'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎645v] (1295/1826)

a J«—£ kasulj Slow, dull, lazy, tardy. (A damsel) delicately
educated, who scarcely moves from her seat (this is considered
as an accomplishment).
A kasu/n. Past (event), passed away.
v Kostin, Name of a philosopher of the Magi,
p kasah, Facility, ease. A purse.
p hast, One, some one, any one, a certain person, ^
- v ^>- hast chand, Some persons.
\ kusa'’, (pi. of kiswaf) Vestures, clothes.
a Icusayb, Name of a dog. ibnn'l ku-
sayb, A bastard.
p kasyaj, Succory.
a ^ kasih, Infirm in hands or feet, lame, unable to move
from place to place. Impotent.
p kusikhtan, To break, to tear or to twist off, as a
thread. To be broken (any thing hard and stubborn),
p kusikhtah, Broken off.
a -V' w ^ kasid, Not selling or passing current, a drug,
p kasicla, Cassia of Arabia.
a kaslr, Broken, torn off, routed. Poor. Dried pitch.
kasls, A kind of drug which gives a lustre to steel.
Wine. Wine from dates or millet.
a kasls, Date-wine. Dried flesh reduced to powder,
and carried as travelling provision. Broken bread.
A i— kastf, Thick, gross, impure, bad, unpleasant.
A kastfuh. Dregs, dross, sediment, scoria,
p kastkun, A kind of wild lily.
p kas'il, A breaking by tearing off. Kusil, A betroth
ing. The prosecution of a journey. A driving away,
r kasila, Cassia of Arabia,
p 4-—£ kisyuh, A purse.
pj^ kash, The arm-pit, or that part of the side under it (as
servants carry their master’s clothes under the arm). The
groin. A corner, an angle. The breast. Goodness, fairness.
Mirth, gladness. The planet Saturn. A running sore in the
foot of a camel which is burned with a cautery. A mode of
putting the hands to the sides as a mark of respect. Empty.
Good. Beautiful. Beloved. Name of a city in Turkistan.
ub kath-i ran, The groin, (imperat. of kashtdan)
Draw thou; and in composition it is used for the part. x a-.*X
shandah, Drawing, pulling, carrying, bearing, who draws, a
(hawer. ub-kash, A drawer of water. j\j bar
Kash, A poiter, a bearer of burthens. <l]Lj piyalah-kash,
A wine-drinker. dast-i khanjar-kash, The
dagger-drawing hand. Jit Jj dil-kash, Attracting the heart.
sar-kash, Drawing in the head, i. e. refractory, stub
born, disobedient, ktnah-kash, Bearing malice, -r
tnalham-kash, A spatula for spreading plasters. ^
htzam-kash, Carrying wood. ^^ sar-kashl, Disobedience;
(in which manner, by adding cJ, abstract nouns may be formed
from the whole). Kish, A line drawn through a word to erase
it. It is also often used for \j^\ kih ora; as / c ^
guft, i. e. ^ ^ kih ora guft, Who said to him. Kish or
kish kish, A word announcing the approach of a king or great
man, that the by-standers may keep silence and behave with
propriety (similar to, Have a care ! stand by !) ; it is used like
wise at chess when the king receives a check; also in driving
fowls. A looking-glass, a mirror. Kush, Humour or tempe
rament of the body, of which there are four; as
kush-i
zard, (the yellow humour) Bile; kush-i safed, (the
white humour) Phlegm; kush-i surkh, (the red hu
mour) Blood; kush-i siyah, (the black humour) Bile
gall. The breast, the side, or the arm-pit. Any thing male or
masculine. {JiS jJ* shcr-kush, A male lion, (imperat. of
kushtan, in composition used for xxJLZ kushandah), A
killer, who kills, slays, murders, oppresses. iJKz ajdaha-
kush, A dragon-killer. (jOZ zabun-kush, The oppressor
of the distressed or weak. iJiZ \jLa safra-kush, The bile-killer,
i. e. breakfast. JU ^alam-kush, Destroying the world, kill
ing whom he will. (jlSUlU khishm-i ^alam-kush, Fury
universally destructive.
A kish, by a particular idiom, is sometimes employed in
place of the affixed pronoun ki in the second person fern.; as
lay kish, Above thee, for cAiw-e uilayki. Kushsh, The
flowers of the male palm-tree which fructify the female.
p kasha (from kushidun'), Draw thou. Drawing.
I wish. Kusha (from kushadan, used in composition for
kushayandah), An opener, who opens, solves, loses, re
veals, displays. \\ ho makes cheerful. Who besieges, who con
quers. dil-kusha, Exhilarating the heart,
kishzcar-kusha, Conquering provinces.
a kasha-a (from H^), Being filled (with). Being trans
parent (the under skin of a leathern bottle, appearing through
that which is above). Being chapt (the hand). Roasting (meat)
until it becomes quite dry. Eating (cucumbers). Devouring
(meat) with distended cheeks.
a kush-at, Vice.
A kishah, (in of ^*'^), Harbouring a secret grudge
(against another). A mark burnt on the sides of animals,
p kushukhul, A sort of grain for making bread.
t hushud, He opened, displayed, uncovered, detected;
exhilarated; seized. An opening, an uncovering; cheerfulness.
Expansion. A siege. The shooting of an arrow. A move at
c less. Open, wide. <L<l3 kushad-numah, A royal diploma,
privilege, or license. lei- Cheerfulness of
mind, lightness of heart.
p ^-\~£ kushadagl, An opening, aperture, openness, expan-
S10n 5 j°y> cheerfulness, openness of heart; latitude ; the siege