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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎620r] (1244/1826)

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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lar star, the north pole. A prince, a lord, a chief,
kutb-i janubt, The antarctic pole, jJ! kutbu'd? din,
The axis of religion. kutb-i samti, The axis of
heaven, i. e. the pole. JU-1 kutb-i shim dll, The arctic
or north pole. t-Jaj kutbu'l uirifln, The chief of the
wise men, i. e. Plato. eJL, .C-Ja* kutb-i fulak-i ri-
sdlat , The celestial pole of prophecy, i. e. Muhammad. U;
kutbu'l tnulk, The pole-star of the empire. Kutub,
Buying by sample, conjecturing the weight or value of the whole,
by the examination of a small quantity.
A Lias kutbd, W rinkled, frowning (brow).
A <Lias kutbat, The iron axle round which a wheel turns. A
but for archers.
p 1 *j c-^las kutb-namd, A compass.
A <Llas kittat, A queen-cat.
A J * 3 kutj, A rope firmly twisted. Water drawn from a well
with such a rope.
* A jlas k at urn, (fut. Ja&l yakturu) (The water) fell in drops.
Ajlas kutr (from^las), Dropping (as water). Letting (water)
fall in drops. Anointing (a camel) with pitch. Rain. (pi. of
iyLs katrat), Drops. Kilr, husile brass. A species of striped
cloth. Kutr , 7 he side of the body. A tract or quarter of the
heavens or earth. A diameter-line. M ood of aloes. Kutur,
Bringing by sample, guessing the weight or value of the whole,
by the examination of a small quantity. Kutur, The wood of
aloes, (pi. of jlizs kitur), Strings of camels following one ano
ther. (pi. of Lias katrat), Drops.
a Jzj kutardt, (pi. of sjKs katrat) Drops, p
katarat-i shabnam, Drops of dew.
a ^Llas katrdn, kitrdn, or kutirdn, Liquid pitch (for wheels).
kuturdn (fronrijias), Distilling; the dropping of water from the
eaves of houses.
p lJLLs katrdnl, A sort of money.
a (-T-LaJ kutrub, A species of sylvan demon, the male
ghuf. A little demon, a goblin, a fairy, a hag. A whelp. A
little animal perpetually in motion on the surface of the water.
A mouse. A robber. A wolf; hence, a species of deep me
lancholy, which makes men fancy themselves wolves, and run
howling to the woods.
A Lbias!! Al kutrubullyat, Name of a wine grown in Irak.
A katrabus or kitrabus, A severe slinging scorpion.
A strong she-camel.
a tjKi katrat (or sjKi katrah), One drop, tja: ijas katrah
k at rah, Drop by drop, r c_JT Ijzi katru-i db, A drop of water.
A sword. A spear’s point. bjhzs katru-i duzd, A cloud.
i La katrah zudan. To run to and fro, to make haste.
J ,j katra-i zard, The sun. a Kutrat, A trifling thing.
p katirghdn, A certain specific for all frigid diseases.
p katrani, A species of silver coin. (Castellis.)
p ^La katrah-zun, A fast runner.
A L^La kitrlyat, A kind of striped cloth.
p kat-zan, A stamp. A piece of bone on which they
nib their writing-reeds or pens.
A LLa katat (from La katta), Curling much (the hair). Very
curly (hair). One whose hair is in many ringlets.
*A ^La katana, (fut. yaktaai) lie cut.
A ^La kut<^ (from £-La), Cutting off, amputating. Breaking
off. Rejecting, discarding (a name or title). Retiring, with
drawing from. Terminating, concluding, finishing, stopping
short. Fixing the price of a ransom. Defining or ordaining any
thing necessary to be observed. Passing (a river or bridge).
r f ravelling. Infesting (a road). A section, segment, cutting.
A shape, a form, a cut. kat^-i jamah, A definitive
answer, p ,j-La kat^-i jaxcdb dddan, To give
a categorical answer. kat^-i rahm kardan,
To break off all connexion with relations.
katy-i tarik kardan, To infest the roads, to rob, to assassinate.
Lie. /Oaj kat^-i uddkuh kardan, To renounce all right
to any thing. To manumit a slave, kat^-i
masdfuh kardan, To travel, make a journey,
kuf<£-i nizd-^ /cardan, To decide a law-suit. Jhj
kat^-i nazar dddan, To turn away the eyes. To abandon or
think no more of any thing or person. A Kit^, Whatever is cut
from a tree. An asthma, shortness of breath. The darkness at
the extremes of the night; the first watch. A small broad head
to an arrow. A shaggy cloth spread under a man when riding
a camel. Kut^ (from ^Lj), Being amputated (the hand). A
failure of water in a well in the intense heat of summer. Short
ness of breath. Kata^ (from £-Li), Losing (the hand), having
it cut off on account of a distemper, (pi. of Zxlzs kutauit), The
stumps remaining after the hands are cut off. Kuti^, Dumb.
Kita^j, The darkness of the latter part of the night; the space
between the first and second watch. Kuta^, One who forsakes
his relations. Kutu^, (pi. of wk? kathj) Loppings, or any
thinof cut from trees. KattUi., Robbers.
aLIL kalui, In no shape, not at all, never, by no means.
Cuttingly, with the edge. An amputated hand. (All accustomed
commerce) with relations cutoff, (fern. of^Li' akta^) (A wo
man) amputated in the hand.
A kutzbn, Whatever is cut from a tree. A herd of
oxen. (pi. of aktazj) Amputated in the hands. Dumb.
A (LLj kitiait, A segment, section, portion, part, division,
piece, cut, morsel. A strophe. Distichs corresponding in mea
sure and rhyme but without a matla^. AkLj <ulaa kit^uh
kituih, In pieces. Kut^at, The failure of water in a well. A
part of a mountain torn from the mass. The place at which
any thing is cut off. The bran of fine flour. A part. A por
tion. Kata cat, The place where cut; the stump of an arm or
branch. Kuta^at, One who does not associate with his kindred.
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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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