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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎587r] (1178/1826)

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 futukh, (pi. of &kii fatkhat). Rings upon the fingers
or toes without a bezel.
v ^jpj futudan, To speak with premeditation,
p futudah, Deceived. Deceitful (world).
&jfutur (fromju)) Slackening. Languishing, flagging.
Being tepid (water). Quarrelling. Weakness, languor, infir
mity. p ji'&J jfi futur-pazlrshudanSYo become languid,
p Sjjxs futurat) Lukewarmness. A temperate atmosphere.
A futuriyd) Dispersed, ruined, undone. Exciting quar
rels. (II UNTER.)
A (pi. offjzsfatk') Grounds without rain between
others that^have it. Calamities ; wants ; diseases; debt. j J
zu'lfntuk, Want of rain.
A <■—futuk (from c_5cj), Daring to perpetrate whatever
one meditates. Attacking unawares and treacherously destroy
ing another. Taking an opportunity of doing any thing.
A futim (from ^^J), Proving. A lapse. (See fain).
A cSy** futwa') A sentence pronounced by a mufti.
a fata' oXsofutan (from Being young in years and
begetting children. A youth, a boy. A man-servant. Liberal,
munificent. LV/^, Young in years (any animal). New. Fatly,
(pi. of fata') \ oung men. Liberal, munificent.
A judicial or religious decree pronounced by a
mufti or expounder of the law.
a CU\^xs futaydt, (pi. of fatdt') Young (girls).
A fty*n, (pi. of fata') Youths. Fataydni, Two
young men. Dawn and evening. rim, Night and day.
A foyat) (ph of fata') Young men.
A l *Z-**£*£ faflt, Burst, broken. Crumbled (bread).
A SInm n & (ti 16 ttaw 0 )* Eloquent. Bursting with
fat (a camel).
A Twisted (rope). A rope made of the fibres of
the palm-tree called t— cJ Ilf. A match for a cannon or lamp, a
linstock, a candle-wick. A tent for wounds. A thin membrane
in the cleft of a date-stone. Little rolls of skin which are peeled
off the body by friction in the baths.
a dA^jfatllat, Particles of skin rubbed off the body in the bath.
A wick. A match. A clyster. fatllat-i tawllah, A
long wick, (met.) A man who supports the honour of his family.
'j^ > ~ hajar-ifatllat, A stone which burns like a match,
p J fatllah-dahanj, Small forceps for plucking up
hairs. Snuffers.
pJ^-j ALjj fatllah-soz, A candlestick.
vyo&lfCj fatllah-mo, Silly, stupid, mad, crazy.
A^^jfatln, Burnt (silver). Stony ground.
a fass, A certain herb, of which they make a kind of coarse
bread in scarce seasons. The colocynth. Scattered (dates).
A Hi fas' (from Hi), Pacifying (an angry man) with words.
Stilling (a boiling pot) by pouring in cold water. Avertino- evil.
Fas-a (from Hi), Ceasing, desisting, letting alone.
a Sy^fasdsld (A-iHi fasdfld also JuiHi fasdkld), White
clouds, one piled upon another. The lining of garments.
A. bjfassat, A multitude, the greater part of any thing.
A ^/ffS 7 (from ^j), Drinking water (from a well). Being
cooled (as boiling water) by the pouring in of cold. Conceiving,
becoming pregnant (a camel).
A ^ifasih, The belly, the paunch.
A (from Breaking (the head).
p ^f a j, A roughness of the intestines, or of the interior of a
hive. A roughness of the face, of a grape, or the trunk of a tree.
Fuj, I he lip of a camel or other animal hanging loose.
A ^f a jj (from ^ f^jja). Being very wide between the feet,
straddling. Pulling and rendering distant from the string (the
middle of a bow). A broad way, especially between two moun
tains. ^ ^ min kullifajjin fijdj (or ^
min kulli fajjin uimlkin), From every quarter. Fajj ohofujj.
An unripe melon. Fujj, Raw, unripe (fruit).
p W 1 * f a j<i ox fijU") The gleanings of grapes or dates.
A W/«;-«> (s^ fujd-a, or lAsf fujd-at), (from W), Hap
pening unexpectedly. Rushing upon and destroying unawares.
A f a ju (from j^ 5 ), Being wide between the feet, strad
dling. Being distant from the string (the middle of a bow).
Fajjd, (fern, of afajj) Wide between the legs. (A bow)
whose string is distant from the handle. Fija (or As? fija-a).
The court or square of a house.
A *As : fijd-at or fujd-at, An unforseen accident.
A (pl* °f ^f (l jj) Broad roads between mountains.
Distant countries. Fujdj, A wide road between mountains.
A <kAs? fajajat, Crudity, rawness.
Ajlsr fajdr. Wickedness. jV V. ya fajdri, O adultress!
Fijdr, The eye. An earnest looking. Name of an unjust war
waged between the Arabian tribes Kuraysh and Kays. Fijdr or
f u jj«r, (pi. ofjzXsfdjir) Wicked; sinners, fornicators.
p LAsrfujuy, Dates or grapes remaining on the tree after the
in-gathering. Separation. An assembly, a congregation.
A fujdy, Unforeseen, casual.
A fajjut, An insterstice, a space, a gap.
A ’gj f a j a ji Having the heels close, the toes turned outward.
**sS?fajara, (fut. yafjuru) He allowed to flow.
(from js?), Setting a-flowing (water). Leaning
fiom the saddle (a horseman). Deviating from one’s duty, de
parting from truth, becoming wicked. The crepuscle, the dawn,
morning, early, Morning-prayers.
kawkabu'lfajr, The morning-star. jS? zcakt-i fajr,
Early in the morning. Fajar, Magnificence, beneficence, libe-

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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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