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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎664r] (1332/1826)

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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their hooks teaching this art, they had no less than twenty-eight
alphabets of various characters, which they imagined, by certain
combinations, had power to make supernatural beings subser
vient to the wishes and commands of men. ktmya-i
alcbar, The grand alchymy, the philosopher’s stone or tincture,
of which they say mashhuru’l ism wu
mumu'l jism , A name celebrated, but the existence unknown,
i’ kimya-ijan, Wine, a (JWc kimyu-i ma-
uini) The chemistry of meanings, i. e. the study of truth. „ Jj&t
ahl-iktmya, An alchymist. A deceiver, a cheat.
A LaJ kimya-asar, With the effect of chemistry.
pkimya-gar, An alchymist. A deceiver. A lover.
V kimya-gari, Love.
Kaymus, Name of a man.
A kayn, A caruncle, a gland within the matrix. Clitoris.
p A:7n, Hatred, enmity, rancour, malice. Rage. Revenge.
kin tokhtan. To prosecute, persecute ; to return ha
tred for hatred. ^ j)\ y{ j r S kin-i iraj (or &Js kina-i iraj),
Name of the nineteenth note of the Barbud. kin-i
siy (izzush (or A'7na-7 A), Name of the twentieth
note of the Barbud. A7n giriftan. To conceive re
sentment. K y in (for <$£ kih in y Written also Which,
for, because, that this.
aL^M kina kina, Chinchina, a medicinal bark,
p kinal, A sot, a drunkard.
A kinat, A bad situation, adverse fortune. Meanness,
baseness, despicableness.
p ;y kin-toz, One who foments dissentions and lawsuits;
having a malevolent mind.
vj\^ kin-guzar, A revenger of injuries; full of fury,
thirsting for vengeance.
pjyS kinwar, Malevolent, inimical.
a kaynunat (from ^<f), Being, existing. Happening,
coming to pass. Imagining, suspecting.
p kinah, Hatred, rancour, malevolence. ki-
nah dushtan, To hate. bd kas kinah giriftan,
To conceive hatred against any one. 2 f|p- , [ j*J*'* dush-
man-i kinah-kh'dh, A mortal foe. sina-ipur kinah,
A breast full of enmity or revenge.
r kinah-kh’dh, Malevolent, vindictive.
p kinah-kash, Revengeful. Name of the twelfth day
of the month.
p slf kinah-gdh, A field of battle; any place of quarrel.
pj v , fcJi kinahwar, Hostile, malicious, spiteful, rancorous.
p^J kayu, Lettuce. A bier. Kiyu, A mighty monarch,
p kaywdn, The planetSaturn; likewise his orbit. A bow.
The seventh heaven.
kuyuh, (pl.of ^ kdh or ^ kih) Sides of mountains.
p kayud (or kayudah), Cause, motive, matter.
p kayus, Name of an island where they sold ^dzrd
mistress of JVdmik. Name of the brother of AnushTrwan.
Kiyus, Curved ; a crooked stick. Ingenious, industrious.
A kuyus (from Abstaining, being cautious from
fear. Eating (alone). Feasting (with any one). Making haste.
p kuyugh, Clay unmixed with straw.
A kayyul, The rear of an army. Timid, pusillanimous:
also a man in the rear. High or projecting ground. Sparks of
fire struck by a flint and steel. Gold-filings.
v kayumars (also kayumart), Name of the
first of Adam’s offsprings who ever exercised regal authority.
He is generally considered as the first king of the Peshdadian
dynasty, and is sometimes confounded with Adam and Noah.
A kuyun, (pi. of kayn) Caruncles,
p kayzsuh, Lettuce. Kixaah, A kind of cotton-shoe used
chiefly in Persia by prize-runners,
p kiyah, Mastich.
p kayhd, (pi. of kay) Great kings, princes,
p kihdl, High, exalted. The world,
p kayhdn, A great monarch. High. A ploughman, a
farmer, (pi. of ^ &ffy), Great monarchs. Kihdn, Vile, worse.
Kihdn or kayhdn, The world.
p kihdn-khidiv, The universal monarch, i. e. God.
p kayhaj, A large strawberry.
r kiyah-ddn, A candelabre, a candlestick, a lamp,
p kihunistan, (in ancient Persian) To spring up, to
grow, to be fresh and green.
p kihu-idan, (in anc. Pers.) To come up, to grow,
p kihah, The bramble. A kind of ivy.
p kayhij, A large strawberry.
A kai, Fearful.
A kaib, Afflicted, distressed, melancholy,
p kayish or kiyish, A conqueror, a tyrant, an oppressor.
a kuyaykat (and kuyaykiyat), (dim. of <&-!> kay-
kat) A little egg.
p kiyah, A cupping-glass.
^ f gdf, The twenty-sixth letter of the Persian Alphabet, the
power of which is precisely that of g before a, e, o, u. In this
edition, where it has been separated from lL/ kdf, it has been
uniformly distinguished by a stroke over it. In manuscripts it
is often confounded with c/ kdf, as well in sound as shape, and
some words will be found indifferently spelled with either.
p gdbdrah, A cavern or cleft in a rock. A herd of cows.
gdjir, A carrot,
p gdkh’drah, A cradle.
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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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