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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎508r] (1020/1826)

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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v ' * ^ ^ shanlak, An ear of corn. A bunch of grapes.
t < ,* Cl’-A than lit k) A whirl on the top of a spindle,
pyJi shinaw (from ^Ju^> shinidan)^ Hearing, understand-
ino*. Shanu f The cypress. The wild plum or cherry-tree* A
tree of which arrows are made. ^q ^rfT woJs J A
i> \yJl> shinawd, A hearer. *7 >
p shanwur, Inner breeches. Loose trowsers.
p shinzodnidan, To cause to hear or understand,
p shanzvd-t) Hearing. (Gladwin.)
a iyJit shanu-at (or SyJl> shanuwat), Abstinent. Abstinence,
p shunudan. To hear, to understand. To obey,
p shanusuh (or shanushah), Sneezing.
A shunus (from Adhering. Hanging. Being
twisted. adT ( sAom
A <— shunuf, (pi. of shanf and shunf) Ear-rings.
A shanun, Neither fat nor lean. Hungry. Fat. Lean,
p shanunitun, (in ancient Persian) To write,
p SJjyJt) shinzounduh or shinazoandah, A hearer, an auditor,
p Shameahy Genoa.
p shinwldan or shinazsldan^ To hear. To smell,
p shanah or shinahy A corn-fork with three prongs. The
neighing of horses. The grunting of hogs, the purring of a lion;
any noise in general. Curse, malediction. »SAannaA, The neigh
ing of a horse.
p shanahbary An aged woman.
p ^;-,£ shaniy The spear at the top of an ensign-staff or ban
ner, a demi-lance, or javelin. A large pan of brass or copper.
Name of an herb.
a < - w-. A shantby One who has clean teeth, sweet breath.
A shantjy (A horse) having the thigh-nerve contracted,
p v • A -' shantdy The beak or pounces of a bird. Shinidy He
heard. Hearing. The thing heard.
p s/mmi/rtn, To hear. To make an assault. To smell.
To collect. Shintdariy To hear, to listen, to attend to, to obey,
p shintdahy Heard. Who has heard.
A shinntr f Of a bad disposition.
shaniZy Ebony. A bow. Shuniz, Coriander.
aJ~-2j shinntZy Fennel-flower, or its seed,
p E J ;•--*» shanizah (or shamjah)y A comb, especially one
used by weavers, embroiderers, and the like.
p skanljahy A fringe left on the edge of cloth.
A shammy Base, shameful, odious, hateful, deformed,
abominable, hideous, detestable, shocking. akhbdr-i
shant^ahy Disagreeable news.
\ shamuity Turpitude. (Gladwin.)
p shimftany To be altered. To be confounded.
a shantky A spurious man, a bastard. A cross-bar for
supporting honey-combs in a hive.
A shantriy A trickling down of water.
vshaWy (imp. of shudan) Be, exist. Be thou, (in
comp.) Being, existing, (for shabby Night, (for
shawhar), A husband, jA shaw kardany To annihilate.
ShtWy The declivity of a mountain. Shdy Wash thou. Washing,
a lotion. A kind of gruel. Weavers’glue. The treadle of a
loom. shust o shu kardany To wash.
a .tjA shu-u (or s-yL *yt>)y Words used in calling to asses.
pUA shazsdy Existing. Deaf. Shizcdy A hardness or blister
in the hands or feet from too much work, or over-walking. Filth
on the body. A small vestibule. Anise.
A shated or shazoany (pi. of shazedi) Skins of heads.
k s-\yL shized-a. Any thing roasted, especially flesh-meat.
Shazszcdi-Uy A roaster of meat.
a shizod-aty A piece of roast meat.
A shazedbby (pi. of shdbbat) Youths, young men.
A s\yJi> shazadty The skin of the head,
p shazedt or shuzedty A bustard.
Aj>-\yZ> shazedjiry Things averting or preventing. Accidents.
a shazedjiny (pi. of shajinafy Vallies full of trees.
a shazsdhty (pi. of shdhiyat) Gaping (horses),
p S\yt> shazedd or shuzsddy A bustard, Shuzoddy A flame.
a jLi shazodzzy (pi. of shdzz) Separate from the rest.
PjL^i shazzdr or shuzedry A bustard.
\j\yL shazvdry A form, figure. A garment, apparel. Sha-
zed/'y shizedry and shuzedry Household furniture. Apparatus for
a journey. Pudendum virile et muliebre. Shizcdr , (m of jy**}
Consulting, deliberating with.
a < shawdriby The gullet. Veins in the throat, (pi. of
shdrib). Whiskers. sakhbu'sh’shazedrib,
(An ass) braying loudly.
a JjLi shazsdridy (pi. of shdridat) Flying, fugitive.
(Songs) flying from country to country, fugitive pieces.
a shazodri t y (pi. of shdri^) Highways, (pi. of
shdriuit) Levelled, pointed (spears). Setting (stars).
a shazedrify (pi. of aLi^li) Old arrows. W r ine-vessels.
A shazsdriky (pi. of lijlS.) Splendours. Brightness.
v shizedshy Aniseed.
A (jA-i shizedsy Depravity, villainy.
A shazodsiry (pi. of shdsirat) Nets, gins, traps.
A ^^*9 1^1 shazodsly (pi. of L-slii) Stretched leathern bottles.
A )a\yL shizedty (pi. of ky-l shazet) Courses, single heats.
T\s\y^ shuzedty A bustard. (Castellus.)
A u-JsjyA shazsdtiby (pi. of shdtibat) Women who split
the palm-branches into thin chips for making mats.
a shazedti-ay (pi. of shdti-a and <LkLi> shdti-at)
Sides of streams, banks of rivers.
a IsUi shizvdz or shuzcaz. Flame without smoke. The smoke
of fire. The heat of fire, or of the sun. Reproach, censure. The
eye ; also the talons of a bird. A bustard.
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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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