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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎826r] (1656/1826)

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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Name of a note in music. j jli nuz o niyaz kardan^
To supplicate, to intreat soothingly,
p ^\j !j nd zud i Barren,
p ndzdn. Sporting, toying (as lovers),
p tia zdidahj A female that has not brought forth young.
naz-bdlishj A pillow, a bolster, a cushion.
p jj-Hj jli nuz-bdlin, A pillow, a bolster, a cushion. A kind
of pillow for the armhole. (Ezek. xiii. 18.)
Who bears another’s whims; a flatterer.
- p ndz-barddrt } Flattery.
nuz-bo, Name of an herb (ocymum pilosum, Rox.).
p^yjjli ndz-boy. The herb basilicum.
Pjy^jli naz-parzsiir (and /jas-parcrard), Delicately
brought up.
p ndz-parzsardah, Delicately reared; a spoilt child.
a ndzihj Far distant (town).
a nazish, Dissimulation, blandishment. Glory, exalta
tion, eminence, boasting. Importunity.
a £jU tidzi^j (A male or she-camel) longing for its ordinary
pasture or habitation. One wbo draws a bow and shoots. One
who excites divisions. The devil. A foreigner, a stranger.
a CuUjlj nazr'^dJ, Stars. Bows. Name of a chapter in the
Kur’an. un'ndzi^it, Angels seizing and carrying off
the souls of the wicked, (metaphorically) soldiers.
p dSj’u ndzik and nazuk, Thin, subtle, tender, delicate, light,
elegant, clean, neat, ornamented ; facetious, gracious, genteel.
A belofved object, a mistress. A kind of bread baked of fine
flour and butter.
p^J^ ndzik-addj (The nightingale) with the sweet notes.
p ndzuk-dnddm, Delicately formed in every limb,
p d/jli ndzuk-badan, Delicate (an epithet of a mistress).
A species of jujube. A flower resembling the purple amaranth,
p CJjd ndzik-khulk, Of a delicate or flexible disposition.
nuzik-mizdj) Of a delicate complexion,
p ndzik-wujudj Delicate of body,
p ndzuki. Tenderness, softness, delicacy.
A Jjli ndzil, One who descends, dismounts, alights, or arrives
at. p Jjli ndzil shudan, To alight, to descend. Jjli
ndzil kardan^ To cause to descend or dismount.
A £J;l3 ndzilat (or ndzilah), A disaster, calamity, misfor
tune (as descending from heaven). A defluxion of humours, a
rheum, disorder.
piJojlj ndzandah (or ndzanln), Delicate, elegant, de
lightful, delicious, amiable, agreeable, beloved. Dissembling,
feigning (in a good sense), pretending to be angry when pleased
(as lovers). azokdt-i ndzanln. Precious hours.
zun-i ndzamn y An amiable woman, a mistress, a sweet
heart. / < T- , y?- s:rC mahbub-i ndzanin } A beloved object,
p^jlj ndzu, A cat. Name of a melodious bird. The moon.
p nd zor, Weak.
p nd zorlj Weakness.
p ndzun t A kind of hard tree.
p i— nd zeb, Ugly, ill-shaped, inelegant,
p (jULjjlj nd zebd-ishf Ugliness, ungracefulness, plainness.
P na zebd-lj Ugliness. (Hunter.)
a ndziyat, A saucer or flat dish. Hot. Cold.
p ndzldan } To dissemble (as lovers); to counterfeit, to
feign, to coquet; to assume a graceful or haughty air. To boast
of wealth. To emulate, rival, envy. To use well, to indulge, to
behave humanely, to wink at another’s errors. To enjoy the con-
veniencies or comforts of life, to live agreeably; to feel a momen
tary pleasure; to be constantly in spirits, always happy.
pju ndjj A pine, a box-tree, a cypress. Ndj (alsoj'li^'o ndj
Yawning.
p JU^ ndjd, A pine-tree.
p ndjun, A juniper-tree,
p ndjah f The tongue of a balance,
p Mrlj'o ndjln, The elm-tree.
a (jJdnds (equiv. to anas), Men, mankind, human-beings.
Angels, demons, genii. Any thing suspended from the roof of
a house. Name of the father of a tribe, muktadd-i
nds, A priest, a prelate. Ndss, One who checks or cries (to a
camel). Dry (bread). Thirsty (bird). A species of ape.
pjLil) nd sdzy Dissonant, discrepant, discordant. Obscene,
rude, uncivil. jLsl) dhang-i nd sdz 9 Discordant sounds.
An absurd proposition.
p nd sdz-kdr 9 Rendering dissonant or absurd. Unfor
tunate, adverse. Dissentient, disagreeing.
p n “ s uz m kdri 9 Discordance, absurdity, dissension.
nd sdz-kdrt kardan y To dissent, to disagree,
p cCjUj nd sdzl, Opposition, contradiction, discordance, ill-
behaviour. Dissimulation.
v nd sipds y Ungrateful, unthankful. Disagreeable.
p^jU-jU nd sipdsi, Unthankfulness, ingratitude,
p ndspdl, The rind of the pomegranate.
a <LA3 ndttit, Dry bread. An’ndsat, Mecca,
p Ndsitddj Name of a district.
p nd sutudah, Vile, abject, mean, low, base, foolish,
stupid, worthless, wicked.
a ndstj, A weaver. A composer; a maker of an oration.
ndsijuH hiyal, A hatcher of conspiracy or treachery,
a fraudulent person.
p ndsikhy A kind of silken stuff’ woven with gold or silver.
a ndsikhy One who abolishes, obliterates, erases, cancels.
A copier of a book, an amanuensis. A transformer. A verse
of the Kur’an which abrogates what has been said before. Abro-
O
gated, p iMi ndsikh shudan. To cancel, to fake away.

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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)
Arrangement

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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