'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [895r] (1796/1826)
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 u \mz ham- t inan, With equal reins, i. e. riding alongside
of another. A companion, equal, associate, friend, peer.
p ham^thd, Coeval, cotemporary, of the same age.
Joined by alliance ; a brother by adoption, united by friendship.
a hamgh (from Breaking (the head).
a JUJs humifc, Soft herbage, easily eaten, a great deal of dry
herbs, grass, or hay. Himakk, Foolish, disturbed, confused.
a jjliUJs hamkdn and humkan, A grain growing on mountains,
which they eat as a strengthener, or a stimulative to venery.
p ^ ham-kud, Of equal stature,
p ham-kadah, A pot-companion.
PjAL^to ham-kadr, Equivalent, of an equal price, value, dig
nity, or power.
p fJjUJs ham-kadam, A companion ; an attendant; a footman,
p ham-karyah, A peasant of the same village.
^ k humaki^or hummaki^j Foolish. Fruitof certain plants,
p pis ham-kazcm. Of the same tribe.
a hamakka' and hamikka', (lie walked) waving from
side to side.
A hamkik, Name of a plant.
A hamk (from i_£vO>), Urging. Causing (one) to apply
diligently.
p ham-kasah, A convivial or pot-companion; a fellow-
commoner, a boarder.
p p& ham-kuju, Of the same family.
r ham-kan*or ham-kun, A companion in toil or travel.
p ham-kindr, Embracing. (Hunter.)
p hamakndn, An attack, an assault,
p ham-keshy Of the same religion.
p hamkln, A fellow-labourer or traveller.
P hamagdn, (pi. of hamuh) All.
p i— ham-gup z A gossip. (Hunter.)
p ham gar, A weaver. Relation, affinity,
p ham gin an, (pi. of hamah) All. (Burhan.)
p ^ ham-goshah, Of the same species ; a neighbour.
p hamagl, All, the whole, j\ az hamagi za-
ndn, Of all women.
a haml (from cU>), Shedding tears. Raining inces
santly. Himl, An Arabian garment of coarse stuff. Mended
clothes. An old tent made of hair. Ilamal, (Camels) allowed
to feed at large night and day. (Water) flowing freely without
impediment. The fibres called u. aJ /?/’taken from the trunk of
the palm-tree.
a himldj, Tractable, going quietly or slow (a horse on
the road). (A sheep) having no marrow from leanness.
a hamuldn (from cUa), Shedding tears. Raining in
cessantly.
A hamlajat, The easy pace of a pack-horse.
r hamlakht, A patch for mending clothes or shoes. A
kind of shoe.
p ;, J
s. hamlakht-doz, Abotcher of old clothes; a cobbler.
a hamallas, Strong in the legs, and able in walking
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a < 2 *^ hamullat, Fraud, perfidy. Ilamallat (also j-Uib ha-
malla^), Swift (camel), that travels fast and takes wide steps.
A wolf. Treacherous, deceitful, inconstant in friendship.
A hamlakat, Swiftness, celerity, haste.
A J^jb hamla', (Camels) pasturing night and day without a
keeper.
him am, (pi. of himmuV) Decrepit old women. In
tentions, resolves. Favours.
r ham-mazhab, Of the same religion or sect,
p ham-mashrab, Of the same temper and disposition,
p p£> ham-maslahut, Confederate.
p ham-ma^na’, Synonymous,
p ham-maktab, A schoolfellow,
p ham-num, A namesake.
Pj*x*£> hamambar, Alike,resembling. Good, excellent, elegant,
p ham-nabard, Engaged in the same study or labour,
p 1^3 ham-nidu, Singing together, singing in concert,
p p& ham-nasl, Of the same breed.
p ham-nishtn, One who sits or converses with another,
a companion.
r ham-nafs, A friend, an intimate companion. Ham-
nafas, Consonant, harmonious. hatn-na-
fas-i subh-i kiydmat, A long interval,
p *Jb ham-namak. A messmate.
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p ham-jiizedlah, A messmate,
p ha?no (for i ^ ham o'), He also,
p ly^Jb hamzzd, Desire, intention, wish.
p hamzcdr, Plain, equal, level; an even place or thing.
Lenient, behaving gently or tenderly to another. Proportion-
able, well made, suitable, worthy, fit. Always, constantly, con
tinually. Perpetual, ^djsj\^> hamzedr kardan, To level, to
smooth, to make plain. jly^Jb l) nd hammdr, Unsuitable, dis-
proportioned, indecent, absurd, unworthy, uneven,
p b^^fcJb hamzcdrah, Always, continually,
p jjlTj^Jb ham-zoisdk, Associated, confederated, joined in al
liance or conspiracy. ham-zvisdk kardan, To con
spire, to confederate, to correspond.
a humud (from A^Jb), Being extinguished (fire, together
with all its heat). Being worn (a garment). Being destitute of
rain and vegetation, being dead, producing nothing at all (land).
Death. Name of an herb.
p hamurad, The joists of the roof.
A hamus, A lion tearing his prey. (A lion) treading
softly. One who travels much or fast at night.
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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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