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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎535v] (1075/1826)

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 tarsamat (from ^ q), Keeping silence, fixing the
eyes upon the ground. Retiring from battle.
A Tarsus, Tarsus in Cilicia.
p tursikus, A Christian monk. A learned man.
a tursh, Deaf (persons). Tarash (from Being
deafish, thick of hearing. A slight deafness.
A turshat, A slight deafness.
Ais~>Jb tarshahat (from q), Rendering soft (by beat-
ing). Softness, flaccidity.
p tirshidan, To engage in any work heedlessly. To
be anxious, sad, grieved.
a tarot (from k>), Having thin eye-brows, or eye-lashes.
Folly. Tarit, Foolish.
aIL^ tartd, (fern, of^) (A woman) having no eye-brows.
a Cjb}’ turtub or turtubb, Large flagging breasts.
a Llaja tartabat (from Q )> Calling sheep or goats to
milk. The sound made by the lips to goats whilst milking them.
The ao-itation of water in the belly. Turtubbat (and
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turtubunlyat), Having long breasts, or dugs.
a turtabls, Plenty of water. A languid old woman.
A she-camel braying much whilst milking.
a turtur, Long and slim. W eak (servant-boy). A high
peaked turban worn by the Arabians.
a Tart us, Name of a famous wrestler.
* A tar t (Srom c^l?), Sitting still, not attacking the enemy.
Lying with a woman. Tari^, In want of meat and money.
a tarzjib, Disproportionably tall.
a <SJL~zj£ targhashat (from q)j Walking, stirring about.
p <— tarf, A side, corner. An angle of the eye. A girdle.
An iron hoop round a chest. 7 uraf, A part, a portion.
a ^ tarf (from ujjo'), Averting; repelling, reducing. Giv
ing one a blow on the eye, and making the tears to flow. The
eye. An earnest look. The edge (of a sword). The ninth
mansion of the moon (two small stars being so named, likewise
called U-i ^riyna'l usad, The eyes of the lion). A blow,
box, slap. A noble, liberal man. FiXtremity (of a thing). ^
tarf o'l ay tv an, The extremity of the piazza, i. e. the up
shot of any business, r <_il> tarf bar bustan, To derive
advantage, a (J-Ij ,i— tarf-i sum, A defendant. An enemy.
A wife. ^ Sl'j\ irtidadu'V tarf, The twinkling of an eye.
Tirf, (A man) noble, well descended, having a long series of
illustrious ancestors. High-blooded (horse). Taraf (from i fja),
Cropping the top of herbage (camels), i ijh) u-ije taraf bi
taraf or u-^1? <—taraf taraf, From side to side, from different
quarters, p bar taraf, Apart, aside, separated. j>
•Jjs la tlfah bar taraf, Raillery apart, taraf gir if-
tan, To protect. To retire into a corner, a Tarif, (A man) not
adherino* to one woman or companion. Nobly descended (man).
Turuf, (pi. of tirdf) Tents of tanned leather.
A *\jjc tarfa-a, The tamarisk-tree.
A tirfds, A heap of sand, especially round a tree.
A tarafani, (oblique tarafayn) (dual of uJjc ta
raf) Both sides. The tongue and penis. The mouth and anus.
j\#]\ \i)> tarfd'n 'nahdr, Morning and evening.
karlmu't 'tarafayn, Noble by father and mother.
tarf (inly, Exterior.
aLsJ* tarfat (from <-J^), Winking, shutting the eyes. One
wink or twinkle with the eye. A red spot on the eye from a
blow or other accident. One tamarisk-tree. [J1 ^\ UJa fl
tarfatVl utyn, In the twinkling of an eye. Turfat, A watery run
ning from the eyes. Any thing new, agreeable, rare, or wonder
ful. Tarifat, A she-camel roaming from pasture to pasture.
taraf-ddr, A partizan, a follower, a sectary. An as
sistant. Partial. A prince, a magistrate. An officer employed
to collect the revenue of particular parts. ^ ara f~
ddr-i anjum, The sun. tarafddr-i panjwn, The
planet Mars. The fifth climate. The Greeks,
p taraf-dart, Partiality. Sectarism.
A tirjisdn, Darkness. A heap of sand.
A tarfasat (from q), Sharpening (sight). Look
ing through half-shut eyes. Putting on many clothes. Being
dark (night), muddy (water). Being much frequented (cistern).
A kLiJc tarfashat (from Q)> Being weak and dim (eye).
Looking through half-shut eyes. G oing, stirring one s self, rising.
p Wonderfulness. (Gladwin.)
p turf ah, Any thing new and agreeable. Surprise. &}>
j\l? { JLL turfa-i shush tdk, The world.
A tirfil, Trefoil, clover.
a tarafayn, (oblique dual of tarafdni) Both sides.
He a taraka, (fut. yatruku) He came by night.
A lark (from Jf^), Travelling or arriving in the night.
Covering the female (a camel). Beating with a rod (cotton) in
order to separate and to rarefy it. Throwing pebble-stones and
gravel, in order to prognosticate future events (a diviner). De
filing water by their dung (cattle). Touching a harp, Inte, 01
similar instrument. M ater defiled by the dung of cattle. Wea
ness of intellect. Once. Sperma genitale. TYr&, 1‘at, tallow,
grease. Strength, courage ; as ij Vo md bihi tirk, He has*
no strength. Tarak (from Jj^)? Drinking muddy water. Limp
inor; beincf bow-leorofed ; weak in the knees. Making vvatei
into water. A ply, fold. The turning down the top of a leal icin
bottle in order to drink, (pi. of tejo tarkal) Orders, lines, rows.
Places where waters stagnate. The prints of camels feet fol
lowing each other. Gins, snares. Turak, (pi. of &Jetuikut)
Grooves in bows. Turuk, (pi. of tarik) Ways, roads.
tarkd, (A she-camel) crook-legged; weak in the knees.
a turukdt, (pi. of JJjL tarik) Ways, paths, roads.
a t3jO tarkat, An order, a series, a row. A work, an ait.

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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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