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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎748r] (1500/1826)

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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diseased. Murizz, Grave, heavy, slow (man). A swift runner.
Thick, fat (camel).
aI^c marza, (in regimen for marza'), (pi. of
marlz) Sick, infirm. marzu-i ummat, The weaker
part of the nation.
a V\^j^marzut (from (> _<^)j Being pleased, satisfied; content.
A mirzah, (murzuh, or mirzakh), A stone with
which they break date-stones, and the like.
a^JU^o mirzafat, A fire-stone.
a mirazzat, A hammer or a mallet. Any thing used in
thrashing corn. Murizzat, Thick milk, into which they pour
oxygal or sour milk, which causes it immediately to thicken; this
they drink after straining off the watery substance.
a marza^ A teat, a nipple; any place sucked. Murzi^
(A mother) having a sucking infant or young.
murzi^at, A wet-nurse.
a mirzam, (A camel) which throws stones on one another.
marzuw, Agreeable, acceptable.
* A marzuh, (A date-stone) broken with a stone.
A marzud, (Stones) piled upon one another.
A (jOyJijso marzuz, Broken, pounded, crushed. (Ground)
beaten and rendered hard with fiint-stones.
A mar'zuf, (fern. marzufat) (Meat) roasted on
a hot stone. (A pot) set a boiling by throwing in this stone.
A marzum^ (A beast of burthen) infirm, having the
nerves contracted.
a marzuri) (Slones) placed one upon another.
A marza’f (pi. of j< mariz) Sick, infirm. Marziy,
Agreeable, acceptable, any thing in which one takes a pleasure.
Laudable. Will, assent, pleasure. sultan-i
marzlyu'l ahhlak, A monarch of excellent principles.
A mart, (from l^e) Pulling out the hairs. Collecting.
Making haste. Casting forth (excrement, or a foetus). Mirt,
A kind of short shift (cloak or breeches) of wool or coarse silk.
Murt, (pi. of amrat) Cheeks without hair ; having thin eye
brows. (Arrows) without feathers. Light, active of body.
(The eyes) afflicted with a watery running. (Wolves) which
have the scald. Robbers, or T/mruf, (An arrow) without
wings. Marat (from Having the cheeks or other parts
of the body smooth, without hairs.
A martawdni, (dual) The two sides of the chin smooth,
having the beard only under the lip.
A murtib, Humid, moist, wet. (A field) abounding
with green herbage. Murattib, Who makes moist.
martabdn, A glazed vessel.
a martubat, Sweet (well) between salt (springs).
A murtil, Long, tall (man).
a iLliyo martalat, (from q) Staining, bedawbing (with
mud). Injuring by slander. Moistening (rain). Continuing to
da any thing bad.
murtub, Moist, full of humours,
martubu‘1 mizdj, (A man) of a humid complexion.
a martum, Thrown (in the mud). Costive (camel).
martumat, (A woman) suspected of unchastity.
A mart a', A pace, faster than takrib, and slower
than izhab. Martiy, One who lies with a woman. A fool.
a martib, Name of a blue medicinal stone.
a mar^ (from £^)> Being cultivated and producing
abundance (ground). Plenty of forage. Mart^, One who
wants or searches for fodder. Mura^, (pi. of mur^at and
murauit), Asiatic woodcocks.
a mir^at, Pasture, a meadow.
a mura^ab, (A camel’s bunch) cut into pieces.
a mar^abat, A desert, or any place striking with terror.
A muruibal, Torn or worn (garment).
kte-j* mur^at also murauit, A species of the attagen, or
Asiatic woodcock.
A mura^jMS, A roost-cock having hairy plumage under
his wattles. Name of a certain Arabian poet.
A mur^id. Thundering (clouds). Terrifying, alarming.
Not liable to roll down (a high tumulus of sand).
a mur^adid, One who exacts an oath when any interro
gatory is put.
kj£.jsc mar^izz, (mir^tzz, mardzzd, mir^izzd,
mar^izza', or mir^izza 1 ) Fine wool under the coarser hair of goats.
a mar^iish or mur^ash, A kind of dove which flies high
with sweeping circles.
A mir^ai, Mean, who picks his living out of dunghills.
a mir^al, A sharp sword. Mura^al, The best part of
cattle or other property.
AL r J ytr c mar^ub, Terrified. Terrible.
A margin, Indisposed from excessive heat of the sun.
a marui' (from ^c^j), Feeding, being pastured. Forage.
Pasture. A piece of pasture. Mar^ly, Pastured; tended upon.
Governed. Guarded, observed. masdlih-i mar-
dyah, Things worthy of attention.
p margh, A species of grass of which animals are exceed-
ingly fond. A place where such grass grows. A pleasant place,
variously ornamented. Murgh, A bird, a fowl. The sun. A
lump of ginger, <—>1 murgh-i db (or murgh-dbt),
An aquatic bird, a water-fowl. j^\ ,^0 murgh-i dzar-
afrdz, The fire-kindling bird, i. e. the phoenix. A moth.
jJ-c c_->\^il murgh-i dftdb-^alam. Fire. ^11 murgh-i ildhi.
The spirit, the reasonable soul. murgh-i bdgh, The
garden-bird, i.e. the nightingale. murgh-i bdm, The
nightingale. The turtle-dove. '^ 7 ° murgh-i chaman,
A forest-bird. The nightingale, mur gh-i
kh'ush-kh’dn, The nightingale. '£-7° tnur gh-i dil, The
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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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