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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎644r] (1292/1826)

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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kazambd) Manna,
p kazand, A swan, a cygnet.
v kazindah, A teasel. A sack with meshes like a net.
p kazangubJn, Manna.
p ajj^ kaznah or kiznah, A rock-swallow. Nettle-seed.
p kaznay, \\ et and withered, as a plant in winter.
r JLr^ k'azb (for^j! kih az o), Who, or which, from that or
him. Kuzu, A beetle or May-bug. A tamarisk.
r\^ kazzca, A sort of gooseberry or bastard currant.
p kizzcdri) I he herb called mercury or melissa.
p kuzud, A worm. A beetle or May-bug.
kuzuzat (trom kazza). Being dry, shrivelled.
p kazugh) I he polishing of gold, silver, or paper. The
vertebra) in man or beast.
a kazum. An old toothless camel.
v 4^ kuzunl, A house built or roofed with reeds; the top of
a house. A currier’s instrument, with which he scrapes skins;
also a vessel used by him.
p kazlt or kuzlt, A poll-tax.
p kuzayd, A tribute imposed by conquerors.
p kaztdah, A kind of brush used by weavers to lay their
work smooth. A kind of net or open bag for carrying straw.
kiztr, The prefect, or head man of a canton,
p kaztn, (Made) of raw silk.
p kazln-farbsh, A collector or vender of raw silk,
pj^ kaj) Crooked, curved, distorted. Deaf. Purblind. Ser
vile, a slave. The tamarisk-tree. The clew or cone of a silk
worm ; raw silk; coarse silk of little value ; any bale, bundle, or
clew of silk. Woven with a double thread. kaj kar-
dan. To crook, to bend, to twist. Am/, The root of a tree.
p kajubah) A camel-litter, in which Persian ladies travel;
it may be covered or opened at pleasure. The arched covering
of cradles. Kujdbah^ The crop of a bird.
p &j\t£ kajalah, The cod of the silk-worm, a cocoon,
p kiydchah, The crop of a bird.
p kajdr^ A strip or piece of any thing torn off. Kujdr,
The crop of a bird.
r^X'j\y£ kaj art dan. To tear, to tear in pieces,
p kajdzdd, A slave born in the master’s house,
p kaj-aghand, (AXtJ-S kajghand)jiSkaj-dghan-
dish, JcfTjS kaj-dgand, or kaj-dgandish), A cover
ing, counterpane, quilt. A kind of jerkin, of thick quilted cotton
or silk, worn in battle instead of armour. War, battle.
Pjjlji’ kaj an, A camel-litter.
p xMt kajdzcah, A seat or litter placed on a camel’s back,
p ^ J-i kaj-bin, Looking askance, squinting. Malignant,
p kajtarkhun, Pellitory. Dracunculus.
p kajtah, The silk cone,
r J.£ kaj-chashm, Squint-eyed.
p^I^LIsLJ^ kaj-khdtirdn, Cross-grained, perverse.
p kajdum, A scorpion (with a crooked tail). The sign
Scorpio. kajdum-i bahri, Name of a dark-coloured
fish of the sword-fish kind, kajdum-i gar dun (^JJ^
w&T kajdum-i tds-i db-gun, kajdum-i falak,
or kajdum-i mlufari), The sign Scorpio.
vtj'ys- kajdum-kh'drah, Name of a poisonous reptile,
p kajdumah, A whitlow,
p kujdah, A wrestler.
p kajdidan, To yawn, to stretch. To be changed.
p t — ^ ca J ra ft Name of a stinking herb.
p kaj-rctftdr, Walking shamblingly, crooked, in-kneed.
p kaj-rang, Whitish.
kaj-tarkhun,Ve\\\iory. Dracunculus.
pli£^ kajghd (orjUj^ kajghdw), The mountain-ox of Tibet
with a bushy tail. The sea-ox.
p kajghdn, A cauldron, a pot.
p (— kujf, Burnt silver. Pitch.
p kajak, The iron hook with which they goad and regu
late the motions of the elephant. A crooked stick attached to a
tall post to which they fasten balls of gold and silver, as marks
and prizes to archers. A crooked stick with which they strike
their large kettle-drums. Any kind of hook or crook. The
wards of a key. The feathers of a cock’s tail with which women
adorn their heads. An earthen jar in which rose-water and dates
are kept. Food, victuals.
p kujkurah, A coat-button.
p kajgd (or kajgdw'). The bushy-tailed cow of Tibet.
The sea-ox ; also his tail.
p kajmdzdn, Name of a medicine.
kajmaj, Crooked, distorted.
p kajmaj-zabdn, A child that cannot yet speak plain.
p kaj-miydn, Crooked about the loins.
p kajan, A green lizard.
vjaj kaj-nazar, Squint-eyed,
p kajnah, A patch.
p kajitr, Zedoary, a Chinese root.
p kajwand, The wards of a key.
p kajzoah, A camel-litter.
p kajah, A hook or crook. An iron hook with which they
drive and guide elephants. A curved stick with which they beat
a drum. Shambles. The uvula. The wards of a key. A piece
of wood so placed as to prevent a lock from being opened,
p kangh. Flight, departure.
p kajim, A quilted jacket worn in battle. Horse-armour.
v kajin, A burner of lime.
p kas, A man, a person, one, any one, some one. Intelli
gent, learned persons. y kas o ndkas, Every body,
noble and plebeian, hamuli kas (also jb har kas),
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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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