'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [661v] (1327/1826)
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 jl,£ kaictr also kizclr, Salsuginous ground, where nothing
grows. The vapour called surub. Wet ground made
uneven by the trampling of men or beasts, and afterwards be
come hard. A fierce lion.
kazolz (orJ.^£ kazoij)^ A hollow place. A corner of a
house. A ditch. Kuzctz^ A measure. Salsuginous ground.
kazslj, A measure, a bushel. A medlar,
p kuzotst, A blow. A cleft. Percussion. Hurt, injury.
Cleft. Beaten, pounded small.
katzlstan, To err. Kmolstan^ kimstan, or kazcls-
tan, To beat, to pound, to thrash. To shake.
p kuwtstah, Beaten, pounded, thrashed, (erroneously
for kunastah ?) The backside.
p jz kaxoistidan, To err, or to cause to err. Kuwlsti-
dun, kiwlstldan, or kazclsthlan, To beat, to pound, to thrash.
v ijjjj jZ kazctsh (or kazstshahy, A vessel in which they
separate the butter from the churned milk.
p kazclsht, A chewing of the cud. (Castellus.)
p kazeel, Camomile-flowers.
p kazsilah or kiiyalah, A lock of hair on the crown of
the head.
p^.jj kuzoin, A basket of palm-leaves, used by oil-pressers.
p Ci/yflA, A stable; also litter for cattle. Wild honey.
P koy-yaft, A foundling.
v tS kah, Grass, straw. A throne. A crucible. Ki or keh,
^ ho, whom; that, which; where; when. Because. Kih, Lit
tle. Small, slender. A numbness in the limbs, mental stupor.
Koh, A hill or mountain. Kuha (for kohahy, The promi
nent parts of a saddle before and behind. The bunch of a camel,
the hump of an Indian ox. A wave.
A kahh (from &S kahha), Belching in another’s face (a
drunken man).
pl^£ kahd, Modest, ashamed, bashful.
* kahdb, A fomentation of hot herbs and drugs for a
bruise or wound.
kahat, An old fat she-camel. A camel, the skin of
whose teats is loose.
A^kihbl, (pi. of hah!) Men of full age, i. e. from
thirty to fifty. Men beginning to turn gray.
A ^*1^ kahdm, Blunt (sword). Slow (in speech). Sluggish
(horse). Old and worn out (man).
p^I$£ kahdn or kihdn, The world, the universe. Kihan, (pi.
of iS kihy Little, small.
A kuhhdti, (pi. of kdhiny Priests.
A iLil^ kahdnat (from ^f^), Turning prophet, priest, or sooth
sayer. Kihunat (from ^*^y, Predicting. Divination, sooth-
saying. The priesthood.
ai— ^ kahb, An old buffalo. Kahab (from 4 ^/), Being
of a ruddy brown colour (a camel).
kahib or kihib, Dishonour, disgrace, infamy.
A kuhbat, A ruddy brown colour (applied to camels),
p kahbad, kahbud, kihbud also kuhbud, A
broker
Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation.
(that
examines goods, and buys and sells for others). A king’s tax-
gatherer. A treasurer. A banker, a money-changer. A great
man. Kuhbitd, A hermit, a recluse. A village.
r kahbar, The little finger. Name of a country in India.
A kahbal, Large trees. Barley with large ears. A dwarf,
p kuhbaL (kahbul, kabbalah or kuhbalahy, An idiot,
p kuhbah, A cupping-glass,
p kahparak, The brinjal or love-apple.
vkoh-paykar, A huge elephant. A powerful horse.
A <4 kahhat, A large aged she-camel (whether fat or lean).
An old woman.
p kahtub, Hot herbs applied to a swelling,
p kihtar, Less, junior, very small, mean, low.
p kihtarl, Littleness, smallness. Minority,
p jjj kihtarin, The least, the smallest.
p kahj, The common or wild strawberry; a cherry; oxya-
canth. Kuhj, A large strawberry.
a kahd, Labour, endeavour, exertion.
A kahdd, A maid-servant.
A kahddn or kahadun (from Being swift, running
fast (an ass). Being fatigued. Importuning.
A kahdab, Heavy, morose, severe. Ill with indigestion.
A kahdal, A plump girl; one in the bloom of youth, kept
at home from the sight of men. An old woman. A spider.
p kahr, The origin and substance of a thing. Kahar, A
chesnut or bay colour (particularly in a horse or mule).
a kahr (from j*£), Advancing (as the day), being serene
or bright. Assuming a severe, indignant look. Oppressing, sub
jugating. Laughing, ridiculing.
v Kuhrdm, Name of a fortress in Hindustan.
P V kah-rubd, Attracting straws, i. e. Amber,
r kah-rubd-khasiyat. Haying an attractive virtue.
v gjiij kah-rubd-rang, Amber-coloured, yellow. Pos
sessed of the virtues of amber. Quick, light-fingered. A robber,
r koharchilah, Nitre. (Castellcs.)
p Kuhram, Name of a champion of Turan.
p kahr ah, A kid or calf six months old.
r kuharidan, To change, to substitute in place of.
kah-rez, A subterraneous acjueduct (joining two wells).
v kahzak, Mustard-seed. Nosesmart. Rocket.
p cJjr kahzal, The herb noaesmart.
p bjtf kahzah, Yawning.
kohsdr, Mountainous. The peak of a mountain,
p kihlst, A stone. (Durhdn-i kdti^.y
p Kohistdn, Persian Irak (Parthia).
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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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