'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎692v] (1389/1826)

p^J fifah-dan. An inkholder.
a layk (from Putting silk or cotton into an inkholder.
Containing, preserving, reserving. Flying to, taking refuge.
Being proper (as an action), fitting (as a garment). LJAr, A
black substance, which they mix with collyriums. Liyak, Thin
clouds, or the openings in them.
a <LiiJ llkaty Raw silk or cotton put into an ink-holder. Clay,
or any thing similar, with which they plaster walls.
p lik. But, notwithstanding, nevertheless. A bustard.
A measure for corn or dates.
p likak) A bustard,
p fikin or lekin^ But.
p 10 ligd) A tipcat.
a JJ layl) Night. A night and day. A bustard, ji* /( JJ
layUi Id-il (or jJJ laylu alyalu)) A long and dark night;
that which precedes the new moon. Misfortune. j\£ j JJ
layl wa nahar) Night and day.
A iL! lay Id, (as g aLU laylatu layld')) A long and dark night;
that which precedes the new moon. Misfortune.
A iU laylaii) In the night time.
a HI lialld) (comp, of J /*, ^ aw, and ^ Za,) Lest, that not.
A <dJ laylut) One night. <lL3 laylatu'l kadt) The night
of power, u-jlij AJ luyla-i zifdf) The wedding-night.
p Itlaj) (^Hj l~ilanj) or lllang)) The indigo-plant.
t i-i&J laylak) A stork.
PyLl Ulu,) A pond, a ditch.
Rlupar (or lilupal)) The water-lily.
A Layla') Name of a lady frequently alluded to in the
East. The loves of Majnun and Layla' are cele
brated in a fine Persian poem by Nuzdmi. L5 U ^ ummu
layla') Black wine. LayHy, Nocturnal. One who does any
thing by night.
p ^ layliyd) (in ancient Persian) Night.
A p li-rti) Consent, concord. Peace. A resemblance in sta
ture, form, and disposition. La-ini) Vile, abject, base, worthless.
A li-mat) Equal, alike, resembling.
p^g UmU) limun or Ibnund), A lemon, a citron.
limu-ddrU) Name of a plant or herb which grows
in rocky places, and has the odour of a lemon.
p limund) Lemon-juice. A lemon, a citron,
p limun-kdghzi) A lime. (Gladwin.)
p 4^ limah) Dirt. A rustic shoe of undressed leather.
U^/llma-i gush, Ear-wax. The orifice of the ear.
a ^ layn (from ^), Being soft; being gentle, mild, placid,
smooth, humane. Soft, gentle, mild, placid. ^ ^ haynun
laynun, Easy, convenient. Lin, Softness. Lay yin. Soft,smooth
(thing). ^ layyinu'l jamb. Of gentle manners.
a la-in. Certainly if.
a linat. Softness ; looseness in the belly. A kind of palm.
)rus.
p Unaj, A kind of litharge produced in Cypr
a (jyiJ laynun, (pi. of ^ layn) Soft, smooth. Placid,
p^ Ihc, Butter-milk (the whey strained off), dried in the sun,
and preserved, which they dress with victuals. The sun.
p /lords, A species of dock.
p liiodn, A council-chamber. A royal tent The fore
part of a tent.
A lay us (pi. of lays) Lions. Spiders,
p Hjy lizcak or liyuk, A moth, a weevil. A stout uncouth
young man.
piJjHyJ liwlank. Butter-milk dried in the sun. Live lank or
layulank. Snow.
p livoah. Cutting. Adulation. A turner’s instrument,
with which he makes little boxes. A lazy, yawning fellow, a fool.
A deceiver, a flatterer.
A g layh (from <u]), Being covered, veiled, concealed. Be-
ing high, eminent, exalted.
P^hg liyah-ddr. An elm-tree.
a ^ la-im. Vile, abject, mean, base, worthless, inglorious,
ignoble, sordid, avaricious, cowardly.
a la-imdn, (Pers. pi. of A la-im) Base (men.)
p layidan. To chew.
^ inim. The twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet, and
the twenty-eighth of the Persian. In arithmetic it denotes 40,
and in almanacks is the character for Sunday. It is also a con
traction of the month ^jS:* muharram, and the word (J^-omun-
tik. Logic; and when preceded by the letter ^is an abbreviation
of iAs. ^alayhi's 'saldm. It is interchangeable with i-J,
Jj and j. Ma (for to md), as Hama, To what ?
p |* mim preceded by fathah ' added to a noun forms a posses
sive pronoun; as ^jS^padaram, My father. kitdbam. My
book. It occasionally stands also for man, as in the first per
son singular of the tenses of verbs. It is also prefixed to the im
perative mood to imply forbidding or dissuading; as ma ~
kh ur, Don’t eat. ma go. Do not speak.
p to md. We, us, our. Ujl az ma. From us. to padar-i
md, Our father.
A l< md. Which, what, that which, whatsoever. Somewhat,
something. V hy, wherefore. Whilst, during, as long as. As
much as, as far as. No, not, nothing. How! What! The
bleating of a goat, doe, or sheep. U sj>\d litukun dd-iratu
ma. Let there be some (or a given) circle. ^ U* J
(•...*<£') inna zuydan mimmd an yaktub. Indeed Zayd is an excel
lent writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. , to ^ala' md kdna. According as it was.
1/^ md ahsan cumaran, How excellent is Omar. I*