'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [635v] (1275/1826)
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 i kabuts at (or A swelling in women spme-
what similar to the hernia in men.
A partridge. Unskilful, unlettered, ignorant.
Lettuce. The hand ; the palm of the hand. kabk-i
dart, A beautiful kind of partridge, /<—^ kabk-i rakkas,
A mettlesome horse. ^ kabkdn-i bazni, Cupbearers.
kLLS kubkabat (from Q), Overturning, throwing
one prostrate on the ground. Kabkabat or kubkubat, Any thing
thrown or shot to a height. J\. ubkubat, A troop of horses.
p kabkabah, The noise made by the feet of camels,
horses, or men.
p kabk kar, A woodcock. A quail.
A kabl (from J-£), Fettering (a prisoner). Keeping fast
bound in jail. Deferring payment of a debt. A large chain or
fetter. The edge or lip of a leathern bottle folded down and
sewed. Kibl, A large and heavy fetter. Kabul, (A skin)
with short hair or wool.
p kabal, A garment made of sheep-skin.
kabn (from Sewing (cloth or a leathern bottle)
which has been turned in. Deviating from. Cleaving to the
ground, being low-bodied (a deer). Turning away (a benefit
from any body). Altering. Running gently (a horse). Kabn
or kubn, The edge of a leathern bottle turned in and sewed.
Kaban (from Being thick and fat (the finger).
A &*£ kubunnat, Covetous, avaricious ; contracting the body,
shrugging the shoulders and looking down (as a miser when
asked any thing).
p kabanjir, A sling. A swift-flying bird. One which
soars aloft. A woodcock.
. r kabanwarah, A speech delivered with rage.
A kabxv or kubuw (from^-£), Falling on the face. Rising
(as dust). Failing (as a flint to strike fire). Refraining from,
breathing hard (a horse). Running without sweating (a horse).
Being covered with ashes (a fire) without being extinguished.
Collecting (rubbish) by sweeping. Emptying (a flaggon).
vySkabu, Lettuce. Unlearned.
A iyS kabzcat (from y^) } Keeping back, standing off, on ac
count of something shameful or dirty. Being covered with
ashes (fire). The stumbling of a horse. A falling flat on the
face. Kubzcat, A chafing-dish. A censer.
A kibut, (pi. of <L£ kubat) Sweepings of the house.
PjJyZ kabutar, (s A pigeon, a dove,
kabutar-i tez-par, A swift-flying pigeon. kabutar-i
haram, Mecca pigeons which are not allowed to be killed, (met.)
A lady of high birth whose hand it is difficult to obtain.
kabutar-i shalwdri, A sort of pigeon plumaged about
the feet. <uli kabutar-i ndmah-bar, A carrier-pigeon.
jV 'J. tS kabutar-i niydz, A sort of pigeon.
? kubutar-bdr, A carrier-pigeon.
pjb jyZ kabutar-bdz, Playing or gaming with pigeons, lay.
ing bets upon their flight.
r JiyJ kabutar-bdn, A breeder of pigeons, one who feeds
and trains them.
pter JyS kabutar-bachah, A young pigeon. An unripe
poppy-head, wrapped in pease-meal, and fried in butter or oil.
p kabutar-khdnah, A pigeon-house, a dove-cote,
p JiyS knbutar-dam, Kissing and billing (as lovers). Ka-
butar-dum, (Pigeon’s tail) 1 he end of a turban-sash or waist
band standing straight out.
p < >1 jb kabutar-wdr db, A fordable place in a river.
p kabud, Blue. A kind of willow. A sort of blue sheep
skin. A mountain, Jys kabud-bdm, Having thick lips.
v kubuddn, Coriander-seed. Name of a village in the
dependencies of NTshabur.
p kubud-pusht, (jLa>- kabud-hisdr, or V
kabud-tasht), The sky.
kabudar, An animalcule living in water, which the
small fry devour. A heron.
p ^.tJyS kabudzcash, A blue colour.
p kabudah, An elm-tree. A kind of tough willow grow
ing spontaneously. Box-wood.
p kabiuft, A sort of turban with a blue sheep-skin bor
der. £y£ kabudi kabud, Of a deep blue.
kabudt-rang, Blue, azure.
Pjy£ kabzear, The myrobolan.
p kabus or kubus, Crooked, bent,
p C-fy^ kabuk, A nest. The breast-bone of a fowl. A cuckoo.
A partridge. A female bird (there being, it is said, no male of
the species) which flocks and pairs with birds of different kinds.
A certain water-fowl. Kabbuk, A lark.
a ^yS kubul, (pi. of kabl and kibl), Fetters,
p <Ay£ kabulah, A kind of medicine.
kabunaz, (kabutar mispelt ?) A pigeon,
p XyS kubwah, A sort of pot-herb.
p kabah, kabbah, or kubbah, A cupping-glass. Arising,
a swelling. Kibah, A clew.
kabl, An ape, a baboon.
kubai/td, A sweetmeat made of almonds, pistachios,
walnuts, and oil of sesame. A cake made of sesame and sugar.
Kubitd, A cake made of fine flour, honey, and sesame-oil.
p (hi, kubuytak, A steel tool for notching a mill-stone.
v kubitah, A sort of sweetmeat.
A kabls, Stinking, corrupted (meat).
p kabljah, Quills on the back of a porcupine. A swel
ling on the lower jaw of quadrupeds.
p kabichah, An animal whose lower jaw is swollen. An
instrument for scratching the back. ( Burhdn-i kdti^)
p kabid, Solder. Glue.
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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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- '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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