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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎588v] (1181/1826)

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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herds). Possessing from 200 to 1000 camels, (pi. of^ljiya-
dun and faddon). Yokes of oxen. Ploughs.
p LliliXi faddk faddng, faddlik, fada-
lik, and fazdlik), A rule, a canon, a law.
a faddkil, An important affair,
r faddm, A veil for the face. Loose, soft.
a fiddm, (faddm, fadddm, or fadddmat), A cover
ing or veil for the mouth, worn by the Parsls when they drink
or say certain prayers. The stopple of a bottle or other vessel.
Fiddm, A woman’s veil for the mouth. A turban, a tiara, or
other head-dress, (pi. of fadm), Stammerers. Fools.
a faddmat (from ^Aj), Having an impediment in speech.
Being weak in intellect, dull, heavy.
a faddn or fadddn, A yoke of oxen. A plough,
p ^lAi fuldy, Courageous, valiant. A volunteer,
p ^lAi Jidd-i, One who volunteers in any perilous service. A
lover. A robber, a murderer. (Burhdn-i kdti^.)
a ^.Ai fadh (from ^Ai), Pressing heavily upon, weighing down
(as debt, or the shocks of fortune).
a -^.Aj fadkh (from ^-Ai), Breaking, cleaving open.
AjAi fadt' (fromjAi), Being languid, impotent from too much
work (a stallion). Fidr, A piece of meat compressed together.
Fudr, (pi. fadur) Mountain-goats. Fadir, Foolish, silly.
Easily broken (wood). Fudurr, Silver. A plump boy, arrived at
the age of puberty.
a ij^Ai fidrat, A piece of meat. A part (of the night or of a
mountain). Fudarat, (A man) who travels alone.
r jAi fadranjxik, The night-mare. The lips, the mouth,
or the parts about the mouth.
r fadrang, The bar of a gate. A piece of wood used
in wringing clothes. A calender, a mangle. A cuckold. Food
carried in a napkin. Leave, permission. {Burhdn-i kdti^.)
r iL£->jj£if(idrunk, Loop-holes, embrasures in the walls of a
citadel through which stones are hurled. The stones thus thrown.
p XjSifadrah, A mat made of palm-leaves laid on the roof of
a house and incrusted with clay.
a fuds, (pi. Jidasat) A spider, a cobweb.
A ^'tefadsh (from ^As), Breaking (the head). Indolent.
A ^Ai/ada^ (from ^Ai),Having the hands or feet distorted and
turning inwards. A distortion of the wrist or ankle.
A l^Ai fad^d, (fern, of afda^) (A woman or she-camel)
having the wrist-joint or fetlocks bent inwards (as is invariably
the case in ostriches). Crooked (hand).
a fada^at, A joint bent inwardly.
a ^fadgh (from cAi), Breaking (any thing) hollow. Pour
ing fat (upon meat). Fadagh, Crookedness in the feet.
a ^Sifadgham, Corpulent, handsome (man). Full of flesh
(a cheek). Succulent (pot-herb).
a Jjjjjcidfad, Level and extensive ground. A hard, hilly,
rocky district. Fudfud, The noise of any thing falling. Fudfud
or fudq/id, A ploughing-ox.
A x±s±3 fadfadat (from AiAi q), Fleeing away from the face
of a wild beast or an enemy.
A d/Ai Fadak, Name of a town near Khnybar.
a <S3aj fadlakat (from Lli^Ai q), Making up (an account).
Ascertaining, taking, or concluding (so much) to be the sum.
A *Aj fadm (from ^Ai), Covering up (the mouth of a vessel).
A stammerer, stutterer, one who has a hesitation or obscurity of
speech. Languor. Weak in mind, dull, stupid,
p ^Ai fudum, End, termination.
a jjAi fa dan, Red tincture. A strong castle,
p J*Ai fadxcad, The bar of a door.
AjjAi fadur, An old mountain-goat. Fudur (from jAi), Be
ing weak, languid (a stallion).
Ajj-J^Ai fadazskas, A lion. Name of an Arabian family.
A ^,-JjAi fadazclis, A lion. A strong man.
A |*jAi faddum, A covering or veil for the mouth worn by the
Parsls. A bung, a stopple.
A iUjAi fudumat (from j4As), Having an impediment in speech,
p fadzsand, The bar of a door.
p ufjAa fidvi,Jidavi,Jidxoi, or fidawl, Your devoted servant.
It is much used by inferiors instead of the pronoun man, I.
p <C'bjAs fidzaiydnuh, Like your devoted servant.
A&jSsfidyat, A ransom. A sacrifice. Alms.
A AjAi fadid (from As fadda), Crying aloud. The noise made
by sheep running. See haftf.
A fazz (from ^ifazza), Driving on with violence. Alone,
singular, unique. Solitary, separated. Scattered (dates). The
first arrow used in casting lots or gaming, the names of which
follow: 1. As fazz, 2. taio-am, 3. raktb, 4.
hils, 5. ndfis, 6. < masbil, 7. tnu^alla' > , 8.
safih, 9. manlh, 10. Aij zzaghd. When drawn, they all
have different values, the three last excepted, which are blanks.
A i^S^\sifazdzd > ,fuzdza' > , or fuzzdza 1 , Separately, distinctly.
a fazfuzut (from As As q), Drawing one’s self together
in order to spring upon (any one) by surprize.
A L^^i^ifazalika (for clXi^Ai fazdlika), In the same manner.
a fuzuz, (pi. of Ai fazz) Separate, scattered (dates).
v j s f ur i Beauty, comeliness, ornament, elegance, decoration.
Light, splendour, brilliancy. The lustre of the countenance. A
voice, a sound. Justice. A feather. A torrent of water. Go
vernment, and the infliction of punishment upon offenders.
Above, the upper part. Far also farr. Magnificence, glory,
power, dignity, dominion, pomp, state. Js shdh-i
faridun-far, A king equal in power to king Farldun.
*AjSfurra, (fut.^i) yafirru) He fled away.
Aji farr (from jS farra), Fleeing away. Examining, clear-
ing up by disquisition. Looking into (a horse’s) mouth to discover

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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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