'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [196r] (396/1826)
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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* Jjjj bulud (from A,), Dwelling, residing. Establishing a
solid, permanent settlement; fighting either to gain or maintain
it. Having the eye-brows distant from each other,
p buludah, Old.
t^jb butir. Crystal. Residence, stay. A people dwelling
intents. Bullur, Very transparent glass.
Ajyb ballawr or billawr, Beryl. Brave. Name of a king,
p baluz, A large table-cloth.
v balus (or palus), Having a quick genius. Smooth,
sly, specious, flattering. An eloquent man, an advocate, coun
sellor. Hope, expectation. Extreme humility. Supplication,
entreaty. Deceit, flattery. A robber, a plunderer.
l Bulus (or Pulus), Paul (the apostle).
(, balustiyun, (Bahaunov) Pomegranate-flowers.
A ballawSy (equivalent to y\ abu burays) (K amus).
aL^Ij ballut, An acorn. An oak. (The ground
oak) the herb germander, chamaedrys. (The royal oak)
a chesnut-tree. j-Liy' I am destitute of all assistance.
a balu^ Vide, open (mouth of a pot). Voracious.
A buIllicit, A hole in the middle of a house or a court,
into which all kind of filth is thrown; the mouth of a sewer.
A bulugh, (from j_L) Arriving at any place, obtaining
an object. Consummating, terminating any thing. Arriving at
the age of puberty, the years of discretion or reason. Being at
the point of. Being eloquent. Adolescence.
A bulughtyat, Puberty, the age of reason.
A buluk (from (Jiij), Making haste, going quick, making
dispatch. (A torrent) sweeping away (stones). Opening the
whole (gate). Deflowering (a virgin). Shutting. Being as
tonished, confounded. Being variegated black and white.
A balukut) (bulukat or balluk'), A desert, solitude.
Plain, level, bare ground, producing nothing excepting marble.
Name of a place in Bahrayn in Arabia, supposed by the natives
to be inhabited by demons, and to be the mouth of hell.
p baluk, A cup of wine. Bulzcak, A mark or butt for
arrows. A tract of country which a subject obtains either by
gift, purchase, or succession, holding of the sovereign upon feudal
tenure. A small body of men. Name of a bird. Buluk, Ca
mel’s dung. A lark.
p bulukdt (or bulukari), Peoples, nations.
A bulul, An evil deed.
p baliin, A chaplet, garland. A gorget. A handkerchief.
A road, a way. Bulun, A servant, a slave.
p balunak (or balunah), A wooden sword.
A uSyij balwa'. Experiment, trial. Temptation. Affliction.
a balawly, One of the Arabian tribe of Kudaat.
♦ a baliha, (fut. yublahu) He was silly.
A <tb bulk, (pi. of ablah) Weak, ignorant (men).
a <tL> balah (from <0q), Being weak, silly, simple, ignorant,
unskilful. Being bashful. Being careless of actions or be
haviour, yet knowing what is right, and meaning well.
a Ai balha, Let alone, meddle not. Besides, except. U
balha md, Besides that. Balha, Yes, indeed, certainly.
a \^j balhd, (fern, of Aj\ ablah) Simple, silly, weak (women).
balhdr , An ancient title among the Indian princes, equi
valent to pudshuh, or emperor. It was borne by a monarch, to
whom the rest paid a kind of feudal obedience, whose residence
was on a mountain called likewise Balhdr. He ruled over the
kingdoms of Kashmir, Tibet, Barantola, and other countries of
the Northern Indies, called by some writers Turki-Hind, or
Turkey of India.
h Aj bilah-band, Settlement, regulation.
A Balhak, Name of a place.
A bulhumyat, An easy life free from care.
A bity: (A she-camel) emaciated and worn out (with fa
tigue). Oppressed, extenuated (with grief or care). Tried,
tempted, afflicted. A manager of revenue, a steward. Bala',
\ <js, indeed, certainly, surely. Bila', (from ^^) Becoming
old or worn (a garment). Bafiy, The Arabian tribe of Kudaat.
a lu\Aj bally at, (pi. of bally at) Misfortunes, griefs, trials,
p balydd, A plain garment.
p jbb balydr, An elegant garment.
p Bilydn, Name of a prophet; also of a village.
A billy an, One who departs nobody knows where. Men
dispersed in disorder, without chief, guide, or leader. ^Uj ji
(or jj), One who goes to an unknown place.
A Billiydn, Name of a place in Arabia.
A <Lb bally at, Temptation. Sorrow, misfortune. Any thing
worn out by constant use. A camel which the Arabs in times of
Paganism were wont to fasten beside the grave of her deceased
master, and there leave to perish; that in the resurrection he
might be enabled to ride to the place of judgment, and not be
compelled to go on foot, which was considered disgraceful.
A C^-b ballt, Tedious in conversation, hesitating in speech.
A hare. Billlt, A man of taciturnity. A wise man.
p^b billj, Quantity, measure. A span.
A ^.bil Al balikh, Name of a river at Rakka.
A Jub baful, Stupid, doltish, one who cannot by any means
be stimulated to exertion.
p ^jA^-b billshdil, Tranquillity of mind.
ballgh, Eloquent. Effectual, efficacious. Mature.
Numerous, copious. A great effort. j--b* ^ai
Rhetorical and eloquent, j--b j ^UJI An
ambassador with a flow ing tongue, and eloquent expression,
p <tiU-b ballghdnah, Eloquently.
A bulayk, The name of a swift but despised horse (hence
a proverb expressive of any one who behaves well and yet is
blamed, A (_£-b aAj j <jub Bulayk runs, yet is despised).
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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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