'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [857v] (1721/1826)
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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nihazy (in of Rising up against (one) and op
posing (him), (pi. of nahzat). Paths up a mountain-steep.
A jjU) nuhuk (from (_£ij3), Braying (as an ass).
A nahakat (from (JJ^ 1 ), Overcoming, conquering. Fa
tiguing, emaciating (with labour), afflicting; extenuating (as
disease). Being strong, vigorous. Becoming weak. Telling.
nihaly A young plant, a shoot, a sucker cut from a tree
to be planted separately; any plant or herb transplanted ; grow
ing from the root of a tree. The branch of a tree. A carpet,
a cushion, a mattrass, bedding. The chace ; game.
A nihaly (pi. of nuhal) Drinks, (pi. of nahil),
(Camels) drinking and quenching their thirst.
p <ts4pi nihulchahy A quilt, wrapper, coverlet, mattrass.
p nihal-gdh (also nihdl-gah)y A lurking-place
for hunters.
p all^j nihdlahy A lurking-place for hunters. The den of a
wild beast. A scarecrow set up to drive beasts into the hunter’s
toils. A newly planted sucker. Any kind of carpet.
nahdliy A species of small carpet with a short pile; a
cushion or any thing similar stuffed, stitched, or quilted. A
plant; one plant; a certain plant.
A ^1^3 nahum, A blacksmith. A carpenter. Nuhajity A kind
of bird, an owd. A monk. Nahhdrriy A lion. A high road.
A <Lol^3 nahdmaty Gluttony. A lion.
a nahunnyy nihumiy, or nuhdmiyy A blacksmith : a car
penter. An abbot, a monk. Nuhdmiyy An easy, plain road.
p V nahdmiriy A blacksmith.
nihdny Latent, hid, concealed, occult, clandestine. Pru
dently, secretly. nihdn shudany To be concealed.
nihdn o dshkdrahy Things private and public.
p nihdn-paykardny Angels, spirits, invisible beings.
p nihdnchahy A thing concealed or secret.
p tOlsrly nihdn-khdnah (or ^1^3 nihdn-darah), A cabinet,
a closet, a private-room. A hole dug in the ground for sitting
in during the hot weather.
p nihdn-ddn, A granary, warehouse, storehouse, cellar.
A wardrobe, a closet.
p qiW nihdni, Privately, secretly. A secret. Concealment,
Occult, clandestine, anddrn-i nihdniy The privities.
4^ * ittifdk-i nihdniy A private confederacy, a league,
p V nihdnichahy Privately, secretly.
A *jl$3 nahdwat (from \j), Being filled, replenished. Being
half-raw, not sufficiently dressed (meat).
a o'-jV nahuwishy Oppressions. Iniquities,
p A3jl^3 Nihdwand also Nahdzaandy Name of a city in Persian
Irak. Name of a mountain in the neighbourhood of that city.
A species of musical mode or song.
p nihdwandiy Name of a note in music.
p nuhduidan y To be afraid (as boys of the master).
a nahdyat, A wooden curb put on a camel’s nose ; also a
cradle or other wooden frame on which the load rests (of a
camel). The end, extremity, term, goal, boundary,
but. Excess. Very much, extreme, excessive. Remarkable,
at the utmost. jJj balagha nihdyatahuy He hit the mark,
he gained his end. jd>\ nihdyatu'l amr. The end of the
matter, finally, upon the whole, to conclude. But, however, not
withstanding, nevertheless; (which are also expressed by
nihdyat and nihdyuti). p hi nihdyah. Infinite,
without end ; excessive.
A nahh (from Seizing, snatching, spoiling, car
rying off. Reproaching, cutting (with words). Seizing by the
heel (as a dog). Rapine, plunder, spoil, p nahb
kardan (or CLijXzj nahb o ghdrat kardan)y To plun
der and carry off.
nuhbdnidany To make beautiful.
a 4-^3 nuhbaty Rapine, spoil, plunder.
p nuhbaty The division of the signs of the zodiac into
nine parts, and assigning of a star to each division. Immensely
great, exceeding measure.
a nahbarat or nuhbaraty Long, meagre; at the point of
death. Nuhbaraty A ditch or a hollow amongst heaps of sand.
Danger; a dangerous place.
a J-^3 nahbaly Old (man).
a nahbalut (from q), Growing old. A languid pace
like that of an aged person. An old woman. Large (she-camel).
Aj^o3 nuhbury A mountain of sand.
a nuhburaty Long, meagre ; at the point of death. A
hollow amongst heaps of sand. Danger ; a dangerous place.
A nuhbughy A French bean. Name of a bird. A kind
of ship, long and swift (called dunij).
p nuhbahy The understanding.
p nahbahrahy Exceeding bounds or measure, excessive.
The division of the signs of the zodiac into nine parts, and the
assigning of a star to each division.
A nuhba\ Plunder.
A nuhtarat (from q), Inventing a lie against (any one).
a nuhsaraiy A pace, step, or manner of going.
A ^ nuhj (from ^’), Pointing out (the way), making clear,
presciibing, giving directions. Following or keeping the road.
Lying open (a road). A high road, beaten path. Way, manner.
JSahaj (from^), Breathing hard, being asthmatic. The asthma.
na hjizy Intricate. Intricacy. Twisted. Entangled.
P nah kh'ushy The wild vine.
\S$) nahdy Any thing elevated. Corpulent. High, fleshy,
well-shaped (horse). Generous, well-born (man), tending to any
thing great. A lion. Name of a tribe in Yaman. Nahd also
mhdy W hat is equally contributed by travellers for expences on
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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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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.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:845v, 845ar:845av, 846r:909v, back-i
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