'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [655v] (1315/1826)
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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Ajjli£ kaniidir anil kunddir, A short thick man. A dwarf,
short thick wild ass.
kandr, A side, brink, coast, shore, extremity, limit,
boundary, edge; the hem (of a garment); the margin (of a
book). The stalk, whence bunches of grapes or dates hang.
The banana or plantain-fruit, jsf kandr-i bahr, 1 he
sea-shore. kandr giriftan, To fly, to retire. Kin dr ,
An embrace. The bosom. Dalliance. Separation, disunion.
j[^ kindr kardan, To embrace. To approximate, draw
to one. Kundr or kunnur 9 The pomegranate. The lote-fruit.
A species of plum.
a kanndrat or kinndrat 9 A harp, a lute. A drum,
r kandir~gir 9 A circle, a hoop, a ring.
kand-rang or kund-rang 9 The governor of a pro
vince; a grandee. A lord-marcher, a margrave or landgrave.
A petty dynasty. Weeping in secret. Whispering, speaking pri
vately. A tax-gatherer, a reven-uecollector. A night-watch.
p kandrah, A side, ashore, a coast. A hem, border. A
hook, especially that whereon a butcher hangs his meat, shambles.
kandrah-gtrdn 9 Coasters. Those who withdraw
from a crowd, from business, from the world.
kandrl-faroshy An embroiderer, a laceman.
kandrin, An extremity. Extreme.
rjL£ kandz 9 The stalk, whence bunches of grapes or dates
hang. A hem, a border.
AjL£ kandz or kindz 9 Dates heaped up, in order to be packed
up for preservation. Firm in flesh (a she-camel).
A kinds, The place where a deer lies. Kannds, A
sweeper. An avaricious, ill-tempered man.
A kandsat, A synagogue, a congregation. A Christian
church. Kundsat, Sweepings, rubbish, dust.
a kanndsi, The office of a sweeper.
A<LiL£ kunndshat, Roots, principles. This word is sometimes
inscribed on books, implying treatises, digests, and the like.
A^ kunds, Strong to labour (camel or ass).
a kand^ir, (pi. of ycS kun^ar) Large she-camels.
kundigh, Silk, a thread of silk. The warp in the loom,
or threads of any kind. A silk-worm’s clew or cone. A spider’s
web. A side, a border, a margin.
A i— kindf , (m of >—c^) Helping, bringing assistance*
kundjis, Short.
A kundifij, Many, copious, numerous. Full of flesh, firm,
r kandk, 1 he twisting of the guts, belly-ache, gripes,
r kundm or kunndm, A house, a dwelling. The den or
retreat of a wild beast. A bird’s nest. Pasture.
p kandn, A round tent. Kundn, Old, ancient, (part,
pres, of kardan), Making, doing, tafurruj-ku-
ndin, Taking recreation, walking. aj^jilwah-kundn, Shin-
ing, resplendent, gj^jang-kundn, Making war, fighting.
jj'uj sayr-'kundn, Travelling, going, walking, CJ.li
ghdrat-kundn, Making depredations, <tll3 ndiah-kundii,
Groaning, lamenting.
A kindn, A veil, a covering, (pi. of kunnat), Shades
over door-ways, pent-houses.
A ui kandn at, A quiver. Name of the father of a tribe,
p kandnah, Old, not new. Worn out.
p kundnidan, To cause to do.
a kandnir, (pi. of kanndrat) Harps, lutes.
A kindiyat (or kindyuh), (from Calling (any
thing) by a significant name. An allusion, metaphor, metonymy,
rhetorical figure (the father and mother being described after
the child: as abu kdsim, The father of Kasim,
ummu fdtimah. The mother of Fatima). A wink, a nod, a sign,
an ironical expression.
A^*jli£ kund-is, (pi. of tU-p-S kanisaf) Churches.
a kand-in, (pi. of kannat) Sons’ or brothers’ wives.
A kamb (from c—^), Collecting (in a bag). Kanab,
Callousness of the feet, or of the hands from labour. Hemp.
p kumb, Cassia fistularis. The city of Kum. Kanab,
Hemp. A hempen rope. The inebriating hemp-seed.
pjL^ kimbdr, A rope made of the fibres of the cocoa-nut.
p kanabt or kinibt, A bee.
a kurnbtis, Hard ; contracted.
a kambasut (from q), Being shrivelled, wrinkled
(the skin). Being costive.
p kunab-ddnah, Hemp-seed.
a kumbul, Hard. Robust.
Pjy-i^ kambur, Fraud, deceit.
p kambnrah or kumburah, Conversation, dialogue. Tu
mult, noise, disorder. Fraud, deceit. Usury.
kamburidan, To defraud, deceive, trifle with,
p kanabah. Raw thread,
p kimbahn, Seed of turpentine.
p kanab}, A handsome, good-tempered boy.
p kambldan, To draw a thing from a place and take it
away. Kumbidan, To rise up, to ascend. To leap.
a kimbirat, A large nostril.
p kumbizah, A species of cucumber. An unripe melon.
a hS kannat. The wife of a son or brother. Kinnat, A veil,
any covering by which or under which persons or things are pre
served. A shade, an umbrella. An asylum. The court or
middle of a house. Kunnat, A shade over a door-way, or pro
jecting from a wall.
p kant, A bee. A bee-hive. Hemp. A village.
A (J kintal or kuntdil, Short. A dwarf.
a kuntab, A dwarf.
a k&ntah, Foolish.
A kuntn<^, Short. A dwarf.
A ^ 5 *^^ kuntaniy, Large and strong.
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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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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.
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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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