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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎877v] (1761/1826)

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 waklr, A large hollow on a mountain containing water.
A flock of sheep, or goats (about five hundred). A flock, with
the shepherd, his dog and his ass. Learned. Loaded with debts.
j+sti fakir zsmkir. Poor.
a zcakirai, A large hollow on a mountain holding water.
a kJ. zcakltj A large hollow in a mountain or hard ground
where water collects. Broken and thrown on the ground, pros
trated. Pained with a blow. One who is taking a long sleep.
yaxcmu'l zcaklt, A day on which a memorable battle
was fousfht amonofst the Arabs.
a kJj zcakiz, Immoveable, unable to rise.
A wakit. Sharpened (sword or knife) on a whetstone.
Worn (as a hoof by the stones). (A place) having many hollows
filled with water.
a ‘‘xJj zcakl^at, An accident, action, battle, combat, engage- |
ment, event. Any cavity in which water collects (less than Lkj
icakit). Slander, disparagement. (Ground) not imbibing water.
zvakluitu’l isnayti) A fight between two, a duel.
a ‘U-Jj wakifat, A mountain-goat beset by the dogs and hun
ters, and forced to take refuge amongst the rocks.
a wikkifa', A Christian priest.
a zoakiyah, A weight of two pounds and a quarter,
p LJ>j wak, A frog.
acj; wukk) A spurning, a repulsing.
a wika, A chain or any thing fastening the mouth of a bot
tle, or the cover of a vessel, (metaphor.) An avaricious man.
a t— zoakkab. One who mourns much and often.
A zcikus or zzukas, A hasty dinner or meal.
a jli* zoikad, A leathern belt (especially one used to bind a
cow when milking).
Ajl^j zoakui') A transgression.
Aikkj wakd^at (from jkj)* Being firm and hard (a leathern
bottle, a horse, or the heart).
a zcikdf or zeukqf, A pack-saddle.
zcikdl also zzakdl, Slowness, sluggishness (of a horse), i
fl ileal, (m of J^j) Trusting to any one, having mutual confi
dence. Going heavily (a horse).
A<U)^jzvakdlat f Vicegerency, the office of substitute, agent,
administrator, or plenipotentiary; embassy, agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , deputation.
p <U:li zeakdlat-ndmah, A plenipotentiary commission,
full powers. An ambassador’s credentials. A power of attorney,
p wakdnd, Part of a cluster of dates or bunch of grapes.
A^ zsikuyat) A walking-stick, a prop.
A zvakb (from u-^j), Making a gradual progress. Be
ing assiduous. Wakub, Dirt, filth. Blackness of ripe dates.
A wukabdn (from ^j), Being assiduous, attentive (to
business). A gradual progress.
A zvakt (from C^>), Making an impression. A small j
thing, scarcity. A walk taken with short steps. Calumny, ac
cusation. Labour expected from a half-free servant. Wealth,
possessions of any kind.
A<k£j zsaktai, A point. A white speck in the black part of the
eye. Wuktat, That part of a tinder-box where the fire is struck.
r zeuktah, A point or dot.
A ^ zoak-h (from Treading hard. JVukuh, Plump
chickens or other young birds.
A zoakd (from J^j), Intending, purposing to do. Any
thing which one wishes to do and is solicitous about. Jl ukd,
Study, endeavour. fVakad, Deliberation, thought.
wakadah f (in ancient Persian) A female.
A zsakr (from Jj), Entering its nest (a bird). Prancing
(as a horse). Filling (a bottle, a vessel, or the belly). Striking
one with the fist on the nose. A bird’s nest in a tree or on a rock.
Wakar, A prancing, or an ambling pace. JVukur, (pi. of
zcakr) Bird’s nests.
A Ijj ZSO akrat, A nest. A feast given on the finishing of a house.
JVukraty An approaching to water in order to drink.
A zvukara\ A prancing or ambling pace. Short of sta
ture and corpulent (horse or she-camel). Swift (she-camel). (A
woman) who treads firmly on the ground.
AjSj zoakz (fromjk*), Striking with the fist (about the chin).
Beating off, repelling, driving away. Digging, piercing, stab
bing. Fixing (ahalbert) in the ground. Filling. A dance. Besides.
A zcaks (from Being diminished, deficient. Losing
(in trade). Diminishing, injuring. Defect, detriment, diminu
tion. The moon’s face when eclipsed; the moon appearing in a
star’s place, especially in the morning. Blood or part of the skull
falling in upon the dura mater or membrane of the brain.
r icakshak, The mastich-tree.
zoakz (from kT.), Beating, thrusting away. Adorning.
Being intent upon, persevering in.
zcak^ (from «-^), Striking, stinging (as a scorpion),
biting (as a serpent). Striking the udder of a sheep (as a lamb
when sucking). Bruising (the nose). A protuberance
formed by the great toe resting upon the next one.
zcak^d, (A woman) whose great toe leans upon the next
one so as to form a protuberance. Foolish (woman).
a tcai/(from i«_£ij), Running (as a house with rain
water, or the eye with tears). Flowing (water). Labouring
under a fault or a blemish. Being unjust, iniquitous. A fault,
blemish, defect. An event, accident, issue, success. A stratum
of dressed leather, which they spread as a table or table-cloth;
also one upon which they play at chess or draughts. Wakaf In
justice, partiality, deviation, excess. A crime, fault; a stain, spot.
A root; the foot of a mountain. A vein. Corruption, weakness.
Difficulty, distress. Weight, gravity. Projections like wings
over the door-way of a house or tent.
zoakl (from J^j), Intrusting (one’s affairs to another);

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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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