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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎863r] (1732/1826)

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 uJj\j warn/, A fan, a ventilator. Any thing stuffed with
straw to answer the purpose of a table.
p 1? raft an ^ lo wander, to walk about. (Castellus.)
A ulA? wank) Becoming leafy; green, flourishing, verdant,
r wdrakahj The leaf of a tree or book; a letter.
A wdrik. One who neither has, nor claims any thing.
Fjl^ icdrkdr, A melon-ground. A kitchen-garden ; a part
of a garden. A plant without an erect stalk (as a cucumber or
melon). A hut in a vineyard.
p fb!} wdrani) A painful swelling.
p wdran or xourin, The elbow. Wdrun, Topsy-turvy.
p vouranj, The elbow.
p wdrang, A long crooked cucumber. A large lemon
or orange-tree.
p ^jl? ndru, Any thing stuffed with straw and made to answer
the purpose of a table. A fan.
p war ugh, A belch, eructation.
p UJjl? wdrun, Inverted, turned upside down. Unfortunate*
p wdrunah, Inverted, turned upside down. Unfortunate.
p^\. Like, resembling. A lord, master, owner. A
row, a series. Manner, custom ; a law, a rule. A time, a turn,
season, juncture. Much, a large quantity.
A wurihat, Spacious (house).
p w “ ri ( or wdrtnah), Like ; as Rose-like.
a wart, Sharp, subtile, and excellent (musk). Fat (meat).
a<Uj^ wdriyat, A disease on the lungs. Fat (she-camel).
p wdrtj, The part of the branch whence the grape grows.
p fyj'} wdrtkh, The elbow. A prop for vines.
p wdrtdan, To swallow. To stick close to any thing.
P C^ warm, Going quick. The elbow,
pj\j wdz, A desisting, giving over, suspending, relinquishing,
letting alone, abandoning, deserting, renouncing, taking no care
of. (forjb bdz) Open. Back. Again.
p wd zadan, To cover, to hide. To beat, tease, or se
parate (cotton). (Castellus.)
A wdzi^, A king, a prince; a prefect, a governor, a magis
trate ; the leader of the line of an army ; preventing confusion.
A dog, especially the guardian of a house or of sheep.
p wdzagh, Cuttings of palm-trees. A trellis. Wdzigh,
Bread made from the fibrous integument of the palm-tree.
p ^jl‘ wdizgun, Inverted.
a wdzin, (Money) of just weight.
p ^ wdzinj, A shout, a loud noise.
v wdzritj, The swing or see-saw, a common Persian
amusement, especially in holiday-times.
p^rjU wdztj, A vine-branch. Any thing from which grapes
are suspended. Any place in which grapes are hung up. A
vine-prop. A vine-bud, the place whence the grape sprouts.
p rCA wdzikh, Hot, scalding.
wdzidan, 1 o declare one’s condition to another.
p todzirah, Time.
wazlnj, Crying out, crying hey hey to animals, vo
ciferating.
p wdj, Inverted. Money extorted by a tyrant,
p wdjagh or wdj ugh, Cuttings of palm-trees. Wdjugh,
A rope made of the filaments of palm-trees.
p DfjS K dj-gun (or wdj-gunah), Inverted, preposte
rous, contrary, reversed, opposite. Unfortunate.
p Uvj'j wdjun (or wdjunah), Inverted, turned upside
down. Unfortunate, unlucky.
p wdjah, (in ancient Persian) A word.
p (jVj'j wdjydn, The great, the upper ranks of people.
p wdjidan, To tell one’s condition, or state of health.
p was, An ear of wheat or barley.
p wdsar shudan, To relapse.
A wasit, The middle. A mediator. A bride-man, a
marriage- broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. , a maker of matches. Name of a city between
Kufa and Basrah, also of other half-way towns. The fore part
of a camel’s saddle.
a<lLA wdsitat, The middle or largest pearl, jewel, or bead,
in a necklace or bracelet. Any thing intermediate. A female-
mediator; a bride-maid. Motive, cause, occasion. Account,
sake. Help, means. The fore-part of a camel’s saddle.
&is- wdsta-i f.kd-i nujum, The sun. ( Haft-Kuhum.)
wdsitiy, Belonging to the city of Wasit.
kalam-i wdsitiy, The best sort of writing-reed, from that city.
waste, On account of. Wdstt, A reed, a pen.
a wdsi^. Ample, large, capacious, spacious, wide.
wdisi^u'l fazl, Of enlarged beneficence, i. e. God.
wdisi^-mazhab, A man of a wide conscience, i. e. relaxed
in religious duties or moral principles.
a wdsik, Pregnant (camel).
A wdsil, Devout, religious.
p wd sukht, An impassioned style in poetry,
p wdsah, A butterfly, a moth flying about the candle,
p wash, Forage, food for cattle.
p wdshdmah, A tiara; a kind of head-dress worn by
Persian monks, made of white wool or camel’s hair. A veil.
•« A 4 __
A washijat, An interwoven affinity or relationship.
p shudan, To be open. To be dissipated, to vanish,
I o be separated or disjoined. To retire ; to go off (as grief).
zed shudan-i tart, The dispelling of darkness.
^ dsmdn az abr s/jMf/a/j, The heavens cleared of
clouds. \* pahn led shudan, To spread wide, to ex
tend in breadth ; to be far separated; having wide intervals.
a iyi'j wdshirat, A woman whose profession is to thin and
sharpen the teeth.
A wdshik, A little milk. Lost. Name of a man and dog.
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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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