'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [870r] (1746/1826)
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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1639
a horse’s lip when shoeing him. A bit of wood put through a ea
rners nose. Rope-fetters. A thread. JVurs, The wild cypress.
p rearsa y A starling or stare.
rears a kh 7 dan, To lick.
pjL iy rearsaz, Ingenious, acute; graceful, elegant.
p rearastad, A stipend, a pension.
p reurastan oy reuristun, T.he disciples or followers of
a prophet, or saint.
p rearsan, Fetters. A rope, a cord.
p rearsang, Strange, wonderful, curious ; respectable,
worthy of consideration. Esteem, honour, reverence, respect.
A makew'eicrht.
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A war sly, A species of yellowish red pigeon. An ex
cellent kind of wood for making arrows. (SeejLai nuzdr).
p warslj, A ceiling, roof. A story, floor. The threshold. !
A roarsh (from Snatching, devouring (victuals).
Being greedy, coveting. Going uninvited to a feast. Instigat
ing one (against another). A dish made with milk. JVarish,
(fem. warishat), Brisk, cheerful, nimble, sprightly (camel)
eager to run.
p rearash, A turtle-dove, a wood-pigeon.
p rcarashdd, A stipend, a pension.
p j^y warshdz, Ingenious, clever, industrious, neat, elegant.
Name of a place and of a country.
A j j rearashun, (pi. wirshdn) A turtle-dove, wood-pigeon.
a wirshat, A horse accustomed to gallop off when turned
loose. JVarishat, Swift (she-camel), eager to run.
p warashtdd, A stipend, a pension.
p warashtan, To wash.
p rearshak, A bit of cloth, or little bag in which they
put medicine and drugs.
p t rearashndn, The disciples or followers of any prophet,
p rsarshlm, Sort, kind ; a division, a.part.
a wars (from Baying an egg (a hen).
A warz (from Laying an egg at once, without
difficulty (a hen). Voiding soft dung by a single effort.
a <Lbjj wartut, A precipice, a labyrinth, any danger or diffi
culty in which one is embarrassed. A clay-marsh, in which an
animal sinks and cannot get out. Any thing low, hollow, de
pressed. The hips. A well. Any thing frightful or dangerous,
whence one can hardly escape. A level and pathless country.
f warturi, Name of a mountain-plant possessing many
medicinal qualities. Wild leek.
A ^jjrour^, wara^, or wuru^, (from £jj)} Being timid, cau
tious. Refraining from any thing doubtful (in religious points),
being scrupulous and apprehensive of doing wrong. Being mo
dest, pious, chaste, and temperate. Wur^ and wuru^ (from
£jj), Being small, slender, and weak. IVara^, Timidity, cow
ardice. Abstinence from any thing doubtful. The fear of God.
Temperance, chastity. Small, slender, weak, deficient. fVari t ,
Timid, scrupulous. One who fears God. Cautious, chaste.
a reur t at also wur t at (from Being timid, afraid,
cautious, especially in doubtful points, fearing to do any thing
unlawful or sinful. Being moderate, pious, modest, temperate,
continent. Being weak, small, slender.
p wargh or warigh, A mound or dam for confining w r ater.
A ditch, a marsh. A weasel. Light, splendour. TVurugh, Dark
ness, obscurity. Agitation, mental distress, chagrin.
pU^j warghd (and warghdrah), An indolent swelling.
warghast, Name of a plant resembling spinage,
which grows on the banks of rivers.
p warghasht, Clear, open. Name of an herb.
p rearghuldnldan, To seduce, invite, debauch. To
join. To desire. To prevail.
P ( ( ^r^j warghan, An indolent swelling; any orbicular protu
berance on the body.
A ‘ roarf^tom t—J^»), Being large, long, and extensive (a
shadow). The extremes or edges of the liver.
p rearrafdn, An intercessor, a mediator.
warrafdn, Shining with excessive green.
A re ark (from (jjj), Stripping (a tree) of its leaves. Ava
ricious, low, ignoble, sordid, base. Wark, reirk, wurk, or wa-
rik, Coin, stampt money, riches. Wurk, (pi. of Jjjl awrak)
Years without rain. Warak, A leaf of a tree or of paper. Blood
dropping from a wound, making a round or leafy figure on the
ground. A card. A slice. Young men in the bloom of youth
or prime of life. A living creature. The beauty of the world.
Weak men (falling like the leaves). Wealth in money or camels.
pc__>bi] warak-i dftdb, r Ehe cheek of a mistress. Jb /Jjj*
warak-i bad, The tongue, a Jjj warukuH Hut, Mulberry-
leaf. JU.H Jjjj waraku'l khiydl, Name of an intoxicating drug
(cannabis sativus). warak garddnidanyTochange
(love for hatred, or the contrary), a Warik, Leafy. Warrik, A
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.
. A monied man.
a ujj warkd, (fem. of Jjjj! awrak) Brown, tawny, dusky
coloured (she-wolf or pigeon). A she-wolf. A female pigeon.
A warkdwiy, Of a dusky colour.
^ rearkat, A blemish in a bow from the knot by which it
was united to the branch. ^ ile, avaricious. Liberal (woman).
Warakat, One leaf. A letter, billet, schedule, paper, aL.
waraka-i widud, I riendly letters. hdmil-i warakat,
The bearer of these presents.
v warak-ddghi, Written paper. (Hunter.)
p c-b Jfjij warak nil, A plant, of which women make a decoc
tion for dyeing the eye-brows black.
p^j JVarkah, Name of the lover of ,JS Gul-shdh.
a rearakt, A single leaf.
A <■— wark (from CJj*), Receiving (any thing) for some-
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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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