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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎903v] (1813/1826)

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 yarhamuka* ll(ih f God have mercy on you!
(said to a person when sneezing).
yarkhafj, The night-mare.
a 4 ji> ^jjj\ U ma adrt oyyu yarklumin huwa, I do
not know what he is.
a Ayi-jf yarkhuni) The male rakham^ or pelican.
yarar (from j yarra), Being hard (a stone). Hardness
and smoothness of a stone.
p yarasah, A bat, a rere-mouse.
A y(tr& ^ calf. 1 aru^ Cow'ardice. A kind ot gnat,
r ^ yaragh, A well-trained horse. A meeting, assembly,
p yargha/nal) A hostage,
p jCJ yarghu, Forbidden, prohibited. A sergeant, a lictor.
Contention, a dispute, a litigation, a quarrel.
v is-ji yarghah) A swift horse.
alyarkd, A worm bred in corn, and which changes to
a butterfly.
A an d ycirakiin, Blight, mildew. Paleness. The
yellow jaundice. The king’s evil.
v J^iji yarkani) Yellow, withered.
\ djij yarkTul) (A man) sleeping much.
a c jsj> yarku^, Excessive (hunger).
p ^}jyarligh (or yarllgh')) A diploma, letter patent or
royal mandate, especially of the khan of the Tartars.
p yarm, A musical instrument, a species of lute with a large
belly, strung with brass wires, and struck with a plectrum or bow.
A player on this instrument.
p^j yarmar. Expectation, hope.
x^cj yarma^ Small shining white stones, strung by boys
upon a rope, which make a whizzing noise when whirled round
with velocity.
v J^'i/armaghtln, A curiosity brought from afar, as a pre
sent to a great man.
p ycirmak) Money.
a\> j yaranna-a, (yuranna-a, or s\jj) yurannd-a') 1 Privet,
p jdjo j yarandak, A kind of white buck or doe-skin, of which
they make gloves. Intestines.
v yarandaj, A kind of black skin.
a tjj yarna\ A whore. A heap of sand.
a <^jj> yaru^ Fear, trepidation.
A yarun) The brain of an elephant. The perspiration of
beasts of burden. Sperma admissarii.
p^I >ji Yarydii) The city of Samarkand,
pj;) yaZ) A thorny plant set round tents as a fence,
p yazbahdnitan, (in ancient Persian) To mutter as the
Parsls do at their meals.
pJjj Yazd) A city in the most eastern part of Fars or Persia
Proper, famous for a manufacture of cloth called yazdl. God.
r yazddd'i) Hashed meat, dressed with yolk of egg.
p Yazddn, God, Omnipotence. Name of a good angel,
from whom no evil ever proceeds.
P yazddn-bakhsh) The gift of God. Name of the
vazlr of^c;* liar muz.
¥ sj: - y yazddn-parast, A worshipper of God. A name
which some of the fire-worshippers assume,
p yazddnl, Divine.
p tyyazd-parast, A worshipper of God.
Adj>-dy Yazdajird (r 0 Yazdagird), Name of several
kings of Persia of the Sassanian race.
P^ci. ^y yazish-kh'dn, An intercessor. A high priest of
the Magi.
p al&jj yazish-gdh) A place of prayer, an oratory,
p ^yJSy yazishnl. Divine. Name of the 17th book of the Zand,
p xSy yazghand, Name of a tree. A hunting-dog. The cry
of the lynx.
p yazak. The commander of the night-guard or watch.
The advanced guard. One who observes where others go, and
follows them. A spy. Name of a man.
¥ &y yazlah. Hurt, detriment,
p ijy yaznah) A sister’s husband.
a Jejj Yazld) Name of three khallfs of the house of Umayya.
Name of an arch-heretic among the Muhammadans. Wicked,
cruel, cursed, execrable.
p i^f^y yazidi, One of the sect of Yazld.
a yass (from ^ yassa). Walking, proceeding.
Ajl —j yasdr, Plenty, afiluence, opulence. Yasdr, yisdr, and
yass dr, Left. The left side, p jL-j dast-i yasdr, The
left hand. ^tuzzdngardn-i sdhib-yasdr, The
wealthy nobles. dar junud-i yasdr, In the left
wing, a Yasdiri, A little. anzirnl hatta' yasdri,
Wait for me a little.
a*\j\~*)' yasdr an, Towards the left.
a yasdrat, Prosperity. Ease, happiness. Affluence,
p yasdk, Service. The left hand. In company, with,
p JLj yasdl, A garland of flowers, a chaplet worn on days of
festivity. A crowd, a procession.
p J«Lj yusdxaal, Horseman, attendant upon a man of rank. A
state-messenger. A servant of parade carrying a silver or gold
staff, s^j^ yasdzoal-i suhbut, Master of the ceremonies.
p i—v 1 , yasb, Jasper. (See yashb).
Ajytj^) yasta^ur, Any thing vain, fruitless, trifling. A cloth
which they throw over a camel’s crupper. A tree of which they
make elegant toothpicks. Name of a place,
p '' yastak, A disproportioned arm.
p yastazoi, Equality.
a yasr (from j^,), Playing at dice, or with the gaming

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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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