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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎661r] (1326/1826)

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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p kazoiiy, A falcon, a sparrow-hawk. Coriander.
p kun-khart, Lvil, wickedness, depravity. Folly,
p 8<XjjS kawandah, A corn-sack. A kind of net made of straw
or long grass in which they carry about dry cow-dung for sale.
An unripe melon.
p Icumstahf The buttocks of a man or horse,
p Jcunuh) The buttocks of a man or horse.
kum, A catamite.
p^Ljj£ kiinyan, Sleep.
r kawntz, A basket of oats. A measure (especially one
of 24lb.)
a kazanayri) (dual of kazon) Both worlds; both kinds
of beings, corporeal and spiritual, men and angels.
a kazcnlyah) Existent.
AJjji ka-ud, (A mountain) of difficult ascent,
p kazcud (for kabud), Blue,
p Xjfi kohj A mountain, a hill, a tumulus or hillock,
kbh-i ibrdhini) Name of a mountain in Karmania.
koh-i akhzar, The green mountain, i. e. The mountain Kaf.
Jw:] kbh-i asad) A burning mountain, a volcano. Xjz
koh ba kohy From mountain to mountain. koh-i jail l,
Name of a mountain in which Noah dwelt, and from which the
first waters of the flood gushed out. kbh-i rahmat,
Name of a mountain near Mecca. kbh-i rawandah,
A moving mountain, (met.) A horse. kbh-i mahruk^
Name of a black mountain on the confines of Arman,
zjz kulla-i kbh, The top of a mountain. Kuzoahy The pod which
contains the cotton ; the seed-vessel of any plant. A silk-worm’s
pod. Kuzcahy A sky-light. A cupping-glass. The pinnacles
or battlements of a castle.
p kbhdmun, A steep mountain with a plain at top.
p kohd-mby, A boy’s game, in which a hair is hidden
in a heap of wet earth.
p kbhan, A camel’s bunch. The hump of a camel or
of the Indian ox. jj' kbhan-i sazsr. The hump on an
ox’s back, (met.) The Pleiades.
p Aj koh-bdr (or kbh-barah), A troop of horses,
p kbh bar kbh, A kind of amber,
p kbh-budandah, A mountaineer. An anchoret,
r ( j+.' koh-bln, A reed-basket for holding sweet herbs, &c.
p $j(j xJz kbh-parahy A piece of a mountain. A horse.
p koh-payah, A mountain’s base. A mountainous tract,
p *j> kbh-pusht, Curved, hump-backed.
p^Cj sS kbh-paykar, In the form of a mountain. - ^ j
p ^-j' kbh-tegh, A blaze of light. ^
p kbhajy The oxyacanth-fruit.
vjs>. xjZ kbh-jigar, Valiant, courageous, undaunted,
p kbhchahy A hillock.
Tj ±. xj kbh-khar, The onager, or mountain-ass.
A kazohady Tremulous from age.
p kuharniy Generous. (Castei.lus.)
p kuhariy An exchange, recompense, equal return.
p kuhartdany To exchange; to substitute one thing
in the place of another.
Pjl kji kbh-sdry Mountainous; a hilly country.
p kbhistany A forest, a place surrounded with moun
tains or forests, and almost impassible. The Persian Irak (or
the ancient Parthia). Samarkand.
p }>£ Kbh-fahm, Name of a black mountain, whose stones
are burnt, in order to make soap.
v ijL&S kbh-kany One who cuts through mountains. Name
of Farhad the lover of Shlrln. A horse. ^
p kbh-kbby A horse. A camel. Name of Far-
had the lover of ^ Shirin.
Pjj-£ xj> koh-khiy A lord, a master, a great man.
p kuhaly The oxyacanth-fruit.
p kbhim, (pronounce kbim) Name of an herb which grows
amongst corn. (Burhati-ikuti^.)
p Xjjso xjz kbh-mazzvahy Name of a disease in the eye.
p kuhanky Name of an herb,
p kbhangy Jumping up, rising.
p^ 3 xjx kbh-nazcardy Traversing mountains,
p kbhzcdrahy A privy.
p ^1? xjs kbh-zcarah-wany A saddler, or one who makes all
sorts of harness for horse or carriage. (Castellus.)
p kbhahy The bunch of a camel, or an ox. The highest
part of the back of an animal. The prominent parts of a saddle
before and behind. A saddle. Heighth; any thing high and
elevated. A hillock, a knoll. A wave. Fear, terror. An at
tack, a charge. A fairy. <— r J\ hzjx kbha-i db, A large wave, a
billow. omnn, The height of heaven,
zln-kbhahyThe stuffing of a saddle, a cushion, a saddle-cloth,
p teijz k&js kbhah-giriftahy Bewitched.
p kbhiy Mountainous. A mountaineer. The medlar.
v kuhijy Burnt lime, chalk-stone, or gravel. The fruit
of the oxyacanth. oitJit A
p kohaylun, A generous horse.
p kbhhiy A mountain. A dish in which they cut meat
small. Name of an herb growing amongst corn.
p kby also kuyy A town, a village. A country-house, a
farm. A neighbourhood. A side, quarter, district. A turn-
again lane, a street without a thoroughfare. kby-i
haftddrahy The world.
A kizvd’y (pi. of ijz kazozoat) Windows. Kuwayyy Name
of a star. Kuzciyy (pi. of 5*^ kawzaat and of kuwat) Window's,
small apertures for the admission of light.
kbychahj A narrow street. A small village. A cell,
p kby-ddshy Of the .same village, a townsman.
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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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