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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎435r] (874/1826)

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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or Jupiter; also (by some) Venus. In astrology it is imagined
expressive of happiness.
p ci?l) or Zdzcul } Name of a country in Persia; also of a
people ; of a note in music ; and of an ancient Persian dialect.
" ul-'j zdwldn (or zdwldnah), A fetter, a chain. Gold-
dust or filings. Curly hair.
i» Zdwilistdri) Name of a country in Persia.
v %awush, The planet Mercury; also Jupiter.
A Jj **\j zdwuk) (in the dialect of Madina) Quicksilver,
r^j zdwa/t, Groan, lamentation. Name of a town in Khurasan.
A zdzoiyat) A retired corner, a cell. A monastery, a con
vent, a cloister, a hermitage. An angle (in geometry).
zdzoia-i hdddahj An acute angle. ajjlj zazcia-i kd~
ini ah) A right angle. zdwia-i mujassimahy A solid
angle. zdzcia-i munfarjyahy An obtuse angle,
p zdzcily An architect. A worker in clay.
A Zdwtlaty Name of a city in Africa.
A zdhidy Religious, devout, abstinent, content. A monk,
a hermit, a recluse, pi 1 zdhid-i khushky A rigid monk.
An hypocrite, a dissembler. zdhid-i koh. The sun.
p zdhiddnahy Religiously, like a holy man.
a zdhidiy Continence, a monkish life. A sort of date.
A j£>\j zdhir, Shining. Florid, vivid. Lucid, clear, plain,
p zdhirty Sweet odour, fragrance. Clearness.
zdhiky Put to flight, going away, vanishing. Perish
ing, expiring. Outstripping. Prepossessing. Fat, full of mar
row (an animal, or a bone).
A (Jj&lj zdhily Tranquil, secure. Forgetful.
A ^>\) zdhiy (A camel) which does not feed on the bitter herb
^cAc-hamz. What shines, glitters, or pleases the eye.
A ^\j zdy , Name of the letter J zayn.
v zdychahy A horoscope.
A zd-idy Redundant, superfluous, ascititious, additional,
accessory; hence, a servile letter. (See Grammar). Jjlj
za-idu'l zoasfy Beyond description. cJ'Jd jj lahm-i zd-idiy
An excrescence of flesh.
a SJoU zd-idaty Any thing necessary or additional,
p zdydan (for zd-tdan) y To be born. To beget.
x J\j zd-iry Roaring. An enemy. Visiting. A visitor.
p kA , .l 5 zdyishylncrediSQy augmentation.
A zd-ighun. Those who deviate from the right way.
a u-ftjtj zd-if, Clipt money,
p zdy-gary Bearing a child. Fruitful.
zd-ily Defective, deficient, failing, perishing, vanishing,
transitory, fleeting, frail. Any thing moveable or animated.
Jjlj layl-i zd-ihi'n 'nuju/Hy A starless night, p JoU
zd-il shudan. To perish, to fail.
a zd-ilaty Any thing moveable or animated.
p zdyandahy Bringing forth young, A mother.
jjjul zdyandah shudariy To be born. (Castelhis.)
p zd-idagiy Child-birth.
p zd-idaiiy To bring forth (a child). To originate,
p zd-idahy Procreated, generated, born,
p za&, Straight. Just, true. Easy. Unbought,, gratis.
Ziby Easy. Unbought. Zuby An infamous boy.
A zubby The beard. The privy member,
p bj Zubdy Name of the daughter of a king of HIrat.
a bj zubdy (pi. of Ljj zuby at) High grounds where water
does not reach. Zabbdy (fern, of azabb) Hairy (sbe*-cainel).
(Ground) luxuriant in grain or herbage.
a c_->bj zabdby (pi. of <bbj zabdbat) Dormice. Ignorant,
a <bbj zabdbaty A field-mouse, a mole. Blind. Ignorant,
p Jojbj zubdbandy A beggar, a mendicant. (Casteleus.)
a i bj zaba-aty Rage, anger, passion,
p jbj zabddy Civet.
a Jbj zubddy also zubbddy The froth (of milk or water). A
thing of no value. Civet. Name of an herb.
a <_£^bj zubbdda'y Name of an herb.
Ajb ; zibdr, (in ofyj) Being hairy (new cloth).
zabdzd (or irljbj zabdzdt). Short of body.
A ijjbj zabdziyaty Dissension, calamity.
A Jbj zibdly An ant or bee’s mouthful. Any thing small or
trifling. Zubbdly Who draws dung.
A<LJbj zabdlaty Filth. Zubdlat, Any thing,
i* ^bj zabdti also zuban. The tongue. Language, dialect,
idiom, speech. The tongue or the shank of a button. A flame,
jjbj zabdn dwardan. To speak, tell, say, declare, ^bj
zabdn burtdany To silence. To make a present. ^>bj
j zabdn bastany To silence. To keep silence, 'lA’J
zabdn-i bi zabdny The dumb tongue (of brutes). Dumb expres
sion. A pen. j~> ^ zabdn-i bi sary Trifling, futile, im
pertinent discourse. /(jbj zabdn-i pars! (or /^jbj
zabdn-ifdrst)yThe Persian language,as spoken in Fars or Pex-sia
Proper. / uVj zabdn-ipahlavi, The PahlavT or ancient
tongue, in which are written the Zand and other books of the
Magi or worshippers of fire. jjbj zabdn tar kardaily
To speak. To wet one’s whistle. , Jo zabdn-i hal. The
language which the occasion demandeth. ^bj zabdn dd-
dany To promise, to agree. To give permission. jJ^bj
zabdn dar kashidany To keep in one’s tongue. Z(lm
bdn-i dariy A purer dialect of the Persian, spoken at court.
jjJj ^bj zabdn zadany To speak. /^bj zabdn-i zargar/ f
An enigmatical kind of language, (jbj zabdn siiadaiiy
To put to silence. ^bj zabdn-i tutiy Name of an herb,
^bj zabdn kushddan, To speak, to utter, lo revile.
zabdn kdftany To stammer or stutter, za ~
bdn-i gdidy Borage. The point of a spear. ,^bj

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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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