'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [494r] (992/1826)
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 shadd (from Jw shadda), Running. Rushing to battle.
Binding. Strengthening, establishing, confirming, corroborat
ing. Being far advanced (the day). Holding fast, firmly. A
covering for the head worn by the higher classes in Morocco,
(in gram.) The character tashdld or sign of reduplication.
a shiddd) (m of shadda) Being severe (one to
another), (pi. of JojJb shadid) Severe. Strong, hard.
a shuddkim, Large-mouthed. A lion,
p JvA shud-dmad, Custom, usage.
a shadd-id, (pi. of shadtdat) Adversities, trou
bles, tribulations, disagreeable events.
a shadab (from c-JJ-i), Unbarking, peeling. Pruning.
Lopping. Prohibiting, avertmg.
p Jj* shud bud, So so. (Hunter),
a shaddat, One assault or attack. Shiddat (from
shadda), Being hard, vehement. Vehemence, violence, severity.
Force, strength. Magnitude. Adversity, aflliction, difficulty.
A dU-Joi shudhat, Liberty, opportunity, ability.
A shadkh (from £A^j), Breaking any thing hollow (as
the head, or a cup). Reaching from the forehead to the nose (the
blaze on a horse’s face). Declining. Shadakh, An abortion.
aU-Jwj shadkhd, (fern, of ashdakh) (An animal) which
has a white streak on the forehead extending to the nose.
vjij shadd-raghu, Name of a musical instrument,
p u-iA-i shadaf, A drum.
A shadaf, A person, body, individual. Any figure ap
pearing black at a distance. Height, sublimity. Joy, glee,
exultation. Shadff, Tall, large. Nimble, brisk in the attack.
Leaning to one side from fatigue (a loaded horse).
A liJoi shadjd, (fem. of ashdaf) Leaning to a side (a
she-camel) from sprightliness. Large-bodied (mare).
A shudfat (from < ?->*£>), Cutting.
A shadk or shidk, The environs of the mouth. The side
of a valley. Shudk, (pi. of shadkd) Eloquent female ora
tors. Shadak, A largeness, or wideness about the chops.
A shadkd, (fem. of ashdak) Large-mouthed. An
eloquent female orator.
a shadkam. Large-mouthed. The lion. -Name of an
excellent camel belonging to Nucmian son of Mundir.
a shadkamiydt, Excellent he-camels.
shudkdr, Ground prepared for sowing. A person
whose business it is to examine the state of the harvest. Survey.
Jjj shud-kun, Working upwards. (Burhdn-i kditi^f)
p shadkis, The rainbow.
p shudagdn, (pi. of shudah) Those of former days.
a shadn, A flower resembling the jasmine. Shadan,
Name of a place in Arabia helix.
p shudan, To be. To become. To be lost, or elapsed.
To be doing. To go, depart, emigrate, or pass. To transfer,
transport. To remove, deface, eraze. dludah shu
dan, To be defiled.
p *16 Jci shudan-gdh, A place where any thing is, or happens,
p shudani, Possible, practicable. Owi shudunt shud,
Anything proper to be done.
a CjLjJci shadanlydt, Camels bred in Shadan.
AjAJt) shudw (from Urging, pressing, driving (Aamels).
Repeating (verses) in a loud sonorous voice. Learning any
thing elegant or laudable from another.
a shuduf, (pi. of uJjuJi shadaf) Figures which ap
peared black and raised in the distance.
A shudun (from (jJwj), Growing strong (a colt).
A Shidunat, Medina Sidonia, a city in Spain.
a shadh, shudh, or shadah (from *A^)), Being astonished.
Being occupied. Employing. Shadah, Stupor. Occupation.
p shadah, A bird’s bill. Shudah, Been, become. Lost,
escaped. Gone by.
p Jco shudah-band, A
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
of facts, a historian.
A shuddd 1 , Adversity, trouble, a hard case.
PjbjJj shudydr (orjbjJ* shuzydr), Ground tilled and sown,
p (jJOjlj Jul shudydridan, To drive plough. To plough.
A Jo shadid, Strong, vehement, violent. Fierce, rigorous,
severe, afflicting. Difficult. Avaricious. shudidu'l
^uiddxcut, Violent in enmity. C—jIsxJ! AjA-1 shadidu’l ukdb,
(God) the severe punisher of the wicked.
A *JqA-i shadidat, Adversity, distress.
A jJi shazz (from shazza) Being solitary, separated, re
maining alone. Separating.
shazd, An injury, evil, misfortune. Dog-flies. Salt.
Acridness of smell. Remains of strength. Hunger. A kind of
ship. Broken pieces of w T ood. Name of a tree. aj-z
zarima shazdhu, His hunger was extreme.
A *! shazdt, One dog-fly. One ship. Acridness of smell.
The remains of strength. Vehemence.
A shuzzdz, People living in a tribe or family to which
they do not belong.
A shizdrat, Jealous (man).
A shazdm, Salt. The sting of a scorpion, or hornet.
A ^ shazzdn or shizzdn, Leaping backwards and forwards.
Solitary, separated. Lash ^ j-i shazzdnu'l hasd, Pebbles scat
tered. shazzdnu’n’ nds, Men separated from others.
a ( shazb (from C-jjoi), Prohibiting, averting. Shazab
(from c—jjJj), Unbarking, peeling. Cutting, pruning, lopping.
Prohibiting, averting A bank, dam, dyke. Remains of forage.
Household furniture, (pi. of i'A-i shazabat), Branches (espe
cially dry ones lopped off). Shazib, Having conspicuous veins.
shazabat, One lopped branch.
A shuzhuf, Sharp, peaked (mountain).,
AjA^» shazr, Particles of gold from the mine, unrefined by
fire. Small pearls, or beads, which are usually strung.
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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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