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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎384v] (773/1826)

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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6G6
JJ
y
p d (tr nazcar d nihadan, To hold together. To
conceal. To obliterate.
p jJ dar nawardidan, To fold together (paper),
p dar iiazcashtan y To fold up. (Gladwin.)
a durnuf) A large corpulent camel,
p CJyjJ durnuk, A kind of vest. A carpet, or coverlet, with
out a pile. An artificial fountain. A solemn festive dance per
formed before the king. A fringe or net-work bolder.
A CJyj^ durnuk, A sort of garment. A camel’s skin. A sort
of fringed carpet.
p JjjJ dirnah, A bright sword.
A dirnik, A sort of carpet without pile.
fjjJ dar o, In that place. Diraw, The harvest.
dirato kardan, To reap. jjjJ ahl-i dirazc, Harvest-people.
^ zcakt-i diraza, The reaping-season. Duru, Harvest.
jjJ duru zadan, To reap, to mow.
a jjJ duru-u (from \jd), Entering, or going out on a sudden.
Suffering from a pestilential swelling in the back (a camel).
Blazing (a fire), glittering (a star). Cracks (in the road).
pljjj darzcd, Head-downwards. Inverted. Pendulous. A
tbing suspended. The angels Harut and INIarut. INecessary,
needed. Attentively engaged. Astonished. True. Sincere.
Equitable. Helpless. Fitness, propriety.
p darzcdkh, Recovering from illness. Bold, strong, se
vere. Right, true. Sure. Courage, bravery. Severity, gross
ness. Uprightness, truth, sincerity. Sureness, infallibility. Vice,
blemish, disgrace. Dirzcakh, Rectitude, truth. Any thing thick
and rough. Thickness, asperity.
p j\)j£ darzcur, Necessary. Astonished.
pjUjJ dar-zcdz, Large gates, or doors of a city, palace, or
fortress (always open). A square, a market-place. Mendicity.
darzouz-ban, A porter. A warden, keeper, or
guard of the passes of mountains, gates, and the like.
p darzodzah, A door. A gate. A square, a market
place or exchange where merchants meet, and mendicants beg;
(hence) Begging. A pass through mountains. The lintel of a
door. az darzcdzah ba dar raftan, To perish,
to fail. darzadza-i gosh, The ear-hole.
darzsdza-inosh,'The mouth. darzcdza-ihazdrgam,
A mile-stone. (Burhdn-i kdti^.)
p dar-zcdizi, A warden, a keeper of the city.
pjhjJ darzedj, Inverted, having the head downwards. As
tonished. Necessity, suitableness, propriety.
p darzcds, Name of a weight. Posts of a door.
A J dirzeds, A dog with a large head, a bandog. Thick
necked. Great, large. A tractable camel. Bold. Alien.
P dar zsdki^j, In fact, verily.
P dar-zcdn, A porter, a door-keeper.
A J darzcdn, The mongrel cub of a hyena and she -wolf,
p darwdnah, A trap-door leading to the roof.
v darwdh, Topsy-turvy. Giddy. Necessary, suitable.
p darzody, Suspended.
P darzcdyist, Necessary. Becoming. Harmony,
agreement. Accord, consent. Inverted, topsy-turvy.
A darub, Obsequious, tractable. Durub, (pi. of
darb) Difficult passes through mountains. Narrow streets,
p dardbast, Entirely, totally, whole, all.
g darubitdris, (Aft/ 07 r 7 ff(f) The fern which groweth
upon oak-trees. ( Durhdn-i kdti^y)
A duruj, Rapid (wind), swift (arrow). Duruj (from
^J), Advancing by degrees. Ascending by steps. Going
straight on in a discourse. Passing by. Dying without issue.
Becoming extinct (a family).
A daruh, (A she-camel) broken with age.
v dirud, Harvest. Durud, Harvest. Salutation, con
gratulation, farewell. Health. Timber, plank. Name of the
last of the five intercalary days added to the Persian year.
durud kardan, To su\\ile. To bless. To bid farewell to.
j durud-i bi anjdm, Endless salutations.
pjl> durud-kdr (or durud-gar), A carpenter.
p durud’gari, Carpentry.
p durudan, To reap, to mow, to cut down.
a tJ darur, (A camel) giving much milk. Durur (from
darra), Streaming in rays (milk or rain). Turning an arrow
on the nail to try its goodness. An involuntary discharge of urine.
aJ • duruz, (pi. of jj- 5 darz') Joints, joinings of the skull.
C-jUj banditu'd 'duruz, Lice, nits. Children, boys,
p duruzi, Health, soundness of body.
A durus (from Being obliterated (the traces of
a building). Effacing. Being worn out (a garment). Wearing
out. (pi. of dais') Lectures, studies.
p^,jj darush, A cupping-instrument. The use ofthecup-
ping-glass. Dirazcsh, An awl, a bodkin. A banner. A sash
w rapped round the head in battle. Lightning, splendour. Du-
rush or dardsh, A lancet. Durush, The wound or impression
made by a cautery or surgical instrument. Dirazsish, Mowing)
reaping. A bit of cloth.
a darus, Swift (she-camel). Durus, (pi. of dais
and dirs) Young mice or moles.
A duru^, (pi. of dir^or dar^) Coats of mail,
p c r/«rog/i, A lie. Falsity, falsehood. Blasphemy. False.
A liar, iyjJ durdgh bdftan (and J, ij^ du
ra gh bus tan bar kasi), To feign a lie, and pass it upon any one.
iyjJ durogh-goy, (J* durdgh-gar, also
durdgh-zun), A liar.
p JyjJ daruk, A drinking-glass. A jug.
c darukitun, (A^axoVnov) Dragon-wort,
p daruk or duruk, Planks, scantlings,
p duru-gar, A carpenter. Diraic-gar, A reaper.

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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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