'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [409r] (822/1826)
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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pj\j raj (or rajan)^ A barn, a thrashing-floor. A heap
of corn thrashed or trodden out.
* A ra-asa, (fut. yar-asu) He was head, or chief.
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a i^~\j ra-s (from Being the chief, Presiding, ruling.
Wounding in the head. The head. A prince, a chieftain,
ra-su Ijabalj The top of a mountain. A cloud covering it.
tj-d; ru-su’ljady, The winter-solstice. ra-su'l
<jMyn, Callirhoe in Mesopotamia. ra-su's’ saratan,
The summer-solstice, kai ^jra-s fakat, A horse ofa middling
breed. ra-s kalan, A horse of high cast, a JUJ!
ra-su'l mdl, A capital, principal sum or fund. p Jwj
sad ra-s asp, A hundred head of horses, a kiwc muskatu'r'
ra-s, One’s native place.
p ^jJ\j rds, A way, a road, (for yJ\j rdsu) A weasel.
A \~)\j ra-sa, Black-headed and white-bodied (ewe).
A k— rdsib, Tame and fat (animal). Sediment,
p Right, true, good,just,sincere, upright. Straight,
even, level. The right, opposed to the left. Actually, certain
ly, surely, truly. dast-i rdst, The right hand.
rdst shudan, To be clear, justified,
rdst kardan, To prepare, to fashion.
p rdstd, Right. True. Straight. A road. Rdsitd,
Praise, recommendation.
p rdstdd, A stipend, a fixed salary. A pension,
p rdstdn, (pi. of rdst) Right, true, just persons,
p jb rdst-bdz, Faithful, to be depended upon,
p tjsb rdst-bdzi, Fidelity.
Pjyu^ rdst-bud, Really existing, an epithet of God.
p ^^J\j rust-bin, Impartial.
p 4iU- rdst-khdnah, Of universal conscientiousness,
p rdst-khidlzc, An epithet of God.
p rdst-rdshan, The vazlr of Bahram Gur.
PjLj rdst-sdz, A kind of stringed instrument,
p rdst-kdr, Acting justly, doing right, performing well.
Just, pious. A master of any art, an artificer.
•J\j rdst-kirddr, A fair dealer,
p rdst-mazah, Well-flavoured,
p rdst-mu^dmalah, Proper, just, of good actions.
pU3^ \j rdst-numd, Appearing upright. (Gladwin.)
p<wj^> rdstah, Dexterous, right-handed. Upright, just, true.
A market-place. A level road.
p rdstah-bandl, The making or repairing of roads,
p rdsti, Rectitude, justice, fidelity, loyalty. Truth, ve
racity. Straightness. ^tyn-i rdsti, Truth itself.
j rdsti o durustl, Honesty and fidelity.
p cU-Xmj !j rdstlnah, True, real.
p rdsikh, A mountain with a large base. A bell-wether,
the leader of a flock, a ram, a he-goat. Learned, well versed in.
Rdsukh, Antimony for the eye-lashes. Thin-bearded man.
a rdsikh, Firm, solid, durable, constant, rooted.
^ulama-i rdsikh, Learned, classical authors. ,
rdsikhu'larkdn, (^LiJl rdsikhu'l bunydin, or
rdsikhu’l asds), Firm, well founded, immoveable.
arkdn-i dazclat-i rdsikhu'l bunydni, The pillars of
his firm-established empire, i. e. the ministers of state, p ^ J
rdsikh-dam, Firm in mind, constant, persevering.
p rdskhut, Antimony, from a mixture of which, with
galls, a kind of oil is expressed by a hot iron, with which the
ladies anoint the hair of their eye-lids and brows, not only to give
them a beautiful black, but to smooth away excrescences.
a rdsim, (part.) Sealing, marking. Delineating, writing.
Water flowing in spiral windings.
p rasan, Elecampane. Juniper.
v y^J r “ s U) The weasel (of Tartary).
p rdsukht, Antimony for anointing the eyes.
A r ^ s ^ m i A kind of wooden seal, with which they mark
heaps of corn.
A r ^ s h lirni, immoveable (mountain or caldron).
p U~\j rush, A granary. A heap of corn.
A rash, Thin, lean. Weak-Ioined. Hairy-eared (camel).
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A ra shih, A colt able to follow the dam. A reptile. The
foot of a hill wet with dew.
a rdshid, (part.) Following the right path. Orthodox,
faithful, pious. khulafd-i rdshidin, The Com
manders of the Faithful, i. e. the Arabian Khahfsj but more
particularly applied to Muhammad’s immediate successors. ,^\
umm-i rdshid, A mouse.
k rdshik, An archer, a thrower of the javelin. Pene
trating (aspect.) (An arrow) hitting the mark.
A One who goes uninvited to a feast. A present
made to a servant who brings any thing. Firm, constant.
A ^ rdshum, A wooden seal for marking grain.
A rdshi, A briber.
a rdsid, An observer (of the stars, or roads). One who
lies in wait (as an assassin, robber, or informer). The lion.
A rdzib, Gentle, continued rain.
a rdzat, (pi. of rd-iz) Horse-breakers.
A razi^, (part.) Sucking. A miser who sucks his own
cattle to avoid being overheard, and importuned for milk.
A rdzi^at, A fore-tooth, a milk-tooth.
A rdzi, Content, satisfied, pleased. Willing. Pleasing,
agreeable, p rdzi shudan, To be content, to consent,
to acquiesce, to permit, to condescend, to approve. ^
rdzi kardan, To satisfy, to cause to agree.
p M/? LS^J ba raz “) God willing. (Hunter.)
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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.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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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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