast, an animal,
p jCjb chazcpar-bazi, An Indian game,
p ya- chopgm, A stick for cleaning cotton. A little stick,
p cJbL^s>- chbplank, A kind of fillet for the head.
pdl>»r»- chawpatah, A sort of covered sedan, or litter.
chop fan, An instrument for cleaning cotton.
II chazct. The fourth part: a fourth part of the revenue
formerly claimed as a right by the Mahrattahs (in India).
P3'b'*5»- chutuh. Of this kind.
P chazstarah, A raised square place either in a garden
or before a house. (13urhun-i kdti^.')
p chusah. A tiger,
p chujy A falcon trained to hunt.
p ehuchant) A shoe worn by dervishes,
p chuchu, A sparrow.
p chuchah) A swan. A chicken. A rolling-pin.
p chukha, A woollen garment. A monk’s garb,
p chokhidan, To stumble, to fall. To quarrel,
p jy>- char (Or yy chorpor), A pheasant,
p dub yy chbrdbah, Water flowing from the bottom of a dam.
p churpah, A small species of duck.
p jiJ ^ r ^ 2 ’ c ^ ear ) as day-
p chorah. A distaff.
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n cKawrt, An instrument made of the long hair of the
jsc\s>~ or Tibet cow, used to chase away flies. Churt^ A bracelet.
p uV churt-furosh, A seller of bracelets,
pjPudenda mulieris. A falcon able to catch game
before he is a year old. A pheasant. A certain thorny plant,
p chuza, A kite.
p chuzah (also chujah), A chicken, a young bird.
A notch at the end of a spindle to hold the thread. A spindle.
p jl> xjyy chuzah-baz, An old woman fond of young men.
P^ Xjyy chuzah-lazcd (or bj *jyy chuzah-ruba), A kite,
u j^yy chazcsar, A game of hazard,
p chawsldan, To stick, to adhere.
p iL&yy choshak, A vessel having a spout to it.
p ^yJ*yy chazvshanl, Four years revenue,
p chushldan (or ^.X&jj*-), (s ^ ^) To suck,
p ^yy chughy (s ) A yoke. A trench or a canal cut
through gardens or meadows. A dam, a wear.
p chugharly Sour milk which remains in a linen cloth
after the water is strained off. A horse of a partridge colour.
p , chbkul or chukul. An observator, an officer belong-
ing to a judge or collector of revenue. (Castellus.)
choky A profound inclination or genuflexion before a
king. Name of a bird. Penis. The knee.
ii choky A market-place. A daily market. A market
principally for second-hand wearing apparel,
p chbkdy Herbage.
ii chukldhy A district under a Fawjdar. See
u chazakiy A raised seat, a chair. A guard. A place for
collecting customs. A watch-house, v chazckt-ddry
The officer of a guard. A watchman, ^yy chazsokl-galuy
A square ornament of gold, &c. worn on the throat. {j*yy ^S^y
chazzkl-nazslsy One who keeps account of outposts and guards.
r ^S*y c h°gi The kneeling dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. n of a camel. A genuflexion
before a king. An owl. Name of a bird. Penis.
p chavcgatiy A stick with one end bent, used in a game
at ball; a crooked drum-stick; a stick having one end arched,
to which is suspended an iron or steel ball, carried as an ensign of
royalty. A game like that, in Scotland, called Golf, but played on
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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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