'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [830r] (1664/1826)
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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A kettle, cauldron, pot. An old veil or curtain. A stick for scratch
ing the back. Name of a place. navoah-mihrub) A
little chapel ; the place where the priest stands when praying.
a nuzca’, Fat (camel).
nazciyat, Fat (she-camel).
p ^Jo *\j nuictdari) To hollow out a stone or a piece of wood.
To slumber, to begin to sleep. To weep, lament, complain. To
walk with a pompous or graceful air. To be bent. To be tired.
r Hf7rc7/«A, Thick, dense. Opake, impure. Blemished.
Mixed, adulterated.
p SU nuh. Noxious exhalations rising from the ground.
p jb&lj ndhdr, Unknown, incognito, undistinguished, strange,
(forj'jfc! \j nd dhur) Fasting, one who eats nothing all the day.
r ndhdrlj A light breakfast.
a ndhib, A seizer, a snatcher, a spoiler, a plunderer.
a ndhit) The throat.
A ndhij, One who finds or points out the way.
r Jj>l3 ndhidy The planet Venus. A cultivated garden.
a JJSslj ndhid, (A girl) having swelling breasts.
A £jji>l3 ndhidat) A girl having swelling breasts,
p i ndhidah, A girl having swelling breasts. The planet
Venus. Name of the mother of Alexander the Great.
A ndhir, White grapes.
A ndihiz, One who approaches, who draws near.
a ndhiz, A young bird spreading its wings and prepar
ing to fly. A protuberant muscle or piece of flesh in the upper
part of the arm, or fore-leg of a horse.
A ndhizat, Sons of the same father by different mothers,
rising against or opposing one another. Ministers ; as rising up
to obey.
aJL5>!3 ndhik, Braying (ass), neighing (horse). The place
in the throat which produces those sounds.
a ndhikdni) Two prominent bones in the cheeks of
solid-hoofed animals.
a ndhik, One who strives and endeavours.
a Jj&lj ndhil, (A camel) drinking the first draught, yet still
dry. Thirsty. Who quenches thirst.
a ndhilat, A crowd pressing to the drinking-place.
nahamid, Incomparable, unparalleled. Dissimilar,
dissonant, opposite, repugnant.
r nd hamwctr (or nd hamzcdrah), Unequal, un
even, rough, having protuberances, irregular, capricious, fio-
ward, perverse. Unworthy, incongruous, unbecoming, incon
venient, disproj^ortioned. (iticar-i na hamzsat, Un
worthy, indecent actions, rozgd/'-i nd hamvcdu ,
Inconstant fortune.
ndhommirt, Inequality. Inconvenience.
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r nd hanjdr, Rough, not level, untoward, disastrous,
r .Urjfcl} nd hanjdn, Impropriety, deviation from right.
pU.fclJ nd hated) Unequalled, incomparable.
a nahur, A cloud,
p nd hash. Suddenly.
A ndJu f A prohibiter, forbidder, interdicter. ^
ndhika mi l r > rajnlin. That man will suffice you, you cannot
wish for a better. ndhika an, Let it suffice you that.
a iLkL) ndhiyat, (fern, of ndhi) A forbidder. An interdict,
prohibition, any thing forbidden, ^ hiya
ndhiyatuka min imrdti, Let that woman be sufficient for you.
p JuJblj Ndhid, Name of the mother of Alexander thfe Great.
Ndhid (and SJuJbli ndhldah), (The planet) Venus. A girl with
a swelling bosom. A cultivated, flourishing garden.
p^U nay, A reed, a pipe. A flute, a flageolet, a fife, a mili
tary instrument of music. A reed played upon by the dervishes.
The throat. Pride, vain-glory. Name of a fortress.
nd-i bint, The nostrils, the passage of the nose, 4 ?^ n u~i
turkl, A trumpet, a clarion. nd-i gain, The wind-pipe.
4 ^ wa-£ Ids (also jjij! t_sl3 nd-i losh), Name of a musical
instrument, (jly * nay o nosh, Music and wine.
sur-ndy, A fife, a flageolet, a crooked trumpet, a clarion.
nd ydib, A thing rare, not to be found, scarce, unat
tainable. Undiscoverable.
p ndy-ambdn, A bag-pipe.
a -eli ndi-ib, A lieutenant, viceroy, vicegerent, substitute,
deputy ; the deputy of a judge. A bee. Any thing copious or
plentiful. A contingency, an event. A penitent, one converted,
from sin. r olj ndi-ib-i tingrl,Go&’s vicegerent, i. e. a
khallf, an emperor. A nd-ib mundb, A vicegerent.
P^LAi ndy-bdn, One who performs on the flute. A pigeon.
A <LJlj nd-ibat, (An ague) returning periodically. An acci
dent, a misfortune, a calamity, a disaster,
p ndyich, A pipe, a flute, a fife.
p ndychah, A small reed, especially one used by weavers.
A hookah-snake.
A Assr'l) nil-that. Weeping, lamenting. A hired mourner.
A nd-ikhaf, A distant country.
Ajj\j ndi-ir, Bright, clear, shining, giving light,
r j)}j ndyir, A small tube or pipe. A kind of rhythm.
A Ipli nd-irat, Fire, heat, warmth, inflammation, flame. En
mity, hatred. A fire-place. Charcoal. (Ground) having plants
yellow from drought.
p ndy-zan, A flute-player, a fifer, a performer on any
similar instrument.
p ndyizah (or it''j ndyijah), A canal, a tube. A syphon,
the pipe or spout of a ewer or alembic. The windpipe. Any
hollow-stemmed plant with joints upon it, a stalk of corn; kex.
The urethra. Membrum virile. A reed. A reed upon which
weavers wind their thread. The knots on a reed or stalk. A
lance or a javelin. An instrument with which they spread or
scrape money together. The running or dropping of water.
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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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- 'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:845v, 845ar:845av, 846r:909v, back-i
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- Richardson, Sir John, 9th Baronet
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