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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎647v] (1299/1826)

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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the sun; the fifth, i. e. Transoxania, to Venus; the sixth, i. e.
Greece, or the Turkish empire (Rum), to Mercury; and the
seventh, namely, the northern regions of the earth, to the moon.
kishzvrtr-khuda)( L j\<\&-jjL£ kishtcar-khuddy, or
jy^ kishzsar-khidl to) , A king, a paramount sovereign.
p ^ 5 *'' jy~^ kishzoar-khu(la-t) Paramount sovereignty.
p kishzsarzj Great, a great man.
p kishzcarzfyun, Grandees, nobles,
p kishwar-sitan, kishzcar-kushd^ or j ytS
kishwar-gtr), A conqueror of kingdoms or'countries.
p^ll^ jy~^ kishzcar-kushd- r t (or jkishzcar-girt),
The conquest of provinces.
a Syli kushuf) A camel having colts two following years,
r kushufj A scattering, dispersion,
p kushuftan, To open. To cleave, to be burst open.
To scatter, to dissolve. To wither, to dry. To vanish, disappear,
p kashund, (in ancient Persian) A bow.
p k as hah, A mendicant, a poor man. A girth, a surcingle,
or other fastening for saddles or loads. Ease. Kis hah, French
lavender. A line drawn to erase writing. Kishah or kushah,
A line in general, whether drawn on paper, on a wall, or on the
ground. Kashshah, A beast which has thrown his pack-saddle.
r kashl, Drawing. Poverty, beggary. A girth, a sur
cingle. Health, happiness, goodness. Kushi, Killing.
A kushi, Full, overloaded with food. Roasted dry (meat).
Rush a 9 , (pi. of kushyat) Fat parts of the Lybian lizard.
a kushyat, The fat of a crocodile or Lybian lizard.
r kashaykh, A kind of mushroom.
p kashikhun, A cuckold.
p kashikhdni, Cuckoldom.
p kashidagi, Displeasure.
p kashidan, (s ^^) To draw, extract, attract, pro
tract, extend, prolong, lo draw lines, to delineate. Toexhaus
to draw out. To bring, to bear, to carry. To bring before,
present. To withdraw, to remove. To conquer. Tosuppor
suffer. To lead, to induce. To bind. To see.
drcdz kashidan. To extend the voice. *! ah kashida,
To fetch a sigh. khatt kashidan, To draw a lin
U L V J ^ darham kashidan, To wrinkle, shrivel. / ^
? uy hashidan,ToVmi the brows, todisdain,loathe, turn away tl
face. gursnagi kashidan, To suffer hunger.
P Drawn. Extended. Shrivelled or wrinklt
(as the face). Disturbed in mind, stupefied, thunder-struc
Weighed. One who has suffered or felt. Sullen, supercilious,
kind of needle-work. A clenched fist ready to strike a blot
High, tall. JAyLi" kashidah shudan, To be drawn, e:
tended. alam-kashidah, Afflicted, distressed.
kashidah-abru {ox abru-kashidah
Having distant or long eye-brows.
ri!b kashidah-bdla, Of a tall size,
p Ja\s>- XXJL& kashidah-khdtir, Displeased,
p *Ay^ kashidah-ru, Having a long or a wrinkled face,
p kashidah-rish, One who has a long beard,
p Jiu kashidah-uikl, A fool,
p kashish, A monk, a priest.
a (yy-J kashish, The sound of a serpent’s skin in motion. The
noise made by the collision of the steel and flint. First brayino-s
of a young camel. Noise made by wine in the fermentation,
p kashishi, A monastic life, the priesthood,
p kishin, The lip.
A kass, A shrill voice. A congregation, meeting, assembly.
A fyd!} kusum (from *>£&), Retiring, returning. Driving, re-
! pelling with vehemence.
p kassah, A beetle, a worm.
A kasis (from kassa), Having a shrill small voice.
Being moved, agitated, trembling. (Water) being frequented
(by people). Twisting, writhing, contracting one’s self, shrink
ing with fatigue. The chirping of a locust. Thunder.
A kasisat, A crowd. A net for ticking deer.
A kazkazat (from q), Going fast.
A jJuij kazl, A repulse.
aIo^ kazz (from !a£ kazza), Oppressing, indisposing (too much
meat). Overwhelmed with business; confounded, pressed upon
in battle. Avaricious (man).
a kazuz (and <Li?lia£ kazuzat), (from kazza), Burden
ing, oppressing (much meat). Kizdz, (in ofli£ kazza) Doing
business with difficulty, going heavily or reluctantly to work or
battle. Dwelling upon, tedious. Difficulty, trouble, labour.
A kizdni, Obstruction. Firmness, solidity (in business).
A <Lclii£ kizdmat, That part of an arrow where they place the
feathers ; also the nerve with which they are bound. The string
run through a camel’s nose. One at the extremity of a bow.
The ring where the ropes or chains meet which suspend the
scale of a balance. A well dug near another (especially such
as are supplied under ground by the same spring).
a <Lla£ kizzat, Repletion, indigestion, nausea, vomiting. Low
ness of spirits.
kizr, A bruised nerve whipt about the notch of an arrow.
Kuzr, fat of the reins or between the two clavicles of the breast.
The notch in the horn of a bow into which the strinfr ffoes.
A kazkazat (from q), Being’ (equally) distended
every way (a bag with water, or the belly, with victuals).
a ^ kazm (from jJ^), Restraining (anger). Shutting (a
door), stopping or damming up (a water-course). Kazm or ka-
zam, The mouth. Kuzzam, Silent (people).
A^ ku zuzo (fromjla^), Waxing firm, compact and hard (the
flesh on the body).
a L-jyaZ kuzub (from ^ia£), Being full of fat.
a kuzum (from jJai), Abstaining from chewing the cud

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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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