'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [594r] (1192/1826)
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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p d\jjS farnad, Power, strength. A fish-pond. A place where
water collects. The bottom of water. Unattainable.
p jli jifarnaZ) An ignorant, stupid man. Of mean original,
p Imprudent. Careless. Indolent, yawning,
slumbering, oppressed with sleep. Ignorant, untaught. De
crepit; corrupted. Delirious. .Fw™*, Insolent; rash; furious.
Ignorance, inattention.
a firnuS) A lion.
p u^jifaman, Wisdom, knowledge. Mean, ignoble.
a Jirimb, A mouse. Pomegranate-seed. A sword.
p ^y foranj. Dirt adhering to the hands or the feet. Furunj,
I he environs of the mouth. The night-mare. Cutting away
old branches in a tree to make room for the young ones.
p /(iranjam, The end, the termination of a work.
p ^S^'jifaranjak or Jirinjuk, The night-mare,
p faranjmmhk) A species of sweet basil.
pysf'ji faranju, The incubus or night-mare.
p Faranjah or Firanjah^ Name of a great emporium.
p farand also firand^ A glittering sword. Firand, The
reins, a bridle, or halter.
a JjjSjirindy A sword, or its glittering surface. Pot-herbs,
spiceries for seasoning meat.
a SlAjj firanddt) The bird Hail kata.
p Firinddd, Name of a place; also of a people.
a 4-J ji farnusat, An economical woman, a good manager,
p farnishln, A certain mode of sitting down.
a £-3 ji firm^ or furnu^ A louse.
a J'urnuk) Bad, corrupted.
p CS*'*js firnak) A boy’s whirl.
p Farang or Frang, A Frank, an Italian, or European;
all nations which wear short garments. Italy. A galley. cL&y
^j^A^j/rang-zahmati, The French pox. Firnag, A boy’s game.
p Frangistdn, Italy, France, or the country of the
Franks. Europe in general.
p ( Jj ji Frangl, French. Italian. An European Christian.
frangl-rakam, An agate. ^jjSfrangi-sai'asar,
Italian brocade.
p \jS Farangis, Name of the daughter of Afrasiyab.
p ^yjy Farnuj) The planet Saturn.
v dyjs farnud. Demonstration, proof,
p j\~iJyjSfarnudsar, Name of a certain encyclopaedia,
p 4y farnah, Malediction, execration. Firnah, A crane,
p furni, A dish of rice and milk. (Castellus.)
a d>jifurniy, Bread baked in the oven, i. e. round and thick.
Stiff, sturdy (fellow). Bulky (dog).
A *y farzD, A garment of skin,
pjy faraW) A species of fine fox-fur.
Pjy faro^furbj also fo'O) Down. Below, under, downward.
Dow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
. jjifuro amadan,To come down. To descend. To
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go down (as the sun). To plunge into water, jy fura
burdan. To carry down. To swallow, jy furb raftan^
To go down ; to be swallowed or absorbed. sar furb
kurdan. To bow the head, to bend; to subject. %jSfurb
guft, He spoke low, he whispered.
Yj'tjifarzzur, A house for the summer. A winter-habitation.
p farwdrdn (orjljy farzcuz)^ A large beam or rafter,
p aj\*ft furuarah) A summer-habitation. A treasury.
p jSfumul (^jjjy farzcalah, or farKuri), A summer-
habitation. An upper room, open on all sides.
v teg^jjifarwanchah (or A3ly farzcunah)^ A moth,
pyy jy faro bastan. To fasten,
e faro paridari) To fly low.
p farb poshidan. To hide, to conceal.
a Dy farwat) The skin of the head. A fur-pelisse. A purse
in which a mendicant puts his alms. A heap of dried herbs.
Ground without herbage, (for sarwat) Riches, plenty.
p cyy faraxot ovfurawt^ Much, many, abundant,
pyy furotar. Lower, inferior.
p ^JijjSfurbtariri) Lowest.
p furb-tan, Lowly. Humble, depressed, submissive,
p furbtandah) Hard, difficult, pressed, compressed.
p yJjj y furb-tarii. Submission. Humility, lowliness.
A fur us, (pi. ofdy fars) Fcecesin the belly ofan animal.
a ^.jy faruj) A bow bellying out distant from the string. A
tunic, a waistcoat. A shirt, a shift. Furuj, (pi. of ^y fa r j) Ene
mies’ confines, dangerous places. Pudenda mulieris. Farruj
or furruj) A chicken. A small shirt; a boy’s garment, having
an opening behind. Furruj) A long bow.
a farruj at) (A hen) with chickens,
p jjJu£>-jy farb chakidaii) To distil, to drop,
p ^Ju^-y farb chtdan,) To pick up, to gather.
a ^yy faruh) Glad, happy.
a furukh) (pi. of ^y farkh) Young birds or beasts,
p y farbkht or firbkht) He sold. Sale, selling. y
farbkht kardan. To sell, cuo^yj Joy- kharld o fa
rbkht) Buying and selling.
Pjl^>-y firokhtar, A seller. (Burhan-i kuti^.)
p y farbkhtagl) Sale, vendition,
p yi-y farbkhtari) To sell. To inflame, to set on fire,
pya^-y farbkhtani) Venal, saleable.
v firbkhtah)^^. Kindling, illuminating. (BurhAn.)
p farb khuftah) A low hill,
p farb kh'dadan. To call. To read.
p^Jy-y farb kh'urdari) To eat, to swallow.
p ^jjifarwad) The bar of a door. Farod, Descending, alight
ing, stopping. (Hunter.) Farbd also Firbd) Name of the son
ofSiyawush. jFVreJ, Descent. The lower part or bottom. A
door-sill. A cheat, rogue, deceiver. Vile, bad, unlucky, wicked.
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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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