'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [543r] (1090/1826)
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 Jlis zulal) (pi. of dJ]? zullat) Coverings. Shady things.
Couches, benches. Mountains.
*A zalimcL) (fut. jJiaJ yazlumu) He was unjust.
A zalm (from Being dark (the night). Brightness,
whiteness. Snow. The fresh natural colour of teeth. Zalm or
zulm (from jJis), Injuring, oppressing. Defrauding, seizing the
property of another. Failing in duty (especially to a father).
Asking any thing which exceeds one’s power. Drinking milk
out of the churning-bottle before the butter is formed. Slaughter
ing (a camel) without a blemish. (from jJ^), Rising (as
water). Being filled and overflowing (as a channel). Tyranny,
oppression, injustice, injury, cruelty, outrage, ferocity, barbari
ty. p zulm kardan or j zulm o ta^addi
kardan. To oppress. kZulm or zulam, (pi. of Ull? zalrnd) Three
dark nights in the month immediately following dura^.
Dark nights. Zalam (from jJ^), Becoming dark, obscure (the
night). adna' zalamin, Near, neighbouring. First of all,
before all. Zulam, (pi. of zulmat) Obscurities.
aU& zalmd, Obscurity, darkness. Dark (night).
zulmart) Oppressively, tyrannically, barbarously.
k CLS\a!& 3 zulmdt) zulamat) ^ndzulumut) (pi. of <u!l?
and zulumat) Darknesses.
A zilmun, (pi. of j*-i!s zaltrn) Male ostriches.
ki^AMozulmdntt/^ Dark, obscure.
a4JUU?z« Imdmyatj Darkness. (Gladwin.)
r *11? zulm-peshah, A tyrant, an oppressor.
A <ull? zulm at ^ Darkness, obscurity. A dark place at the ex
tremity of the world, where the fountain of life is supposed to be
placed, also the fountain itself. Zalam at ^ Near, the first thing
which presents itself to the eye. (pi. of jJl!i> zdlim) Oppressors,
tyrants. Zulumat) Darkness.
p zulmatiydri) Heathens, idolaters,
p j*!!? zulm-kdh, A diminisher, remover of injustice,
p ^*11? zulm-gah, A dark place.
p <uil? zulmah-kadah, The mansion of darkness, this w'orld.
a zulmiyat) Perfidy, iniquity, oppression.
a zuluf) (pi. of t-i-ll? zilf) Hoofs, cloven feet.
A zulul (from Ji? zalla)) Executing any work by day,
not by night. Becoming, happening, (pi. of jjl? zill) Shadows.
Obscurities of the night.
A(*^ zaluiri) Most cruel, unjust, tyrannical. Zulum, (pi. of
zalm) Fresh, natural colours of teeth. Snows.
A <Lli? zullah) A shade, an umbrella. A coverin
A <Li!? zalliyat, Shadiness, umbrageousness.
a ujLMs- zallf, Of a bad natural disposition, mean, abject, cri
minal (man). Rough, rocky (ground); painful (business, hoof,
claw). Gratuitous. The whole, the entire.
a "[su^zaltfarij Gratis, without price.
A cloud.
A zaUfat) The whole (of any thing). tiJi
akhaza' sh'shay-a bi zalifatihi) He took the whole thing.
a JJi? zaftl or ziltl) Shady (place). Perpetual (shade).
A j*J]? za/F/n, Injured. Milk not quite turned. Earth thrown
from a well. A male ostrich. Zillini) Very unjust.
A ‘U-il? zallmat) Injustice, oppression. Loss, damage. Any
thing taken away forcibly. Milk not fully concreted or coagulated.
ks.^} zim-U) Thirsty. Thirst. The space of time between
one drinking and another; hence s-^a zim-u’lhayat) The
period from nativity to death, kadr zim-Vl himdr)
As long as an ass can be kept from water, i. e. a very little time
(this animal, of all others, being least able to endure thirst).
aU* zam-a, zama-a (or zam-at) (from Being
very thirsty. Burning with desire.
a Ul? zaman.) A lividness of the lip.
a zimd-a or zumd-a, (pi. of zamt or of zdmi)
Thirsty. ^J\ inna fususahu li zimd-uri) Lean, scrag
gy (horse).
A zam-uti) (fern. Ui? zam-dnat) Thirsty.
za/«-«’, (fern, of zam-dn) Thirsty (woman).
zimakh) A fig; also a kind of plantane.
A L5^ zamt) Thirsty.
A zamyd) (fern, of azma'’) Brown. Livid and wi
thered lip. Pale, bloodless (gum). Slender (limb). Thin of
eye-lashes (eye). Black (shade, or she-camel).
A zamaydri) A kind of thorny plant.
a zam-a’’) (fern, of zam-dn) Thirsty.
zannU) (fut. yazunnu) He thought.
zanH) Opinion, thought, imagination, suspicion, jealousy.
Knowledge. ^ su-i zann) Bad thought, rash judgment.
a zandblb, (pi. of zutnbub) Shank-bones.
Nails, or studs, in the side of spear-blades. kar^u'z
’zandbtb) Any thing vile; whatever makes one contemptible.
A zimb) The trunk of a tree.
a zumbat) A macerated nerve from a camel’s neck, which
fastens the feathers to an arrow.
a L . zumbub) A shank-bone. A stud in the side of a spear
head. <0 karaui zumbubahU) He exerted himself.
a <L1? zinnat) (pi. zinan) Suspicion.
A zanun, A suspicious man. Any subject which engages
the mind, especially if doubtful; whether (a debt) be discharged
or not; or if (a well) contain either little or much water. Infirm,
weak in mind. A noble lady, matron, wife. Zunun (from ^
zanna) Thinking, supposing, (pi. of zann) Opinions,
p zannah) Suspicion.
zannl) Supposed.
a zantH) Suspected, supposed.
a jt*ls zaw-tt) Congealed water, ice. Ground dry trom cold.
a zu-at) Foolish, insane.
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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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