'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [414v] (833/1826)
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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rujub (from Revering, venerating, (pi. of
rajab) The months Rajah.
a rajzoat, Hope. Fear.
A rujuh(from Dipping, preponderating (ascale).
Excelling, surpassing, overcoming.
A rajus, Thundering (heaven). Braying (camel).
Dashing with vehemence (the sea). One who throws a stone
called mirjas into a well in order to raise the mud.
a ruju t (from j-^j), Returning. Repeating. Bring
ing back, restoring. Bringing word again. Succeeding well.
Drawing the pen again over writing to render it more distinct,
(riving false signs of pregnancy (a camel or an ass). Reference.
a raju'^at. An answer to a letter.
A ru juf (from cjUj), Trembling greatly, being vio
lently shaken (the earth). Reverberating (thunder).
a rujul, rajulat, rujulal, and rujufiyat)
(from ji-j), Being manly-minded. Manliness, virility.
a rujum (from j^Tj)? Stoning, throwing stones. Falling
stars, (pi. of ^ ryw) Things thrown. (The Muhammadans
imagining that Lucifer was stoned from heaven, one of the cere
monies performed by the pilgrims at Mecca is throwing stones
at a rock in the valley of Mina, supposed to resemble the devil,
in commemoration of this belief j though Al Ghazaliy makes it
allude to Abraham, who, being disturbed by the devil in this
place, when going to sacrifice his son, was commanded by God
to drive him away with stones).
a rujun (from c ^;), Abiding in, tarrying at, or being
used to (a place). Being accustomed to go freely to pasture (a
horse). Blushing (for any one).
p &s>-j rajah) A series, order, vestige. A clothes-line. j
t&y) rajah ba rajah ist(idan. To stand one behind ano
ther, or in rank and file (as an army). <b »-j
yak rajah dirakht nishdndari) To plant trees in a row.
a rajah) Hoariness. A tottering, a trembling.
a rajy (from jJf-j), Hoping. Fearing, revering.
A rajlyat) A thing hoped for.
a raji^ (A horse or camel) returning fatigued from a
journey and immediately despatched upon another. What re
turns from market unsold. Cold victuals dressed a second time.
Untwisted, and again twisted (rope). Stagnating, regorging
(water). Writing, over which the pen has been a second time
drawn, to make it more clear. An answer. Excrements of wild
beasts. The remains of food which cattle bring up when chew
ing the cud. The bridle, or the middle of the bit, which presses
upon the tongue. A camel’s halter. A vein. Sweat. A lean
camel. Big-bellied from excess of food.
a raji^at) A camel bought with the price of one sold.
a rajif (from t—i^i), Trembling. Reverberating.
A iSrrTj ra j^h Infantry. (A man) vigorous, stout in walking.
Standing upon one foot. Whole, unworn in the hoof (ahorse).
Very distant in one extreme from the other (a place). Hard.
Extempore (speech). Rujayl) (dim. of Js^-j) A little man.
A rajtlan (or rujayld-an)) One after another
(the sheep were delivered of lambs). By degrees.
A rajtni) Overwhelmed with stones. Devoted to destruc
tion, execrable (an epithet of the devil).
a ; rajtii) Deadly poison.
a rajtnat (or rajinah)) Resin, gum. A crowd.
p richdl) A confection,
p l* rachak) Eructation.
aU-j rahhd) Broad, large-footed (woman, mare, or camel).
a .tU -1 rahd-a (for ra/t«’), A mill. The breast. The
hoof of a camel or elephant. A back-tooth.
a rihdb) (pi. of rahbat or rahabat) Spacious areas.
Ruhdb) Large, open (place). Wide, capacious (caldron).
kIAp- >ruhubat (from c—-^<)) Bemg spacious or commodious.
A ruhaZ) The flowing of sweat in a fever.
A jUj ruhdk) Pure, excellent, generous (wine).
a JU-j rihal) (m of Js-j) Assisting in loading or preparing
a horse for a journey, (pi. of rahl) Inns, halting-places.
Furniture which a man carries with him. Rahhal) 1 ravelling
backwards and forwards. Skilful in riding and driving camels.
A rihdlat) A saddle of leather. Narrowness.
A«uU-; rahdmat (from ^), Having a disease in the uterus,
and being thereby rendered unable to receive the male (a camel).
a rahd-ib) Wide plains, extensive confines.
a JJU-j rahd-il) (pi. of^JU-^ rihdlat) Leathern saddles.
a 1 rahb) Spacious (place). Wide (in the chest). Ruhb
(from Being large, spacious. Being commodious. Ruhb)
rahab) ruhub) rahhat, or rahabdt) (pi. of rahbat
and rahabat) Spacious areas, or other places for walking.
kLs-j rahbat and rahabat) A spacious area (of a temple or
other place). A widely-extended piece of verdant ground. A
valley, to every part of which the water flows. The broad side
of fruits adhering to the branch. Ruhbat (from <^^~j)) Being
wide and roomy.
ruhbaj The broadest rib of the breast. A mark im
pressed on a camel’s side. ruhbaydni) The two ribs
opposite the arm-pits. The part at the bend of the elbow, and
beating of the heart.
A rahhat) A coiled up serpent.
a rahah) Breadth of a horse’s hoof (considered a beauty
unless very flat). Ruhuh) Wide dishes.
a rahrdh) (rihrah, ruharrah, also 1 a ^‘
rahdn)) Broad, large. Thin, small. Easy, comfortable (life)*
a rahz (from Washing (either hands or clothes).
Sweating copiously after the paroxysm of a fever.
a ruhazd) A sweat after the paroxysm of a fever.
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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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