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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎792r] (1588/1826)

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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v ^ / - tnikts, A market for small wares. Miikls, Duties,
fees, taxes, imposts.
a mukaj/yas. Ingenious, sagacious, prudent, cunning.
a mukayyaf. Qualified, designated,
p tiXXvi maktk) A weaver’s shuttle.
a mikyal (or <LL.C« mikyalat)^ A measuring instrument
or vessel, either for dry goods or liquids.
a making An inhabitant, a dweller. Firmly fixed, well-
established. Grave, authoritative, in a station of dignity. Master
of the house. (Hunter.)
A rnakyul. Measured.
Mag, Name of a people inhabiting the shores of Ara-
can. (in ancient Persian) A tree. A palm-tree.
p/* magar, Perhaps, by chance. But. Unless, except, only,
if it is not. Moreover.
p magard, Do not turn or convert. Do not return.
p magas, A fly. A freckle. The sight of a gun. A
kind of Indian corn, magas-i angubin (or
magas-i ^asal), A bee. yJlo magas pardnldan,
A term signifying dulnessof the market. (Burhdn-i kdtic_.)
v magas-ran, A fan, or any thing with which they
drive away flies.
Pj*y magus-gir, A spider’s web. Any thing for keep
ing the flies off. An insect of the spider-kind; also a white worm
found in gardens, and in tl>e dung of cattle.
Pjtj magus~Kdr, Like a bee.
p magast, Flea-bitten (colour of a horse), freckled,
p magal, A frog. Magil, A leach.
p mil, Hair. il/M/,Wine; spirituous liquor. A pear, a guava.
a mall (from malla), Basting (a garment slightly,
before the second sewing, called kaff). Laying (meat or
bread) on ashes or coals to roast. Making (a bow or arrow duc
tile by fire). Tired, weary, jaded, languid, satiated. A live coal.
A mark burnt behind the ear upon the protuberant bone.
*a1Lc mala-u, (fut. lL*j yamla-u) He filled.
a mal-a (from iLo), Filling. Giving help. Mil-a, Any
thing that fills another. mil-a kaf, A handful. Mala-a,
A body of men, an assembly, a meeting, a crowd; people. De
liberation, consultation for mutual assistance. Nobility, high
rank. Nobles, angels. Opinion. Desire, concupiscence.
mala-i a^la', The sublime assembly, the court of heaven.
uila’’ mala-in or maid in' nds, Before the people,
in the sight of all. to ma ikhtalafa'l malaicani, As j
day and night alternately varied or succeeded.
■ p !< Maid, N a me of a desert in SIstan.
a JL maid (for^lllo mal-dn), Full. Time, either of day or
nigr-ht. A desert.
aU mulld, A school-master, a doctor, (cor. of milzodh)
A decoy-bird. Learned. (Hunter.)
Ai'Lomald-a (and mald-at) (from iLc), Being full of
riches, wealthy, opulent. Wealth, opulence. Mild-a, (pi. of
mali-a) Opulent, wealthy, (pi. of ^ waJ-arc) (Cups)
full (of water). Muld-a, (pi. of iuiU muld-at) Women’s veils.
Tents of a single piece of cloth.
A mil-dm, One who is the advocate and patron of low,
base, and avaricious fellows.
a ^iLc mal-dn, (A cup) full (of water).
a LdLe muld-at, A tent of one piece of cloth. An outer covering.
A <Le^Lc muld-amat, (in of ^tl) Consenting, being of accord.
Agreeing with any one (food). Adjusting differences (betwixt
people), uniting (them) together in peace.
a C—^Lc maldb, A species of aromatic resembling kha-
luk. Saffron.
p Malabar, Malabar in India.
a maldbis, (pi. of malbas) Garments, j
maldbis zoa ma-kil, Clothing and food. Muldbis, One who
mixes or holds intercourse with.
A <LxL« muldbasat, (in of J) Mixing in, transacting (busi
ness). Knowing (a man) inwardly. Commerce, conversation.
a maldbi-a, (Camels) near the birth.
A SI* maldt, A desert, a plain.
a iilLc mil-at, The manner in which any thing is filled. Mil-
at and mul-at, Heaviness (from repletion). Mul-at, A disease
in the upper part of the throat.
A maids, A man or family distinguished for nobility.
a muldjjat, (in of ^ lajja') Litigating, disputing.
a mildh. Wind driving a ship. The head of a spear, (pi.
of milh) Salts, (pi. of ^\Lc nialih) Beautiful. il/w/aA, Ele
gant, pretty, good. Mullah, A seaman, sailor, mariner, boatman.
A manufacturer of salt, (in the dialect of Morocco) Any place
inhabited by Jews, p malldh-i safinah-guzdr,
A skilful pilot. A Milldh, One who has or sells salt. Mullah, A
salsuginous plant, (pi. of malth) Very beautiful, elegant.
A muldhdt, (in of Disputing, debating. Talk-
ing opprobriously. Malice, perverseness.
AjjU-jL* malldhdn, (Pers. pi, of a mullah) Seamen.
A^lc malahat (from Being salt (as water). Being
good, agreeable, or elegant. Beauty, elegance, goodness, excel
lence. The nautical art. p ^ maldha-i bi hamtd,
/ W"*
Unequalled beauty, a Malldhat, The art of navigation. A salt-
pit, or any place whence salt is brought.
a maldhij. Difficulties.
A Jo-1, muluhid, Crooked, false, insincere, hypocritical. Im
pious, heretical; a heretic.
a i'J o-1, muldhadat, (in of Jls?) Behaving hypocritically, or
indirectly (with any person). Muluhidat, (pi. of Jc>-lc muldhid)
Hypocrites, heretics, iniquitous men.
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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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