'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [344r] (692/1826)
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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adjacent country. A commissary. A commission, a charge. I a dJjy>- hazctakat, A dwarf’s pace.
Custody, deposit of property. Seized with the epilepsy, r^j a hazctak^, Short. Lean. A glutton.
hanalah kardan, To transmit, to transfer one’s power to A hazctaklyat, A sash which the Arabians roll round
another, to -power one to demand a debt, to give in charge, to their heads or turbans.
k coinmt nd. I o change, lo brandish (a sword), to aim, strike a hawtal, A youth near puberty. A young kata (a kind
or
with, or shake a weapon in a menacing manner. To refer
recommend one’s self to another.
cJ hawal-dar , A military officer of inferior rank.
a hawulik, (pi. of jJU hdlik) Udders full of milk,
r ih hazoaluh-gah) A place of refuge. A public walk
in the environs of a city, an esplanade.
a JV*' Round about. Hawaii, Environs, outskirts,
parts adjacent, (pi. of hafiyat and <LJU. hdliyat) Women
dressed in their ornaments. Hawafiy, (pi. of hawliy)
Yearling, solid-hoofed animals.
a hawamiz, (pi. of<UUW hdmizal) (Camels) feeding
on bitter herbs.
a hawdmin, (pi. of <L>[*6l>- hawmdnat) Hard places.
A huwunit, (pi. of hanut) Shops.
a hawdwi, (pi. of <Sj ^ hawiyut and huwiyat)
Intestines. Cauls. Quilted garments.
A bb*- hazcdyd, (pi. of hawiyat) Circles of stuffed cloth
put over the bunches of camels to prevent the loads from hurt
ing them. (pi. of <byb>- hdiciyat) Intestines.
A ajbs- hiieayat (from ,_$*=*-), Collecting. Comprehending,
embracing. Occupying.
a hawa-ij, (pi. of hajat) Affairs, necessaries.
a hawa-iZ] (pi. of ibjU- ha-hat) Menstruous women.
a kJb*- hawd-it, (pi. ofk'U- hd-it) Walls, enclosures.
A W havd-ik, (pi. of bioU- hd-ikat) Female weavers.
A hawb (from C-Jy^), Calling out to camels. Sinning,
offending. Father and mother, parents. A sister, a daughter.
A word used in driving he-camels. JIazcb or hub, A crime, a
sin, wickedness, profligacy. Hub, 1 he gutter on house-tops,
also the court-yard in which the rain drops. Affliction, destruc- in beaut y. 1 jy
tion, death. A disease. The soul. A thing, lluwab, (pi. of
<L) yd- hazcbat) Relations on the mother’s side.
a l>yr>- hawbd, The soul. A body (thing or person). The
breast. A short man. Long-backed, with short feet.
a hy>. hawbat (hom c_->yd-), Sinning. Saying hawb to male
camels. Grief. Weakness. Want, necessity. A family dis
tressed with poverty. An infirm helpless man. A great battle.
Any great and important affair. Hawbat or hubat, Maternal
kindred. A court. A crime. Hubat, A mother. A wife. A
concubine. A beast of burthen. A weak man.
a C-?yd- hawt (from <-U>ys-), Flying round any thing (a bird).
Ildt, A large fish. Pisces. C-?y^ sdhibuH hdt, The
prophet Jonah. p hut-i gardun, Ihe sign Pisces.
a hawtak, Short. Lean.
bys- tara-
A fat woman.
of grouse). AVeak. Short.
A cl^y>-AV T heresoever. There. liyj
kahum hawsan bawsan, lie left them dispersed.
A by>- hawsd, The liver with its appendages.
A ^yd- hazesarat, Gians penis.
a ■jryd- hazcj (from ,-^yd-), Having occasion, being in want of.
Hazzij and hizeaj, (pi. of <k-!d- hdjat) Necessaries.
A U-y>- hawjd, Necessity. An affair, business. A doubt, a
scruple. Hope, desire, any thing wished for. A kind of herb.
A ^k-ysw hawjalat, A cruet, a smelling-bottle.
A j*^yd- hazojam, Name of an anti-venereal plant.
A ^yf-y^ hazcjan, A red rose.
A Jys- hazcz (from <^yd-), Driving (camels) fast.
A ^jbyd- hazczdn, The water-lily.
A^iys»- hazcr (fromyy>-), Returning. Failing in one’s duty.
Perishing. Being white (a garment). Hazcr or hiir, Defect,
detriment, loss. Hazoar (from jy>-), Being extremely bright
(the white and black of the eye). Extreme whiteness of the
eye with intense blackness. The total blackness of the eye (as
that of a doe or a cow), this word frequently expresses the
beautiful black eyes of women, but never those of men, except
ing sometimes in a metaphorical sense). A species of red
leather with which they line wicker baskets or shoes. IIur,
Produce (especially flour from grain, as it falls when grinding),
(pi. ofjy^ ahzcar) Beautiful-eyed. Hawzoar, The (white)
poplar (tree). hazcwar-i rumiy, The black poplar.
PTjys- hur (or hur-i behishti), A virgin of pa
radise, a black-eyed nymph. jy>- rashk-i huru'l
uiyn, The envy of the virgins of Paradise, i. e. surpassing them
Lkl jy>~ huru 'n’nisd, The most angelic of wo
men. yjy>- hur o ghilmdn, Boys and girls of paradise.
a \j yd- hawrd, (fern, ofjyd-3 ahzcar) Having fine black eyes.
p] JJ^ hard, A virgin of paradise,
p JojLd jyj>- hur-isfand, The anemone.
a yd- hawrdn, The southern regions of Damascus. Huron,
(pi. of^jld- hd-ir) Places where waters stagnate, (pi. of j'yd-
huzcdr), Sucking camel’s colts.
p jljyyd- hur-zdd, Born of a celestial nymph.
A^yjyyd- huzcarnak, A magnificent palace (particularly one
built by king Bahrain, of Persia).
Ayyjy 5 ^ hawarzcar, Something, any thing,
p hurt, One virgin of paradise, one black-eyed nymph.
a y>- hazcari, Extreme whiteness of the eye with intense
blackness.
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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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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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