'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [731v] (1467/1826)
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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hamtir. Who makes wliite and bright. One who makes (bread)
round. Who cauterizes (a camel) round the eyes.
aSjjs? 0 mahurat, An answer, a dialogue. Mihzcarat, A ba
ker’s rolling-pin. Muhzearrat, A large wooden bowl greasy
with butter and shining.
a \ muhazvzviz, One who drives camels to water.
A muhawwaz, A small ditch for watering palm-trees.
Built (reservoir). Muhawmz, A maker of a reservoir.
A 6+ays? 0 muhuzat (from Being pure, unmixed, sound
in nobility or religion.
a mihcnozcal, Surrounded by a wall. Muhammt, ^ ho
goes round, or revolves. One who encloses with a fence.
a HyB* mihwakat, A besom for sweeping granaries or barns.
a mahzcil, Bearing male and female every alternate year.
Mahulj An informer, a sycophant. Muhul, Dry, barren (soil).
Muhwily Who passes by, transient. A layer of snares, a deceiver.
Who springs on horseback. A resident in any place (especially
by the year). A relater of any thing impossible or absurd. A
possessor of camels w'hich do not conceive. W ho rushes upon
any one to strike him with a whip. A pourer out (of water) by
inclining a pitcher. W ho sends (one with authority to exact a
debt). W T ho makes blind of an eye. (A colt) one year old.
Muhawwily A turner, changer, converter. Changed.
a muhunat, Abolition, obliteration. An unlucky affair.
a mahwiyy Collected, comprehended. Muhawwi, A
seizer, an apprehender. Detained, brought back.
a . cSZ* mahy (from Erasing. Muhayyy A countenance
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greeted, honoured. Goodly, graceful.
a muhay-tty The countenance.
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One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
* mahytiy Life. The time when or the place where
one lives. Muhayya f The countenance.
a mahyaty A place infested by serpents.
a muhyunat (from y^-), Doing any thing seasonably.
a tnuhtSy Who turns up and examines the ground (in
search of any thing).
a muKijy Indigent. W ho makes poor.
a mahidy A bend or curvature. An asylum, a place of
refuge. Muhyid or muhidy One who averts.
muhayyiry One who amazes, or strikes with astonish
ment. (Water) whirled in eddies.
a mahls (from Turning away, revolving. Fly-
Ing, escaping, retreating. Shining, glittering (helmet). Strong
(camel). A refuge.
a mahiz (from ^ip.), Having the courses (a woman).
Emitting a humour resembling blood (the thorny shrub called
samurai).
A mahizat or mihyazaty A menstruous cloth.
a lifcST 0 muhity Whatever contains, surrounds, encircles, or em
braces. One who comprehends, or knows, well acquainted with.
Perishing. The periphery of a circle. muhit-i
da-irah, Circumference of a circle. Ule tuic* muhitu .ilman.
Who knows thoroughly. bahr-i mukit, The ocean.
A muhaf^l, One who says SLJ' ^ hayy t ala' S ’
saldty Come to prayers.
a ,1;-^ muhayyify One who takes any thing by the side or
edge, and lessens it.
A mahiky Slender and sharp (spear). Muhyik, W r ho
surrounds, encloses, embraces.
a muhyik, Whatever makes an impression, or pro
duces an effect. Penetrating (sword or speech).
a muhily A cheat, a deceiver, a knave, a prevaricator.
One year-old. One who appoints another to receive a debt.
P mu hilly Fraud, deceit, knavery.
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a muhyam, Acute, ingenious (boy).
a muhin, W'ho stops (in a place). Muhin or muhayyin,
A destroyer. Muhayyin, One who fixes the time for milking.
a ^ mahyus. One whose father and mother were both
born of a handmaid.
a muhyi (also L+s? muhiyat), A reviver, a giver of
life. Having lively colts (a camel). ^ muhyi'd 'din.
The reviver of religion. Muhayyi, A reviver; hence one of
the names of God. One who salutes or creates a king by pro
nouncing*^ hayydk alldh, May God give you life!
r makhy Fire. A wasp. Adhesive, sticking. Do not ad
here. Annihilated, reduced to nothing, vanished. Makh or
mukhy A bridle or its bit, with which they break young or wild
horses. Mukh, A date-tree. A weevil. The palate.
a ^ makhy The brain. AL’Ar/j, Marrow. Mukhkh, The brain,
marrow; pulp; kernel. The purest or best part of anything.
The fat (of the eye).
aIst® Mukhdy Moka, a sea-port town of Arabia.
a mukhdbaraty (in of j^) Letting land to another for
part of the produce.
Aj\sr° makhdbiz, (pi. of makhbazat) Bakehouses.
a makhdbiy (pi. of makhbiyat) Places where any
thing is laid up or concealed.
rCjlsr® mukhdty Turkoman musk (a herb).
a mukhdtily A deceiver, a cheat, a cozener.
a mukhdtalaty (in of (J^>-) Cheating, cozening.
a &Aj\jei c mukhdtamaty (in of *^>-) Finishing, concluding.
a makhdtim, Measures for dry goods (usually marked
with a seal).
a ^Isr® mikhdkhy (pi. of ^ mukhkh) Marrows.
A a^-lsr® mukhdkhaty Marrow, juice in bones.
A mukhudishy A cat.
a jlsr® mukhddashaty (in of^Jc^) Excoriating. Scratch
ing each other with the nails.
A mukhdda^y Deceived. Mukhddi^, A deceiver.
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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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- 'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:845v, 845ar:845av, 846r:909v, back-i
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- Richardson, Sir John, 9th Baronet
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