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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎667v] (1339/1826)

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 Pride, arrogance,presumption, stub
bornness. gar dan-k as hi kar dan ^ To rebel,
p ^<0 gar dan g) A fool, an idiot.
r gardangal, A fool. Gardangul, A rolling-pin.
. . s , _
p r J J<, ^r’ girdnazoah, The environs; adjacent parts.
. s
p gar dan ah, A rolling-pin. A large saw worked by two
men. A musical instrument. Name of an herb,
p gardanhd, (pi. of gar dan) Necks.
v gar dan i, A horse-cloth. gar dan i kardun,
To disobey, to rebel.
p girdu (or girduy), A nut, a walnut.
p g ar d un , A wheel. Heaven, the celestial globe or
sphere, the universe, the world, the revolutions of the heavens;
chance, fortune, and her fluctuating wheel. Any thing in con
tinual motion. A chariot, a calash, a chaise, a child’s go-cart by
which he learns to walk. An engine for pulling up trees by the
roots. A cobweb. jLj 4^ J jlp g (t rdun-i
dun-nazodz, zca charkh-i kinuh-saz. Fortune smilino" on the
base, and preparing adversity (for the deserving),
gurdun-i mind, The azure sky.
PjlJc-s) gardun-iktiddr, Powerful as heaven.
p gardun-sirisht, Proud, conceited, pompous,
dignified. Slow, negligent. Absurd.
p gardunah, A chariot, a calash, a o-ig.
r iJji gardah, Powder used by painters, which, tied in a cloth,
they rub over the outlines of their designs pricked on paper,
and which passing through the holes, transfers a dotted outline
of the subject to another piece of paper; also the pricked paper.
A shield. Girdah, A kind of round cake, but not thin. Any
thing round. A round pillow. The reins, kidneys, or intestines.
A patch sewed upon a garment to distinguish a Jew. All, the
whole. Watch, guard. girda-i charkh (also
girda-i gar dim), The sun and moon. Gurdah, A kidney,
an intestine. Courage. Ploughed land.
Pjll gurdah-dlu, A fruit resembling an apricot.
p girdah-bdlish, A round pillow.
v girdahbdn, One who claps his hands upon meat on a
table, to prevent it from being carried off. A watchman.
v jl girdah-bar, A wimble, augur, gimlet, piercer. Gir-
dah-bur, A circuit. A siege.
P ^ girdah-pdch, A circuit, a surrounding, investing, or
besieging. Seeds of herbs dressed with meat.
p ^d/gardi, Separation. Misfortune, affliction,
pddshdh-gardi, The dethroning of a king, ash-
rdf-gardi, A calamity on all the nobility.
P garcUdan, To turn, become, to reiurn, change. To
1.C inverted, converted. To go round, to walk about, to saunter.
To be surrounded, embraced, or comprehended. To embrace.
.
To stretch one’s self (especially when waking from sleep). |
hdl gardidan, To change one’s state or condition.
gurdidah, Become,changed. Surrounded; tumbled
down, devolved.
S urz i A mace of & old 5 silver, or iron. A club, a battle-
axe. A pestle. Penis. Guraz, A hog. Guruz, Beardless.
gurz-barddr, A rnace-bearer.
p garazdamin, (in ancient Persian) An enemy.
p gurazdan, To help, aid, assist; to administer to the sick.
v g arzish ’ A cry against injustice, remonstrance, sup
plication, the groans of the oppressed.
v garzam, Alurge axe. Short-nosed. Guram, Name
of a brother of Asfandiyar.
p garazmdn or garzmdn, The highest heaven. Heaven.
Devout, religious people.
p ujj* g urz(tn -) Tl 16 crown of the ancient kings of Persia.
p j> garzah, A very venomous kind of serpent. Gurzah, A
large wooden club. A mace. A large-headed serpent. Ra
venous, fierce (animal). Membrum virile. s\J> gurza-i
gdzo-paykar, (jzj>- gurza-igdzs-chihr 9 jLs jlf sjgurza-i
gdw-sdr, gurzu-i gdzo-sar aho sjji gurza-i
gdzomcsh), The mace of king Farldun, which had the figure of
an ox’s head on the top of it.
p W t ^U>r , girzidan, To flee away. To retire. Gurazidan,
To help, to assist. To cure.
p fijj* garzvn, A basket. A sort of pointed arrow.
p C^J^ i gi rz i n ) A rich crown worn by the ancient kings of
Persia. A basket. A pointed arrow.
p gars, Hunger. Dirt upon the body or linen. Citrled
hair; a ringflet.
p garast, Full of drink, intoxicated.
p giristun, To weep, to cry.
p garastudan, A steelyard for weighing large weights.
p UJ :; *lr ) ^ rtrf/s ^ un j Alarge public standard or weighing engine.
v garsnagi or gursinagl, Hunger,
p gursnah, gursinah, gurisnah, gurasnah, or gurusnah,
Hungry, gursnah shudan, To be hungry.
p gursnah-chashm, Hungry-eyed ; envious; nig
gardly. Poor; a beggar. One who has just escaped from a
famine. gursinah-chashmdn-i kanban,
An epithe^of the brethren of Joseph. ( Burhdn-i kdti^)
p uW/ > g ar siydn, Name of a certain stone.
p J^“ir ^arsizoaz, Name of the brother of Afrasiyab.
p girish, An amorous glance or gesture.
p Gars hash, (i—£— Garshdsf, or Gar-
shasb), ISiame of an ancestor of Rustam. Name of the son of
I ahrnasb. Girshusab, Nocturnal pollution,
p gurshdl, An animal between a wolf and a jackal,
p L , -wS ji gar ghast, Name of a plant resembling spinage.

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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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