Author(s): Joseph Barretto
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 582
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Language: English
Date Published: 2018-04-21
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 32mm
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Illustrations: 352 Illustrations; Illustrations, black and white

Excerpt from A Dictionary of the Persian and Arabic Languages, Vol. 1 When Iflrst entered upon this Work, I intended to confine myself to the Comp§lat5012 Qf a' Pictlonary (f the Persian Langaage but, rey'lectmg that there is nopersz'an? Author of eminence, in whose writings A1 abic words do, not occur zn almost every lznc, I edrlg/ forcsayg that the, resalt'cf my labours would be very imperfect, and fall; flzr 51m of the attainrncnt of that claim, to Utility to, which Iaspired/un/ets the Work should also include a Vocabulary of the Arabic tongue. Every step_ I aduanc ed in the progress of Compilatzon, more clearlz impressed, that opinlon, tzll at length its consideratzon, acg'nired, suficzent weight to counterbalance the from my want (fproficiency in the Arabic Language, find, to determine me to attempt the Compilation qf a Dictic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.