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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎902v] (1811/1826)

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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W 17C
14 ^
t yamjik, A post-horse. A courier. A lord, a mas
ter. A hero.
A yu m i n i The right side. Happy, fortunate, prosperous,
p yamah) A post-horse.
p Li)V. y^ n '> Incoherent, unintelligible language. The reverie
of a fanatic, or raving of one in a delirium,
p JjysT’l) yanjuk, A portmanteau,
p y“ n fh ^ horse-keeper.
t y*i n J*ki ^ post-horse. A courier,
p yjpb yanzadahy Eleven.
p £_3l) gantry Ripe (fruit). Red, scarlet-coloured.
* p <)tjb ganahy A mortar. Lint-seed.
A (Jb (or^b gdnu)y John,
p ^.jb yanichy A grave.
a gamsuny Anise,
p J»b j/iTzaaf/ (for Job gdbad)y He may find.
Pjjb gdzcary An assistant, a coadjutor. A friend, a companion.
Assistance, help. A pestle. The tenth day of every solar month.
p c£;jb gazcarly Assistance. Victory. Boldness, audacity.
Society, company. A wound.
p c ^.b gazoagly Loss, ruin. Absurdity, vain talk,
p Jjjb yazcandy A king. An obtainer.
p (jALb yuzcandariy Monarchs, princes of the world,
p *jb yazouhy Lost, ruined. Vain, foolish, futile, absurd, stupid.
Men or things whose origin is not known. Fictions, foolish ex
pressions. Xjfc, yuwah kardariy To \ose.
yju xXi ydzoah-tdzy An idle worthless man.
p ^^b yavxihkty Depredation, pillage, plunder.
A ytiwiyi (fern. X)jb gdw7yat) Belonging to the letter
verses rhyming in it.
A *b yah yah also ydhi yahi. Used by a shepherd in calling to
his companion at a distance, or to his camels.
Pj&b i dhuy Jehovah. Adieu, To bid farewell.
p ob ydy. Sick, indisposed, unwell, unsound.
A s \.^.y a 'y“‘ a ( ant I ^ V.V. ya-ya-at) (from Vb q), Receiving
kindly, soothing, treating with humanity. Calling to one repeat
edly with the particle b ydy Ho ! Calling to people, assembling
them together by crying out b b yd yd. Making (camels) quiet
by crying ^ ^ ay ay.
A Despondent, despairing, hopeless,
p <tjb ydyahy Silly, stupid.
Acib,y«a-J, (pi. ofKestrel-hawks,
p ^b ydyiy Sick, unwell, miserable, unsound,
p ^iyahy (Samarcand dialect) Also, likewise. So njuch the
worse. A pointed arrow.
ap C—>L) yabdby A desert. Deserted, ruined, laid waste, de
stroyed, corrupted, spoilt, putrid, p <—jL) yabdb kardan
(° r (j-b- yabdb o khardb kardan), To lay waste,
to desolate, to destroy.
p yabdbgar, A destroyer, a spoiler,
p Liubj yubdty In an uncultivated state, waste, desolate,
p ^bo yabds. Pudendum, pubes.
p (jbj yabdin, A desert, a forest, or any place far removed
from habitations. |*»Jl ^bo yabdin-ddum (or ^-<^1 j^bj yabdn-
ddamt), A wild man, a savage, a satyr.
p <-jbj yubdnly Wild, savage, rustic. Foreign. Woody.
a yabram. An auger.
p yabrangy Root, origin of a thing ; substance, matter.
v yabruj, A kind of apple. Yabruj (also
yabruju's 'sanarri). The mandrake.
A yabruhy The mandrake.
A Yabrirty Name of a country in Arabia.
A. yabs (from ^p-^), Being or becoming dry. Withered,
dry. (A sheep) without milk. (pi. of ^^'b ^/a&Zs) Dry. Yubt,
Dryness. Yabas, A wet place becoming dry. Dry (woman)
producing nothing. (A sheep) without milk. Yabis, Dry.
p U£-v«mJ yabust, An herb resembling spinage.
p 4-j yabuj, A kind of tree resembling a man’s arm.
A yubusat. Dryness, aridity,
p yabah. Injury, mischief. Spoil, damage.
h yab~iSy Dry, arid. Sweat.
P^b-o yapanlu. Travellers loaded with their baggage.
p ^yciyatdk oryutdk. Guard, care. yutdk kardan.
To guard, to preserve.
p jb yatdk-ddr, A guard, a watchman.
p ^yb yatdki or yutdkl, A guard, a watchman.
a ^^cb yatdma'y (pi. of ^Cj yatim) Orphans.
a ^ Solicitude. Yatm ox yutm (from ^),(A child) be
ing deprived of a father, (or a young animal) of its dam. Be
ing solitary, alone. Yutm, Separation. Solitude. Yatam (from
Becoming torpid, lazy, indolent, fatigued. Slowness (in
travelling). The loss of a father, orphanage.
A yatmdn. Under age.
A yatummim or yutamminiy The conclusion or addition to
a prayer among the Muhammadans, when they have no water,
or earth, for the purpose of purifying themselves.
A yatn (from ^^sj), Bringing forth with the feet foremost.
A An y pl ar d yielding a milky juice.
A {iP., yatim. An orphan, a pupil, a ward. Singular, unique,
uncommon, rare, incomparable. A servant. A robber, a cut
throat, an assassin, durr-i yatim (or p bjJ yatim-i
daryd), A precious pearl.
^ yatt/natj An orphan-girl. A valuable pearl,
p yatim-khanah, A rendezvous of assassins.
A I asrib. Name of the city of Madina.
A (A. camel) voiding a stream of liquid dung.
a y as las and yaslis. Firm, fixed, solid.
p The interior part of the cheek.

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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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