'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [878r] (1762/1826)
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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Confiding (in God). Wakul, Weak, unequal to; one who com
mits his business to another to execute.
a. ihj wukald, (pi. of zcaktl) Lieutenants, vicegerents,
deputies, ministers, commissaries, delegates. zoiika-
Id-L duwlat, Ministers of state. ^irj° zsukald-i tarafayn^
The plenipotentiaries of both sides.
a (Llij wukalat) \\ eak, silly, one who commits his business to
another to execute.
a zcaktn (from Teasing, vexing, making sad. Becom
ing sad, afflicted, sorrowful, vexed. Treading down, or eating
up (pasture). Subduing, taming. Saluting. Solicitude.
a £ 4 ^ zcakmat, Thick, filled, saturated,
p wakamshak) The mastic-tree; also its fruit.
zcakn (from ^^j)} Sitting (as a bird upon her eggs).
G reat progress, going quick. A sitting, a session. IVakn, zcikn,
or zcufcn, A nest on a mountain or in a wall.
a wuknut and wukunat^ A nest on a mountain or in a wall.
Any thing on which a bird perches.
a zoakwdky Timid, pusillanimous. The murmuring or
cooing of a dove. One w ho goes with a kind of trotting or am
bling pace. Flight.
A wakuukaty (A woman) who has large hips.
a zcakuby (A doe) going quick with stretched-out neck.
IVukub (from Being assiduous, attentive (to business).
Gradual progress.
a wukud (from .x£«), Stopping, standing still.
wttkur, (pi. of waki ) Nests.
A zjfi* waku^taku^y Worthless, base, ignoble.
A zbakufy (A she-camel) full of milk,
p zoakrcaky The bark of a dog.
A <*-£•£• tjDakzsakat(from yTrolt'mg. Flight(frombattle).
a zvukul (from J^j), Intrusting one’s aftairs to another,
relying upon him.
a zoukun, (pi. of zauknat and wukunat) Nests.
voaktr (and iLJiy zcaklrat). An entertainment given on
the finishing of a house, or to a stranger.
A zvakl^y A belwetheror leader of a flock. Hard, firm.
Strong (bottle), hardy (horse). Hard (heart). / L r -^s
kalb-i icakl^y A heart having eyes and ears, i. e. attentive to
everything. zcakl^lakl^y Attentive (man).
a waklf (from a^«)} Running (as a house with rain
water, or the eye wdth tears). Flowing (water).
p waklly A superintendent, overseer, or person skilled in
any business. (Castellus.)
wakily An ambassador, an agent, deputy, vicegerent,
lieutenant, commissary, factor, administrator, representative. An
attorney, a counsellor (at law). A governor, a protector: an
epithet of God. /4 J-£j waktl-i kharjy The master of a
house, a host, a purveyor. zaukilu’d 'da^wiiy An ad
vocate, a counsellor, a proctor, an agent, or attorney at law. |
zaakil-i saltanut-i ^allyahy The administrator of
the powerful empire, i. e. prime-minister. waktl
kurdany To substitute, to declare one your representative, to ap
point an ambassador. A zoakil-i mutlaky A plenipo
tentiary, a procurator general, an absolute vicegerent,
p Jlij zxmguly A live coal.
p^j zcagar (for Js\j zca agar). And if, although,
p ttLij zca garnah (for Js\ j), Otherwise. And if not.
p j+ij zcagir, A feast, an entertainment,
p zeal, A flower. A vine-bud. Wil, Independent, one’s
own master.
a zvaldy Friendship, kindred. Assistance. A kingdom. Au
thority, right, power. Assistants. Wild, (in of ^J») Continu
ing, following without intermission. Helping, befriending. Se
parating (sheep) by way of distinction. Continuation.
^ala' wild. Consequent, following in uninterrupted succession.
wild or waldy A thing, business. Time.
a wald-a, Nearness. The right and power exercised over
one lately set free.
a waldty Government, jurisdiction, dominion. A province.
Wuldty (pi. of wait) Governors, presidents, judges, lords,
p zcalddy Silken-stuff.
a zcildd (from aJj), Begetting children (as a man), bear
ing them (as a woman). Being born (as a child). Nativity, a
birth-day. Child-birth, generation, procreation.
A wilddat (from <a2j), Begetting children (as a man),
bearing them (as a woman).
p walddahy A bit of round wood fastened to the neck of a
spindle to prevent the thread from coming off.
a wallas , A wolf.
a wild/ (from 4»), Flashing incessantly (lightning).
Running (as a horse) and putting
dow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
r n both the fore feet at once.
Coming one after another (people). Becoming familiar, inti
mate. (in of i—fiSj), Being accustomed. Being joined, united.
Familiarity, friendship, society. (Lightning) flashing incessantly,
p waldnah or wildnah, A wound,
p waldnty New wine.
p zculdiCy Divided, scattered about, and separated.
A Wj waldy a, (pi. of <LJj wally at) Friends, beloved of God.
Governments, jurisdictions. Pack-saddles, (pi. of wildyat).
Regions, dominions.
a waldyat (from ^}) ? Helping, assisting. JValdyat and
wildyat (from ^Jy), Turning away the face from. Being friendly,
bringing assistance. Being contiguous, nigh unto, following close,
adhering or belonging to. Government, jurisdiction, dominion.
A province. Aid, assistance. JVildyat (from ^Jj)) Govern-
ing (a province, or city). Being master (of any thing). Re
ceiving any thing purchased or agreed for. An inhabited coun
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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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- '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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