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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎497r] (998/1826)

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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shar^-i sharlf, According to justice and the holy law.
^ khilaf-ijshar^i sharlf, Against religion and justice.
A dJujJ* shargafat (from q), Cutting away the luxuriant
corn-leaves. Shartfat, (fern, of e- sharif) Noble. Excellent.
A^Jp sharlk. The East. The rising sun. Beautiful (youth).
An excellent vine. Mulier parvo interfceinineo, rupta ea parte.
a lL£.'j£ sharlk) A partner in trade, a companion, associate,
accomplice, school-fellow. A fellow, or companion given to God.
a shartkl, A partnership,
p djjshirinuh or shirrinah, A dry scab.
Aj^> shazZ) Dry.
A shazazat, Dryness.
A shazb (from L-JjJ*), Being lean, lank, dry, extenuated
(horse). Being rough (way). Shuzzab, (\y\. ofshazib)
Lank, gaunt-bellied (horses).
shuzbat. An occasion.
A shuzr (fromLooking angrily to right or left with
half-shut eyes. Brandishing a spear from right to left. Rolling
the arms backward and forward in grinding, or twisting a rope.
Vehemence. Difficulty, affliction. SAas(fromLook
ing angrily to left and right with half-shut eyes.
A \)j£> sliazra. Reddish (eyes or milk).
A shazrat, A redness in the eyes.
shazirta, The back-bone,
p shuzrah, Fierce, roaring (as a wild beast).
A shazn or shuzun, A bone of the heel used in ancient
games. Shazan (from Being hard and rough (ground).
Beino- tired with much walking 1 . Being active, nimble. A tract
(of country). The side (of any thing). Hard, rough ground.
Fatigue, pain from walking (especially on bare feet). A man
of a severe disposition. A life of poverty or distress. Distance.
Shuzun, A tract (of country). The side (of any thing).
A shuzub (from Being gaunt and dry (a horse).
Being rough (a road), (pi. of shuzlb) Untrimmed twigs.
a shuzun, (pi. of shazan) Tracts of land. Sides.
A shazlbf A rough unlopped branch.
shazlz, Dry.
A shass (from shassa), Becoming dry. Hard earth.
a 2j shisaSj (pi. of shass) C rounds as hard as a stone,
p i shasb, Lightning, flashing, glittering.
A ^ slush, A bow made of slender wood. Shusb, (pi. of
s/ioa*6), Meagre,shrivelled,dry. Shasab (from —i))
Being lean, dry, wrinkled.
r l— shasp. Leaping, skipping. Absence,
p t , » shast, The manner of holding the bow when shoot
ing ; also the bow-handle. A thumb-stall worn by archers. A
fish-hook. A net. A bait. A fine lancet. Sixty. The thumb.
A girdle worn by the Magi. The bow, also the string of a
musical instrument. A hair-ring. A woman’s hips.
! shast nihadan, To fish, angle. Shist, He sat down. A
! sitting down. A session. An aim. £> 8hist kardan,
To take aim. Shust, He washed. A lotion, a washing. ^
shust kardan, To squeak, to chirp, to whistle.
p z i Shustar, The ancient city of Susa.
p i shistagani) A basis, a foundation,
p shust-gdh, Baptism. The baptismal font.
v shast-gardn^ Archers, bowmen,
p shustagz, Lotion, the being washed. A sore,
p shastum, The sixtieth.
p ^ shistan, To sit down. Shustan, To wash. To bap
tize. To slack lime.
p shustani) A lotion. (Castellus.)
p^5» j i shust o shu, Washing and cleansing,
p shustah, Washed,cleansed, dressed,prepared. A hand
kerchief, a towel. <&—i shustah shudan, To be baptized.
vdc 1 shustah-guftgu, Pure language. (Hunter.)
a 1 shas^_ (from £_—£>), Being far distant (a mansion).
Putting strings (to a shoe). Shis^ A shoe-strap or latchet. A
narrow spot of ground. A little, a small quantity, the remains
or the worst part (of flocks) ; also the best of them. A good
manager. Shus^ (pi. of shdsi^ and shasu^) Dis
tant, separate. Shasa^ (from —i), Having the fore-teeth and
the canine teeth wide asunder (a horse). Having the latchet
broken (a shoe). Shasi^ A narrow slip of ground.
a * shisun, A shoe-strap or latchet.
p ^ i shasn, An oyster. Any thing capable o r growth. The
sugar-cane. A thorny shrub on which manna or honied dew is
found. The womb.
a shusus, (pi. of shass) Lands hard as a s'one.
shasu^f Distant, remote. Shusu^ (from £_~-i>), Being
far distant (a house), (pi. of shis^), Shoe-strings.
A « j *> shusuf (from t_fl—£>), Being thin and dry (a horse).
Being rough (a road).
A ■_ - - shastb, A bow made of slender wood.
A ‘ shastf, (Meat) which dries up.
p shush, (s ^) Six. Shush, The lungs. A soft, pen
dulous bosom. dard-i shush, The peripneumony.
p , vy -UT shush-dmdszdah, Timid, cowardly,
j pjljul shash-anddz, Throwing sixes at dice. A player at
j the game of nurd. The full moon.
ryb shashbdnu (or shashkhdtun), The
six princesses, (also shush zAtrus, The six brides),
i. e. Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Mercury, and the moon.
p shash-banddn, Six days of the month Shawal at the
close of Ramazan, which the Muhammadans fast. The wild vine.
p b shashpu, Having six feet. A worm with six feet;
-an earwig ; an eft; a scolopendra ; a beetle.
Yj+L.£> shashpur, A halberd, an iron mace.
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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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