'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [606r] (1216/1826)
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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1109
a ^jli Aram, Acid, acrid, sour (milk). A bug, a wall-louse.
a Lejis karisat, Biting words.
a Ararfe, One who collects the leaves of the tree S a/a^.
a kari^j A gainer at drawing lots.
a4c,U kari^at, Adversity, evil. A curse. A court-yard. A
gutter. £c,lid! a/ Arar/^/, The day of judgment.
p kurari) Name of a wrestler. An emperor.
a ujla kurin,) An assistant, a companion. Possessor of a sword
or arrow. Karun, Korah.
a karurat, A flask containing wine or any thing similar.
A glass bottle, a decanter, urinal. An alabaster-vase (for oint
ment). The pupil or black of the eye.
A Karun, Supposed to be the same person called Korah,
(Numbers, chap, xvi.) whom the Muhammadans describe as the
cousin of Moses. He is frequently alluded to by the poets and
moralists, not only as extremely handsome, but as possessed of im
mense wealth, acquired by his skill in chemistry, and the dis
covery of the philosopher’s stone ; whilst his avarice is repre
sented as so remarkable, that his name is proverbially applied to
all misers. They add, that it was on account of his refusal to-
pay Moses a tithe of his possessions for the public use that the
caith opened and swallowed him up. Galano’ale.
p Sj\s karah, A plant resembling a leek.
a ^jjXs kari-a, The appointed time (of any thing). A reader,
especially of the Kur’an. A verse.
a kart, An inhabitant of a town budi implying
those who live in the country).
A kdriyat, A species of bird with a long beak (a great
favourite with the Arabians, being considered as a bird of good
omen, and frequently denoting a liberal man). A witness, a tes
timony, an evidence, a spy upon the actions of another. The
head or sharp point (also the lower part) of a spear. The edge
of a sword.
Tjli kdz, A goose. (Burhan-i kdti^.)
a Jo kdzz, Satan.
A kdzib, A merchant, travelling by sea and land for gain-
p (^^J^ kdzbagt, A coin of five oboli.
a kdzih, Penis durus.
t kdzkdn, A large cauldron. (Burhdn-ikdtic)
A *Jjj'o kdzuzat, A cup, a jug, a drinking-vessel.
^ A j-jIj kusa (for (fut. yaklsu) He measured,
r kds, A frog. An eye-brow.
a kas, Quantity, measure.
A kdsih, Thick (cloth).
A kdsihat, Dry (ground).
A kdsir, Unwilling. Violent.
a la-oli kdsit, One who deviates from the truth.
a jV-oli kasi/n, (part). Dividing. A distributor. Distributive.
kdsimii'l arzdk, Distributor of daily bread, i. e. God.
^addlat-i kdsimah, Distributive justice.
kdsi, (fern. iL-jla kasiyat) Hard.
a kdsiyat, (Money) made of hard and coarse silver. Se
vere (year).
p kdsh, Alike, of the same kind. A slice (of a melon).
t kdsh, A bit, a piece. The eye-brow. (Hunter.)
kdshih, Thick (cloth).
a. j-ili' kdshir, (part.) Excoriating the skin (a blow). Brush
ing the ground (rain). The last horse in a race.
a kdshirat, A slight wound on the head. A man rub
bing his face to make it shine.
t kdshiky A spoon. (Burhdn-i kdti^.)
p kdshik-tardsh, A maker of wooden spoons.
p hash kdsh, Scattered, dispersed, confused.
A kdsh mush, Utensils, furniture.
kdshur, Evil, depraved. Unlucky. The last horse
in a race. Excoriating every thing, i. e. a barren season.
a ijyJjlj kdshurat, A scarce year.
a kdshi, A bad obolus.
a kdss, An historian. A reciter of the Kur’an.
A kdsib, (part.) Playing on a pipe. Disturbed from
drinking before quenching thirst.
a Acl; kdsid, (fern. kdsidat) Travelling, going. A
traveller. A messenger, courier, express, postman, p^s*-
kdsid-i charkh, The moon. The sun.
a kdsir, Defective, insufficient, unequal, impotent. Pass-
ing by. Cold (water). (Water) far distant from pasture. Wa
ter round which cattle feed. Hanging down the head.
kasiru'l bay an, Failing in relation, whose meaning is de
fective; inexplicable. A-M j'J'd kdsiru'lyad, Weak, puny,
i—jkH kdsiratii’V tarji, A woman looking down, turning her
eyes to none but her husband.
a 1x^1? kdsi^a. The hole of a field-mouse.
a L— c-ali kdsif, (part.) Breaking, shaking, driving. Vehe
ment, violent (wind). Thundering.
A J-tflii kasil, Sharp (sword or tongue).
A kdst, (fern. kdsiyat) Remote, far distant.
a kdsiyat, A country, a territory, a district.
A u—vJlS kdzib, Sharp (sword).
a kdzawly, Judicial.
A^^li kdzt, A cadi or cazi, a judge, civil, criminal, and ec
clesiastic. Deadly poison. ^ kdzt-i charkh (or^^U
kdzl-ifalak), The planet Jupiter. A CuU-lsIl kdzVl
p *
iXs
hdjdt, (God) the judge of the necessities (of mankind)
^-1 The judge or mayor of the city. A
kdzl-i uiskar, An army-judge, also sometimes the chief judge
of the empire, iloii!! kdzt’l kuzdt, The judge of judges,
i. e. the chiefjudge.
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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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