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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎399r] (802/1826)

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 dawk anti/at (or Corruption. Madness.
a dawka^aty An abject condition. Poverty. Hunger.
•A dawkaly Penis.
a dawkalat (from Jiy q), Taking a little food. Hum
bling (a woman). Hanging down (testicles). Being addicted
to a certain kind of food. Thick (glans penis).
v duku } Seed of the wild carrot.
A dawk (from cl^J), Pounding small (colours). Mix-
ing together (people). Plunging into water. Burying in sand.
Humbling (a woman).
p dukj A woman’s spindle.
p du bird, A taylor’s shears. Smoked. A blow upon
the chest. (Burhan-i kdti^.)
p du kuk. The pupil of the eye.
p dukdn, A work-house. A shop. dukdn
chi dan, To shut up shop.
p dukdn-ddri, Shop-keeping. Flattery.
11 dukdni, Shop-keeping. A shop-keeper.
A <LijJ dawkat or dukat, A brawl, a quarrel, a mob. Evil.
r duk-tardsh, A spindle-maker.
dukji, A ball of thread.
p dukchah, I he woof, or the thing round which it is
wound. A spindle.
p^A^jJ duk-ddn, A spindle-case.
p dukardn, The breadth (of any thing).
p dwk-rls, Sewing with cotton thread.
p duk-risah (also duk-rishtah), A whirl put
upon a spindle, to give it a circular motion.
p dukzdn, Latitude, breadth.
A dawk as, A lion. Many flocks. Folded together.
A duwkasat, Wrapped together.
p do kast, Two persons, fit for two persons. (Hunter.)
p du ka^hatayn, The sun and moon.
Pj^J du kulah r/ar, The sun and moon. Day and night.
Two powerful kings. (Burhdn-i kutU.)
dawkann, Name of a creeping animalcule.
p ( ^ u kunah, The two hips,
p dogdn, In twos, two and two.
p du gdnah, Two, double, a pair. Of two sorts. Two
genuflexions in prayers.
p jlfjJ du gdw-peshah. Day and night,
p du gdhwdrah, Heaven and earth. ( Burhdn-i kdli^.)
p ul^^ dugrdn, A distaff, a rock. v
P JUl/y du gush-mdl, Troublous times. A serious disaster.
du gdshi, A turban with two ends hanging down.
A two-handed ewer.
p du gunah, Both cheeks.
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dugdhar, The spirit and understanding. (Bukhan.)
A JjJ dawl (from Jj<^), Changing (as fortune). Fortune, vi
cissitude. State, condition. A pitcher, a pail, a bucket. Da-
wal (from Jj^), Becoming public, notorious (any thing). An
arrow shot backward and forward. Dawal, diwal and duwal (pi.
of <£J»J dawlat and dulat) Periods. Successes. Riches.
p ddl, A bucket, a milk-pail, a pitcher. The hopper of
a mill. Dm/, The sign Aquarius. A deceitful, shameless person.
The mast of a ship. A market. A quiver. A case. A purse.
Duwal, The bark of the olive-tree.
A (Jjt) du-ul, An animal resembling a weasel.
ddld, A pitcher, a ewer. A water-bucket.
A dawldb, A water-wheel.
p ddl-db, A wheel, especially for raising water to over
flow fields. A machine in the walls of monasteries, hospitals, or
lazarettos, into which people on the outside put victuals or other
necessaries, (also children), and then, turning it upon its axis,
leave them to be carried off by those within. A storehouse, pan-
try, buttery, locker. A labyrinth. A trick, a fraud, machina
tion. A drum. A ditch. Profit. Commerce. Hard usage.
ddldb-i mind, The sky.
p duldbah, A wheel for raising water. A pantry.
A duldt, (pi. of <£JjJ dulat) Vicissitudes, changes,
p AJ'Lj duldnah, A fruit resembling a red apple.
du lay, Double, two-fold,
p ddlband, A turban, or the sash,
p j j AuJjJ dawl-band o bast (Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location. , The rent-roll of a district,
drawn out at the beginning of a year, shewing the whole sum ex
pected to be realized. (Gladwin.)
a dawlat (from Jij^), Going round each other in battle.
Victory, conquest. Fortune, prosperity. Happiness, felicity,
wealth. Empire, monarchy, dominion, power. The accom
plishment of one’s wishes, as respects the present and the next
world. Happy stroke of fortune. Freedom from a wife or debt.
A period of time. The crop of a bird. A thing resembling a
bag or purse with a narrow mouth. A substance resembling
lights that comes forth from the mouth of a camel raging with
lust. The side of the belly, pJ-J dawlat-i tez, Speedy
good-fortune. A LiJ dawlat-i dunyd, Worldly felicity.
<LiUlc dawlat-i ^usmdniyah, The Ottoman empire.
dawlat-i luzina', The mighty empire. aJx
dawlat-i ^aliyah, The high imperial house (of Timur).
sdhib-dawlat. Possessed of, or enjoying happiness (a title
equivalent to My lord, or sir). Dulat, Change of time, fortune,
or happiness. Riches. Felicity in the next life. A circuit.
Duwalat, Misfortune, adversity.
p dazclat-bar anddz, Ruining the government,
p aljj dawlat-pandh, The asylum of empire,
p dawlat-khdnah, A palace. A house. Your house.
(joU- Ajlsdhj dawlat-khdna-i khdss, The king’s palace.

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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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