'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [365r] (734/1826)
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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A ^ khamm (from ^ khatnma), Stinking (as meat). Con
tracting an unpleasant smell (a milk-bottle). Cleaning out (a
well). Being confined in a coop (a hen). Khimm, An empty
garden. Khumm, A crib for fowls. Name of a place.
khumajir, Brackish water. Coiled. A coil.
A khumah, Name of a plant growing in Arabia Felix.
Uci- khama khusrazc, Name of a note in music.
a khumaza', Intense heat.
A khimar, (in ofy4cs-) Hiding one’s self, lurking. Fre
quenting or residing constantly (at a place). Selling a free man
as a slave. Mixing with, interfering in. Altering, disturbing
(the mind). Bringing on a dizziness in the head (disease). A wo
man’s veil or head-dress. Lc ma shamma khimaraka.
What has befallen you ? Khumar, The head-ach, or crop-sick
ness after drinking. A languishing appearance of the eyes, the
effect of love, drowsiness, or drinking. Khammar, A vintner, a
wine-merchant. Khamtnar or A great crowd.
khumar, Crop-sickness after drinking. Name of a
city in Khata. Khammar, Addicted to drinking ; a drunkard.
khumdr-alud, Intoxicating (eyes). (Hunter.)
p khumdr-khdnah, A tavern. (H UNTER.)
A khumdsly, A word of five letters. A thing of five
spans. Any thing belonging to, or consisting of five.
p k ham ash (or <IJjU^), Shavings, parings, rubbish.
A khumdshutj Remains of enmity, grudges.
A <L£)Uo>- khumdshat, A wound or any injury for which there
is no fixed punishment.
A khimaS) (pi. of or Lank-belHed.
a1?Uc5- khimdt, Roasted meat.
A khumd^and khamd^ One who limps or halts.
A JUci- khumdlj A limping gait, or the cause of it.
AC-^Uc^- khimdldt, (pi. of<LU^ khunlat) Secrets.
A <LSl*=i- khamdlat, The plumage of an ostrich.
A khammdm, The dregs of the people. The meaner
kind of utensils. A limber spear.
A khumdmat. The sweepings or filth of a house; the
mud taken out of a well. The offals or crumbs which any one
eats from motives of piety, that nothing may be lost,
p k ham an (equivalent to kamdri), A bow.
a khamdn, The elder-tree. Khammdn, A limber spear.
The dregs of the people. Khimmdn or khumm an, The dregs
of the people. Mean furniture.
pliU^i- khamdnd, K r\sa\. Emulous. (Casteelus.)
v khamdnd-t, Similitude. (Castellus.)
p khamdmdan, To be bent, curved, or twisted. To
distort the mouth, to make mouths at, to ridicule. To counter
feit the speech of another. To calumniate. To tell a secret.
P u ljt>U=L khumdhdn (or khumdhan), A kind of hard
stone, which when brayed and dissolved in water makes a reddle.
p khamdhan, A species of black shells inclining to red.
a JjUsv- khamd-il, Soft silks, velvets.
p < khumb, A large vessel or jar. A trumpet.
p khambdzah, Yawning.
p ^ssT kham ba kham, Coiled up together,
p %khum-barah, A small jar. A rocket. Name of a bird,
p khumt, A large jar.
a khamaj, Weakness. Listlessness. Perversion (of the
mind), corruption (of religion). Rottenness (of dates), taint (of
meat). Infamy. Languid. Khamij, Depraved in morals.
p khamjdj, A large painted globular glass vessel. A
money-purse. A travelling bag for combs or tinder-boxes.
a kham jar, (khumajir or khamjarir), Brack
ish water, which none but cattle will drink.
Ajijss*^ khamjarir, Bitter. Brackish water.
a khamjalilat, A tumult,
p khumchah, A small wine-jar.
p khum-khdnah, A wine-vault or binn. A tavern,
p khumkhar, Fermented dough.
a khimkhim, A thorny plant. An udder full of milk.
Khumkhum, The wild pomegranate.
a khamkhamat (from Q)> Speaking through
the nose, muttering (from pride). Devouring ungracefully.
a khamad (from J^ri-), Becoming low (fire),
p 'j\d j*js- kham-ddr, Twisted, curled, bent, crooked.
p^Xio- khum-ddn, A repository for jars. A potter’s kiln,
p khamdah. Curved, bent. Asleep.
A khamr (fromy*^), Covering, hiding, suppressing (evi
dence). Concealed (news, &c.). Fermenting, leavening. Feel
ing ashamed (for another). Drinking wine. Wine. Evil. A
crowd. khamru'l himdir, A species of soap-ashes.
Khumr or khumur, (pi. ofjUri- khimdr) Women’s veils or coifs.
Khamar (fromEying hid. Being concealed (as news).
Any thing which obstructs the view (as a veil, a crowd, a heap
of sand, or a clump of trees), ^alaf kha
mar in, He came to us privately. Khamir, (A place) abounding
in wine. A man crop-sick from ebriety. One who experiences
a similar sensation on the approach of death.
a khamr at, Wine. A great multitude.
khamratun sirfun, Pure, undiluted wine. Khimrat, The head
ache or crop-sickness from hard drinking. A mode of cover
ing the head with a veil. Khumrat, A cosmetic for the face.
A small wine-jar, or vessel in which perfumes, oil or sweetmeats
are preserved. A small drum carried by mendicants. A little
vessel for keeping leaven in. Leaven. A small mat of palm-
leaves, on which they kneel, or prostrate themselves at prayer.
Khamarat, khimarat or khumarat, Fragrance, a grateful smell,
p Jjls- khamir-khdnah, A wine-house, a tavern.
A khamr-mahdl, Places at which arrack and spi-
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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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- 'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations'
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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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