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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎886r] (1778/1826)

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 ILcj&Z) hazramat (from q), Accelerating, despatching;
reading or speaking easily and fast.
a hazrama\ (A woman) full of rage or pain; clamo
rous, lamenting, raising disturbance.
a u-JjjJJb huzrufj Quick, swift.
a hazrayun, Delirious, foolish in speech. Hizriyun,
Easy, quick in speaking, reading, or serving.
a hazlabat. Agility, celerity.
a hazlamat, A quick step.
a huzlul, A little hill, a hillock, a heap of sand. Fine
sand. A small channel of a river. A thin cloud. Rain appear
ing in the sky just before it descends. The beginning of the
(night). The blight of corn. A light, active man. A light or
slender arrow. A wolf.
a jjt> hazrn (from a^), Cutting quick. Eating fast.
a *bLejjS> hazmalat (from q), Going with short steps.
AtXz hazzo (from •kXk) ) Being delirious, raving in speech,
from distemper or other cause. Cutting quickly.
a J. jjt> hazuZ) Cutting quickly, very sharp (knife).
a jltejjb hazhazy Cutting quickly, sharp (knife).
karabun hazhazun, A nocturnal journey, when travelling rapidly
in order to get to water. «
A hazy (from u/Ai*), Being delirious, raving in speech,
from distemper or other cause.
a ^bi^ hazyun and huzayan (from t/Ai), Being delirious,
raving. Vain, useless words. hazayitn-i mahrur,
The raging or delirium of a fever, p ^£b (jbbjb huzayan-pash.
Scattering nonsense, speaking idly.
A huzayraba\ Manner, custom, habit.
Vj& har, Every, all. Any. A noxious grain amongst corn.
Jo-1 har ahad, Every one. ^1 ^2> har an kih (or ^,1
har an chih)^ Every one who, every thing that. har
aylnah). Necessarily, at all events, in every shape, jb har
bar) Every time, at all times, always, as often as, whensoever, at
whatever time, for as much as, if so be. har jins. Every
kind, of all sorts. har cJian(l kih ' Altll0U g h ? notwith
standing, how much soever, har chth, W hatsoever.
w'b Jb har chih bad bad) Whatever must be must be, follow what
will, whatever is the consequence. b*jlj har ddyirnd) Perpe
tually, always, continually, kar ^ am j Every moment, al
ways. jjj j&> har roZ) Every day, daily, kar zam ^ n
(or jb har wakt)) Every time, at all times, continually, jb
(JLj har sal. Every year, annually. jb har shay) Every
thing. jb har gah kih) Every time that, whensoever, jb
zj> har karah) Every time. jb har kas (and jb har fur d))
Every one, every bit. IIui') (in ancient Persian) An agent, a
doer. Hir, Used in calling sheep together. A cloud, fog, dark
ness. Ice. A groan. A bloody pustule or bile. IIui , Fear.
*a yz hurra, (fut.^. yahurru or yuhirru) He abhorred.
\jt>
A jb harr (from jb hurra)) Abhorring, detesting. Drying,
withering, growing hard and prickly (as the head of a thistle).
Drying (dung). Used in crying to camels. //xVr, Driving or
calling sheep, especially to water. A ram-cat. Abomination.
y \jb i—SjXJ' 'i Id yayrifu hirran mini birrhi) He does not know
bad from good. Hurr) Much water or milk. A lion.
a jyb har-a (from Speaking with gross impropriety or
obscenity. Injuring or affecting one much. Killing (a chilling
blast). Being intensely cold (wind). Perishing. The shoot of
apalm-tree. Hir-a or hir-uU) A demon who suggests bad dreams.
A \jb hara-a (from j^k), Being boiled (meat) till it dissolves
or falls from the bone. Hura-a, Loquacious.
plyi> hard) A trifling, incoherent speech, foolish words. One
who speaks indecently. Hird) Name of a city, called also LUbjb
Hirdt. Harrd) Horse-furniture; gold and silver ornaments or
trappings. The myrobalan. JJarrd and hurrd) A voice, a sound;
the roaring of a lion. Splendour. Ilirrd) The sound of water
trickling down. Hurra, Fear. Splendour.
a \yz harrd. Loquacious.
k s\jb hirdi-U) A camel’s colt. Incoherent. Along, stupid,
incoherent discourse.
A iriuj fz hardbizat) The attendants on a fire-temple,
p hirdt, Good fortune. A man of good fortune. Mr at
(a i\jb hardt). One of the capital cities in Khurasan.
a harr at (or al harrdt), A lion.
a hardtikiy, A heretic.
A jb hurdsim, A lion.
a harrdj, (A horse)running fast. An auction. (Hunter.)
a harrdjat, A crowd of people speaking confusedly all
together.
A hardjil. Tall (men). Large (camels),
p hirddah) A staff, a walking-stick.
kJ'jb hurdr (from jb harra). Being troubled with a flux, or
any distemper causing it (a camel). A watery tumour between
the skin and flesh. al harrdr, The star called the Falling
Eagle ; also the heart of the Scorpion. The first and last Syrian
months called kdnun, i. e. December and January. uLW'
al harrurdni) Both those stars, and both those months.
A u~\jb hards, A kind of thorny tree bearing lot-fruit. Hurds
or harrds. Voracious (lion). Hurras, A vender of the pottage
called j jb harisut.
p (jJyb birds , Terror, fear, dread, confusion, amazement. A
scarecrow placed in a garden to frighten away birds or beasts.
utldimat-i birds. Signs of fear, (j~\jb birds
kardan. To terrify.
p hirdsd. Timid, fearful. Any scare-crow placed in gar
dens to frighten away birds or beasts.
p Frightened, fearing, dreading,timid. Fright
ening. jjJwj hirdsdn shudan, To dread.

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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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