'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [465r] (934/1826)
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 wild unbroke horse. An old acquaintance. An upright or a
straight man. A horse that carries his head erect. A reed pre
pared for writing. Hard-mouthed, restive horse,
p sar-kashty Obstinacy, disobedience, mutiny.
f scirkan^ The herb orage.
F sirkangubln, Oxymel, honey and vinegar, pre
scribed for the bile.
p L-jSj-i sar-kob, Striking the head. Overlooking, overtop
ping. Any eminence which commands a fortress or houses. A
citadel. A superintendant. Excelling in every art. Valiant in
battle. A sturdy fellow. A molester. Contumely, reproach.
sar-kobah, A mace.
p sar ~kuchak) Vile, ignoble, worthless.
a surkuk, Lean, emaciated (camel).
p sar-kui/ah y A mace of metal. A reprimand, a reproof,
p &Sj*-4ir kiih, Vinegar. Aglow-worm. A nit. <l1Lj
sirku-i dah sulah, Vinegar ten years old, i. e. an ancient grudge.
sirkuh firokhtan) To put on a sour look, to frown.
i.jiXJb sirka-i Hindi, Rice-water left till it becomes sour.
sirkah-abru, A sour, crabbed fellow. (Buiuian.)
p b sirkah-bd) Hashed meat, bruised grain, and vinegar.
PtJli.j sirkah-fshuni) Bitterness, reproach, sarcasm.
p sarkijuh, The vertigo. u J^c7 sarkijah
dur dmadan, To be seized with a giddiness (from hunger or
any other cause).
p Oxymel. Dung.
p sar-guzasht. An event, accident, transaction, a re
collection or relation of any past circumstance. Experienced.
p j>j~i sar-gar or sur-gar, A cobbler. A maker or vender of
beer. Sur-gar, A species of hedgehog.
v sar-girdn, Having the head confused with drink, in
toxicated, crop-sick. Proud, arrogant. Angry. Dissatisfied.
1 ierced. Head-ache, crop-sickness. A heavy club, or mace.
p si>>> sar-girdni, Dissatisfaction.
p sar-gard (or sar-gardd'),'The vertigo, giddiness,
p sttr-gY/r(/«rt, Confounded, stupefied, amazed, asto
nished, distressed. Giddiness. Wandering, straying. Humbled,
depressed. A wanderer, a vagabond.
p sar-garddm, Wonder. Amazement, distress,
p XJijZj*} sar-gardah, Astonished, stupefied,
p sar-giriftah, Head-ache. Reproach. A reviler.
p (VCr* 5 sar ‘g arm ) Inflamed with love. Intent upon, attentive.
A wandering Muhammadan monk.
p sfor-garmi. Application, attention. Love, the being
in love.
p sar ~gi ra h) A knot on the head of a rosary,
p sar-gaztt (or sar-gazid), Tribute. Capi-
tation-tax exacted from Jews and Christians.
p sar ~g az ^ n y ^ ribute. Sar-guzin, One who picks out
the best of the flock. The choicest animal thus selected.
v sar-gushtah, Astonished, stupid. Dizzy, vertiginous.
Wandering. Under authority. Afflicted, at a loss.
sar-gashtagdn-i bddiyah, Those who wander in the desert,
p sargal, A ball for playing with.
sar-galu, A disease in the brain (as affecting the head
and throat).
p sar gdlah nihddan, To choose. To honour.
p +}j~asar gum shudan, To be bewildered; to lose one’s
way. J
p \jf>j~>sargutd or sirgutd, (in anc. Pers.) A secret. A gibbet.
p s ar-gdshi kardan, To whisper, deliberate.
p sa r-gijash (or Vertigo,dizziness.
p sar-girt, Beginning of business. Putting out a lamp.
v sar g~ is ( or sargish), The rainbow.
p sar g in i Hung, especially dried and kept for firing.
sar g~ in dur zamin zadan, To dung the land.
p sarghi-ddn, A dung-hill.
p j!i sargin-zdr, Aheapof rubbish, a mixen,a dunghill.
p [^r 3 sar gin-gar dan, A beetle, a tumble-dung,
p <— surldb, An
astrolabe
Ancient instrument for astronomical observations.
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p sar-ldd, A wall. The top of a wall.
p sarm, Cold. Wild-mustard. An artichoke.
a surm, Tne intestine which communicates with the anus.
Saram, A pain in the fundament.
p U^: sarmd. The winter, cold. Cold (weather).
surmd-burd, The blasting (of trees).
A sarman, A word used in driving away dogs.
p LSVO sarmd-fezagt, Hoar frost.
p £j~i\scj~isurmdsard, Asummer habitation (among mountains).
p c/Us Sarind-fizdy, Name of the ninth month of the year.
A surmdn, A malignant species of hornet.
p sar-mdhi, Heads of fish; the name given by the Per
sians to those whom the Greeks called Ichthyophaghi, or people
who live on fish. In the old Persian romances (particularly in
the Hushang-namah) they are supposed to have the heads of fish,
and to inhabit an island in the sea of Oman or Ethiopia; Hushang
(the second king of Persia) having sent Harushlr one of his ge
nerals to conquer them, where he met with many singular ad
ventures. Monthly pay.
p toLe^; sar-i7i ayah,The capital of a merchant, a stock in trade,
a principal sum. Head. Fortune. Possibility, means,
pjb sarmdyah-ddr, A man of property.
p sar/nu-i, Vi intry. Winter-clothing.
p sarmaj (or sarmakh), Orage. A kind of ivy.
p '*-r > y s f°j~ 3 surma-chdb, A stick for applying the collyrium.
p j^ r ^ ( r* ; sar makhdr, Don’t scratch your head, i.e. be quick.
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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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