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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎326v] (657/1826)

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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of a garment. A marginal note. Men of inferior rank. Small
camels. Followers, domestics. A tract. A shadow. Protection.
A hashiyatari) A two-year old camel.
a hashish, A species of euphorbium.
p tU-ibW hiishiyah-boS) Kissing the skirt.
A hasib) (Wind) scattering gravel. A pimply erup
tion from a fulness of blood.
a has id, A reaper, a mower.
a Ar7s/r, (part.) Blocking up. A restrainer. An astrin
gent. A calculator, a numberer. A mat. A mat-maker.
A hasil) (part.) Remaining over and above; a residue.
Appearing, being manifest, clear, evident. Produce, whatever
is gathered (as corn or fruits). Profit, advantage, utility, con-
veniency. Tax, duty, custom, revenue. Sum, end, conclusion,
result. p^J^l To be produced. A,(J-tfl=^
hdsil-i zarb) The product of multiplication.
hdsil-i kismat) The quotient. hdsilu'l kalum, Upon
the whole. In short, briefly. hasil-i masdar, A
verbal noun. Pj\)V / hasil-i bazar) Market-duties.
husil kardari) To acquire, to gain, to collect.
a hdsildt) (pi. of hdsit) Proceeds, results.
Pjlj husil-dui') A collector.
A hdsiit) A chaste woman.
A hdzir) (part.) Coming or being before. Present,
ready, prepared, (in gram.) The present tense. Ready money.
An inhabitant, a near neighbour or borderer, a townsman, hav
ing a settled residence. A tribe or cantonment of wandering
Arabs. A large family, amru'l hdzir. Second person
of the imperative. ^ nahyu'l hdzir, Second person of
the prohibitive. Jio\j hdzir xca ndzir) Present and seeing
(one of the attributes of God), p hdzir shudan. To
appear before, to be present. To be prepared, ready, in order.
hdzir kardan, To prepare, to make present, or ready.
A hdzirdt) Commanding or imprisoning demons, &c.
raising the devil. (Hunter.)
A hdzirdti) Commanding evil spirits. (Hunter.)
a hdzir an,) (Pers. pi. of hdzir) Those present.
p hdzir bash. Content. Attendant. (Hunter.)
p j^>- hdzir-bdshi) Constant attendance.
a hdzirat) A city, a fixed residence, (fern.) Ready.
A hdzir-jawdb) Pert, answering readily. Echo.
a ^ W-^-cU- hdzir-jaxcdbi) A repartee.
A j*c\s*. hdzir-zdmin) A surety for personal appearance.
A hdzir-zdmini) A bond for personal appearance.
a hdziri, Presence, readiness, attendance. Audience.
Muster-roll. Breakfast, dessert. An offering made to a saint.
a hdzinat) A nurse, a foster-mother.
*a hdta (for (fut. 'bysTyahdtu) He surrounded.
a u-JsU- hdtib) (part.) Collecting good and bad.
A hdtini) (part.) Breaking.
a 2>jjb\s>- hdturat) Penetrating (sword).
A uJU- huff) (part.) Surrounding. Dry bread without meat.
a <Ls\>- hdfat) A coast, a shore, a brink, (pi. of hd-ij)
Sides, margins, edges. Ildjfat) A side, a brink, a border.
a JiU- hdjid) A boy, or servant. A friend, a companion. A
grandson. A son-in-law. A father-in-law. A kinsman.
a Jh>- hdtfir) A nail, a claw’, a hoof. The foot.
A Sjs\s>- hdjirat) The beginning (of business), The exordium
(of a speech). A way. raja King ^a ^ala' hdjiralihi,
He retraced his footsteps, s (j mardudfi 7 hdjirat)
Restored to (its) former condition.
a hdjishat) A water-course.
AkiU- hdJiZ) (part.) Keeping. Preserving. Guarding. A
commander, a governor. One who has by heart (the whole
Kur’an, who is also styled hdjizu kaldmiUlah, A
rememberer of the word of God). A perfect poet (i. e. one
who has composed a series of odes or other poems, in classes
equal to the number of letters in the alphabet; the first class
rhyming with I, the second with C_->, and so on, which is called
a Dlwan, and gives the poet a claim to the title of Hafiz, which
has been almost exclusively enjoyed by the celebrated Anacreon
of Persia, Muhammad Shamsu’d’dln. U-wN hdjizu 7 bayt)
The guardian of the house. hdJizuH haramayri)
The defender of the two sacred cities, i. e. Mecca and Madina.
laiU>- hdjizu y n 'nahl) Euphorbium. hdjizdn-i
kild^) (Pers. pi. of laiU- hdJiz) The governors of the castles.
A hdjizat) A female guardian. kuizat-i
hdjizat) A retentive faculty, a good memory.
A t^'*‘hdjil) (An udder) full of milk, (a branch) laden with
fruit, (a channel) filled with water.
A hdfi) Barefoot. A proper name.
A hdkk) The middle (of winter, or of the head).
a hdkkat) Price, value. The day of judgment.
A hdkizat) (A woman) kicking, waving the feet.
A u_ 2 _jU- hdkif) Curved, bent.
A ^U-Aafo’/i, Having a diabetes. Having a retention of
urine. Dying on the back, and stretching up the legs and arms.
a hdkinat) The stomach. The lower part of the belly.
The hollow between the collar-bone and the tendon of the neck.
A<L£l 2 »- hdkat) (pi. of hd-ik) Weavers.
a <Ll>U- hdkkat) A tooth.
a hakimj (part.) Governing. A governor, a comman
der. A judge, an arbitrator, a magistrate. A name of God.
p hdkirndnah) Judicially, with authority.
a hdkimat) A princess, a lady, a governess.
A hdki) (part.) Relating. An author, a historian, p
writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. of sweet words, an elegant composer.
a JU- hdl) State, situation, condition, mode, manner. An

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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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