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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎492r] (988/1826)

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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p J\j shutur-nal, A g-uncarried and fired ona camel’sback.
r shatranj, Chess. A sort of carpet. A dish composed
of sundry kinds of vegetables.
p jxJO) shatrang. Chess. (This game is undoubtedly of In
dian origin; the word chatur anga denoting in Sanscrit the four
members of an army, namely elephants, horse, chariots, and foot.)
A plant called b[£ mardum-giyah^ brought from China.
Pjlj shutur-zoar, A camel-load.
p shuturl, A kind of kettle-drum. A colour so called.
a shatgh (from Trampling. Subduing,
r shitaft or shit/ft, Height. A covering of any kind,
especially the roof of a house. Household furniture. 4
p shatkar, shitkdr, ox shutkdr, Tillage,
p shatal, Money given to by-standers after a game is over,
p jjc-i shutulum, Wanton, uncalled for severity. A quarrel.
*A shatuma, (fut. yashtimu) He reviled.
A shatm (from Treating contumeliously. Contume
ly, contempt, outrage, reproach, injury, villainy.
p shatmin, (in ancient Persian) The backside,
p shatn or shatan, A rope, a cord. Shatan, A city.
A shatn, Weaving, texture. Round (shouldered-man).
shatzo (from y^>), Wintering, passing the winter,
p h»zJL shutzoat. Winter.
A CU&Jm shutut, (pi. of shaft) Dispersed, scattered.
shutut min an'nds, Different kinds (of men).
A shutum, (pi. of shatm) Reproaches, injuries, out
rages, oppressions. pJ-^c! fy** azczd^-ishutum-dmez, Op
probrious actions mixed with contumelious words.
A^ shatun, A weaver. Soft, smooth cloths.
A shatwty or shatazaiy, Winter. Winter-rains,
p shatah, Weak, sick, diseased. Shatah also shittah, A
grape. Food left at night and eaten in the morning,
p shati, A tray. A large brazen salver.
a shatiy, Winter-rain. Shatta'’, Distinct, divided. Va
rious. (pi. of shatlt) Separate, scattered, dispersed.
A shatlt, Separate, distinct. (Teeth) widely set.
p shatil, Profits of gaming distributed amongst the' poor,
p shatlm, Bloody matter running from a wound.
A shatim, Reproached. Deformed, horrible. A lion.
\ shatlm at (from ^J*), Reproaching, reviling. Con
tumely, reproach, outrage.
v shatln, A rope.
p shatlnd, (in ancient Persian) Laughing.
a shass, A bee. Bitter, odoriferous herbs, with which
hides are tanned.
a JJh shisr, The projection or summit of a mountain. Shasir,
(A spear) broken in pieces.
a shasl, Thick (finger). Shasul (from jJi-Jj), Being
thick (the fingers).
A shasn, Thick, coarse, fat (in the hand or the fingers).
Swollen from eating thorns (a cameFslip). Texture, weaving.
Shasan (from Being thick (the palm of the hand). Swel
ling (the finger, or a camel’s lip).
\jyJL shusur, (pi. of shisr) Extremities of mountains.
A shasun, A weaver. A soft vest.
a shasir, Whatever a torrent sweeps along (as herbage,
straw, chips of wood, and the like).
r shaj, Hard, white and unproductive soil.
*a ^ shajja, (fut. yushujju or yashijju), He wounded
(in the head).
shajj (from shajja). Breaking the head. Crossing
(the desert). Ploughing the ocean (a ship). Diluting (wine).
A Isr^ shajd (from^s^* , ), Being anxious, vexed. Being pained
in the throat, suffocated. Any thing which causes a pain in the
throat. The chimera.
a shijdb, A siopp\e or any thing similar. A three-footed
piece of wood on which they hang clothes.
A *hijdj, (m of shajja), Fighting, wounding, aiming
at the head. (pi. of shajj at) Wounds, fractures, on the head.
v shijuj-i bl uldj, Incurable wounds.
A jlsr 1 shijdz, A sling for throwing stones.
Ajlsr* shijdr, (in of^sr - ) Gnawing a tree (an animal). Re
sisting, opposing, controverting. A wooden bar or bolt of a door.
The flooring of a house. The crooked billet wdth which a bucket
is drawn up. A burnt mark on a camel. A camel-litter open.
r^iUr“ ) shajdrd, (in anc. Pers.) A tree, (a shajr).
a Shijd^ also shujd^. Intrepid, warlike, magnanimous.
Nimble, agile, quick. A species of serpent. tlsr**'
shujdzM.’l ju<^, A maw-worm in the bowels.
a Xclsr - shajduit(from Being bold, courageous, mag
nanimous. Fortitude, valour. su Warlike.
PjU^j shajd^at-shi^dr , Intrepid,
p shajdm also shijdm, A nipping cold. Shijdm, The
coldness of a garment. A ship-worm.
p shajdnldan, To expose to the cold. T6 chill,
p shajdnidah, Powerfully affected, altered by cold.
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A shajb (from Giving a death’s wound. Mak
ing sad. Employing, occupying. Dragging. Strengthening.
Corking (a bottle). Wounding a deer, who stirs his legs, but
is unable to move from his place. Want, necessity. Grief, care,
solicitude. A column. A dried leathern bottle with a few peb
bles in it for driving on a camel. A leathern bottle cut in two, of
which one half serves as a bucket. Long. Name of the father
of an Arabian tribe. Shajab, (from Perishing. Grief.
Death either from sickness or in battle. Shajib, Perishing. Shu-
jub, Three sticks on which a shepherd hangs his bucket.
A shajjat, A contusion or fracture on the skull.
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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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