AN ENGLISH AND ARABIC DICTONARY In Two Parts, ARABIC AND ENGLISH, AND ENGLISH AND ARABIC

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 Excerpt: ...An injury, injustice. Sighar, Smalluess, lightness., Tender age. suffJira1, Less, least. The minor term of a syllogism. saghlr (fern.-i-e), Small, slender. saf, A series, order, rank, row, file (of soldiers). VjLo sofa, Pleasure, joy, festivity, delight, recreation, diversion. cjyljLi sifat, Plur. of &ja, Qualities. iliLs eufdr, A hissing or whistling. SjLa saffarat, A hollow tube, with which they make a sound which decoys pigeons, and calls asses to water. bilLtf. Sif&Jidn or Isfahan, The metropolis of Gebel or Persian Irak (the ancient Parthia). It is said to have been founded above 800 years before the Christian era, and derives its name, as supposed, from Ispahan or sepahan (cavalry), that being the principal station for the Persian armies, which, in all times, have consisted chiefly of horse..It was before the reign of Cyrus the capital of the Persian empire; hut Persepolis, Susa, Madain (Ctesiphon), and other cities, having afterwards alternately shared that honour, it was not restored to its former dignity till the eleventh century of the Christian era, under the Seljukian dynasty. On the fall of that family, however, the dynasty of the Mozafferians (conquerors) attached themselves to Shiraz, which continued to be the seat of government till the elevation of the Sefi family in the sixteenth century, by whom, but particularly by Shah Abbas the Great (or the Cruel) Ispahan was rendered the most extensive and most magnificent city of Asia. sifat, Quality, attribute, property, form, species, mode, manner, description. Epithet. An adjective, noun. safh, Pardoning. Clemency. safhat or safhah (pi. c A face; a side, a page, an expanse, surface. safar, The second month of the Mahometan year. Sifr, A cypher..Lo safrd (fern.), Yellow, pale, livid. The b...