'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [502v] (1009/1826)
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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Shikar ^ The chace, game. A hunter. One who routs or puts
to flight. Shakkar, Sugar. Skikkar, A porcupine.
p shakar-dbj Sugar-W'ater. A falling out of friends.
shakar-afshunt, Sweet speech.
A skukrdn, Gratitude, acknowledgement; assent, com
placency. One who returns thanks, grateful.
p shukrunah, Gratitude, thanksgiving. A fee paid by
plaintiff or defendant on the cause being decided in his favour.
p shukar-buddm, Sugared almonds. Dried plums
stuffed with almonds. The eye and lip of a mistress,
p j\ishakar-bar, Raining sweetness, mellifluous,
p i ^ shakar-barg, A sweetmeat made of almonds and
sugar. A large pair of compasses made of sugar. (Burhan.)
p jLL shakar-burah, buzah, Xj+i birah, bizah,
or SjJparah), March-pane, bread baked with sugar,
p shakar-purah, A lump of sugar.
pshakar-pishkan, Fair-spoken. (Castellus.)
a shakrat also shakarat (from Being full of milk
(teats). Shakarat (from Becoming fat upon little grass.
Being liberal. Producing the tree shakir. Camels returned
from spring-pasture. Shakir at, Full of milk (ewe or camel).
p jLL shakar-chin, Gathering sugar. One who collects
whatever is thrown about at any festivity.
Pjbs. shakar-khur, Name of a thorny tree called .
r shakar-khand (also JLL shahur-khandah'),
Smiling sw eetly, speaking gently with a smile of love ; gracious,
delicate, attractive, charming, amiable.
p C-Ari- shakar-kh'ub, A sweet sleep. A morning-doze,
p shikarad, A bird used in fowling. Remedy, cure.
shukurdunidan, To cause to destroy,
p shikardan, To hunt. To catch, to seize. To apply
a remedy, to cure. Shukurdan, To destroy, to kill. To die.
p SJpCi shakardah, Active, quick, dexterous.
p shikardidan, To hunt. To put to flight.
p j*Jshakar-rez, M ho scatters sugar. Mellifluous. A
maker of sugar-candy. Money or other things thrown about at
weddings. Presents sent from the bridegroom’s house to that of
the bride. Sweet or eloquent language. Good-natured, jocose.
Tears of joy. The lip of a mistress. Jjj JjL shakar-rez-i
tarab, Tears of joy.
p *y>j jj* shakar-rezah, March-pane.
p shakar-rezi, Sweet discourse. Tears of joy.
p shakar-zakhamah, An arrow hitting the mark.
shakar-sdn (^bi shakar-shdti, also sbi ^bi
shakar-shdh), Honey in the comb.
p shah at is tun, A sugar-chest. A plantation of sugar-
canes. A sugar-refinery.
p shakar-sang, A stone which stops hemorrhages,
p shakrish, A bad name, ill-fame.
p jLZ) shakar-shikan, Sweetly-spoken (girl),
p shakar-farosh, A sugar-merchant. A mistress,
p iJc^bi shikar/andah, Stumbling. A horse apt to stumble,
p ^Jk-iibi shikarfidan or shakarfldan, To trip, to stumble,
p shakar-kulam, A sweet pen. A sort of sweetmeat,
p shakar-kamtsh, The sugar-cane.
v Job^ibi shakar-kand, Sweet potatoes. (Hunter.)
p shakar-kand, (^bi Jj j~c tabarzad-shakar, or Cj[j
Jj* nubdt-shakar), Sugar-candy,
p jLL shukr-guzdr, Grateful.
v shukr-guzdrt, Gratitude.
PjbjL^ yCi shakar-guftdr, Speaking agreeably, eloquently,
r ^bi shakar-lab, Sugar-lipped ; a mistress. Hare-lipped,
p shakrang, A sort of sweetmeat,
pj^ibi shakravo, Active, nimble, prompt (at work),
r Jj^bi shakarwad (or shakaricah), Nimble, dextrous.
Diligence, endeavour, method, orderly arrangement.
p i^bl shakrah, A hawk, a falcon. Pudenda. Shikarah, Ra
pacious birds which are trained to hunt,
p ^J^bi shakarhanj, A kind of thorn.
a shakra y ,(p\. of shakrat') Milch (ewes or camels),
p i_f^bi shakari, A kind of Phalsa so called (Grewia asiatica).
A £>^bl» shakariyat, Camels returned from spring-pasture,
p shikridan, To hunt. To rout an enemy,
p Jilt shakarinah, A confection, especially white and hard,
made of the root ^aslaj boiled long with wine and sugar.
AJ-Cl shakz, A pointing with the finger, or a lolling out of
the tongue at any one. A stab, a dig, a penetration. Coition.
Shakiz, Of a bad disposition.
a shaks, One or two days before the new moon. Shaks
and shakis, (pi. shuks) Hard and ill-tempered (man).
p shikast, He broke. A fracture. A defeat. Defi
ciency, loss. Shame, modesty. Dislike, antipathy. Warmth,
indignation. An eating, and evacuation of fceces. Broken. Im
paired. Odd, uneven, L^-Jbi shikast dddan, To defeat.
,Ul-w$b£) shikast-i fdhish, A total defeat. o-«bbi>
: L^v4Ji> » dil-shikast o hirnmat-past, Broken-hearted, and
low in spirits, c^^Jbl^bli lashkar shikast ydftan, The
rout of an army.
p ibi shikast-kh'urdah, Broken off. Defeated.
p shikastagi, Defeat, ruin.
P l y L- “ ^ shikast mikast, Trifles, unimportant things.
r shikastan, To break. To defeat (an enemy). To
! turn away the face. To be rough and severe. To eat, to chew.
To be broken, split, opened. To be covered with shame.
p LiJwbbi shikasto mikast, He broke (it) awhile ago.
(Burhdn-i kdti^.)
p shikastahy Broken, discomfited, routed. Reduced
to straits. Ashamed. Penitent. Proud. Weak. Sick, wounded.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:845v, 845ar:845av, 846r:909v, back-i
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