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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎378v] (761/1826)

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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(synonymous to which are daba? daba\
dabyu dabyayni, and J ^ J dabyu dabyatayni). Dibbly
or dubbty. None, no one.
p J dablby Any thing soft and easily bruised.
A dablb (from <— dabba)^ Walking 1 . Crawling (as
a serpent). Going slow (an old man, leaning on a staff). Steal
ing upon (a foe). Gaining ground (disease). Creeping (as
wine into the head, or rottenness into cloth). Being equitably
governed (people). Whatever creepeth upon the ground.
a <Lj J dablyat) Flight.
A dibbtj (or dibblh), Nobody, no one.
p JujJ dabid, An electuary, a medicine,
p dablr or dibir^ A 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. , a secretary, a notary.
JcJI dtbir-i sd-ibii’t tadbir, An excellent 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. .
dibir-ifalak. The planet Mercury.
a dablr } A thread drawn out in spinning. Any thing
which is drawn from one. ^ ^ y a l? a f ka-
bilan min dabtrin, He cannot distinguish what is before from
what is behind. Silly, foolish.
p dubiristdn or dibiristdn y A school (for writing).
A DubayS) Name of an Arabian king,
p dabish, An eruption proceeding from some disease.
a dabighy Tanned (leathern bottle).
Dubayky Name of a city (by some) Damascus.
a dubaykly, A species of damask silk,
p Dabll, Name of a city in Armenia.
A dabil) The tree called Lai ghazd, growing plentifully.
Scattered leaves of the tree arta\ jJ-j J dibil-i dubil^
A heavy calamity, a painful bereavement.
a dubaylat) Adversity, calamity.
A (— ju-jJ dabyub, A pimp. A slandering tale-bearer,
p ‘Cb J dap a yah, A school,
p dapang) A firm-fleshed boy.
p dapuchah) A leach, a blood-sucker.
a dass (or disds). Slight rain. Doss, A contorsion
of the body. A pain-giving blow.
a dassds) One who kills birds with a sling.
AjliJ disur, A mantle, an upper garment.
a dasa-iy. Rain falling after the heats of summer. Yean
ing in the summer (sheep).
a J dussat) A slight heaviness in the head.
t/flsr, Copious. Plenty (of riches). Disr^ A good
manager. Dasar, Many. Lees, scum, filth.
aLljJ dast (from L3fc)), Cutting open (a leathern bottle) and
letting out the contents thereof.
A £-0 das^) Plain, level ground, (from ^Jj), Trampling
upon, treading down.
dasur, Slothful, somnolent. Vile, obscure, never men
tioned. Dusur (from vr i^), Being obliterated. Being dirty (a
garment). Contracting rust (a sword). Clothing itself with
leaves (a tree). Oblivion, forgetfulness. Sloth.
A dasi-a, Pot-herbs cut and eaten before summer.
a «uJj dasimat) disimat, or duslmat, A mouse.
a (LJj dasinat, A small quantity of water,
p day. Any thing rubbed over with honey.
A dajj) A word for calling fowls.
A Uo dujd (or dujan)) Darkness of the night, (pi. of
dujyaf) Darknesses. The lurking places of hunters.
A J dijd-U) (m of >^) Counterfeiting. Dissembling.
Wheedling, flattering. Neither refusing nor consenting.
a CUlp-J dujdt (pi. of <*>-J dujat) Coat-buttons.
a dajdj) A hen. A chicken slowly following its mother,
(pi. of dajdjat) Hens. Domestics, families.
a^s-U-J dajdjat) A hen. A cock. A family, domestics.
Name of a constellation. Dijdjat or dujdjat) A cock. A hen.
A aszcadu dujdjly) Extremely black, pitchy, dark.
AjU-J dijdir) (m of Fleeing, running away.
a d ajar o’) (pi. of dajir and ^^=>0 dajrdn) Asto
nished. Cheerful and saucy.
P JU-J dajdl) A large body of travellers.
a dajdl) Dung. Dajjdl) A large company of travel
lers. False, lying. An impostor. Antichrist. Having only
one eye, and one eye-brow. Gold. The glittering of a sword.
A J dajdlat also dajjdlat) A large caravan. Di/jdlat)
Liquid pitch.
a J dtjdn) (in of Feigning, acting hypocritically.
Jeering, holding in contempt, (pi. of^^J dajn) Clouded skies.
A (Lilsj-J dajjdnut) Laden (camel).
A dujat) A button, stud, or clasp (especially for the
breast or collar of a garment). The two first fingers and thumb,
with which one takes up a mouthful. Dujjat) Darkness.
dujaj and dujuj, (pi. of J dajaj) Fowls. Hens.
Dujuj) Darkness. Black mountains.
a^Ls^~J dajajdn (from dajja), "Walking slow. Creep
ing. Trading. Loosing a veil.
A dajddj) Dark.
A aswadu) dujduj. Extremely black, pitchy, dark.
A dajdajat (from q), Calling fowls together
by saying dajji dajji. Being dark (the night).
J dajr. The plough-tail. Dajr) dijr, dujr) and dujur)
A Turkish or French bean. Dajr) A machine in which grain
is put for sowing, having an iron instrument at the bottom which
scatters it. Dryar (from^^J), Being astonished, confounded.
Being tumultuous. Being cheerful and saucy. Dajir , Asto
nished. Cheerful and saucy.
a dajrdn) Astonished. Cheerful and saucy. A stick
fixed for propping a vine.

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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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