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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎737r] (1478/1826)

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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and monasteries. Muduris y A doctor, a reader, a learned man.
One who returns to bad habits which he had once abandoned.
A muddrasuty (m of Studying', giving or taking
a lesson. Study.
p maddr-kdry The principal of affairs.
A muddrakaty (m of Prosecuting (any thing)
without intermission. Muddrikat, (fern.) Insatiable in lust.
a maddrihy (pi. of midrah') Princes, chiefs of fami
lies, military commanders.
a maddriy (pi. of midra’y midrdty and
midriyat)y Horns. Muddrty A dissembler.
maddsy A kind of rustic shoe.
a maddsaty A floor where grain is trodden out.
A maddiSy A pearl-fishery.
A islclkXo mudd^dty (in ofy:J) (A prophet) calling (to God).
Contending (against another). Provoking ; arrogating, assum
ing. Proposing riddles to each other, puzzling one another with
questions. Demolishing, ruining, destroying.
mudd^abaty (m of i^oJ) Playing, jesting.
A madd^iSy (pi. of madias') Lances. They
who pierce with them.
a mudd^asaty (in of Fighting with a spear.
\ madd^iky Water-courses (in vallies); channels hol
lowed out by torrents.
k iSs.\Xo mudduikaty (in of Contending, fighting.
Rubbing, chafing. Being foolish, stupid.
a mudd^alaty (in of obsolete) Circumventing.
\ ^f£-\Xo madd^iy (pi. of As-Xc mid-^dt') Banquets. Mudd^l,
One who calls out to; contentious ; a quarreller.
a madd^lky (Horses) treading down men in battle.
a madddghaty (in the idiom of Morocco) The temples.
A muddghashaty A crowding one upon another (espe
cially round a watering-place). A hasty watering, drinking a
small quantity. A lying in wait, ensnaring, treachery.
a muddghasuty (in of Commanding to make
haste. Instigating, urging, impelling.
a jJxiXc muddghily The middles of channels or vallies.
a muddfdt (in ofyiJ), or muddffaty (in of i—
daffa)y Rushing upon, or killing (a wounded man).
a maddji^y (pi. of midfaQ Cannons, pieces of
ordnance. Muddfi^y One who repels or averts.
A<ui^Xc muddfa^aty (in of £-i<^) Repulsing, defending one’s
self, resisting, averting, prohibiting, checking. Protracting, de
laying, making tedious. Deferring payment of a debt.
a maddfi-dy (pi. of i’iiXc madfa-at) Warm countries.
a maddky A circus, a field of battle or place for single
combat. Maddkky (pi. of /jXc midakky <Lj J^c midakkaty and
tnudukk) Instruments with which any thing is bruised. Wooden
mallets used in dressing cotton ; stockers for milling cloths.
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A iL:\Xc muddkkaty (in of jjJ dakkd) Calculating with accu-
racy, going minutely (through accounts with any one).
a maddki^y (Camels) eating up herbage to the roots
(from scarcity).
a maddklsy (pi. of u»jXc midkas) Strong (camels).
a .V* maddki^y One who levels any thing with the ground.
A maddk (from Braying small (colours, odours).
A stone upon which such things are brayed. Middky A stone
with which any thing is bruised, a muller. Muddik or maddky
A place abounding w ith cocks or chanticleers.
A muddika-aty (in of l£j) Throwing, crowding one ano
ther. Being collected (debts).
A muddldty (in ofand Behaving with kindness.
a muddlat (or mudd‘alat)y (in of (Jl^) Deceiv
ing, defrauding, ensnaring.
a maddlisy Fields of battle. Places to which waters
run, or where they stagnate.
a muddlasaty (m of jjjJj) Deceiving, circumventing,
acting darkly or fraudulently.
a <L£l! muddlakaty (in of lL^J^) Putting off a creditor.
Detaining (any one) lawfully.
A muddmy Perpetual, continual. Always. Any thing
perennial, unceasing, lasting long. A continued but gentle rain.
Wine. muddmu'l wakty Continually. p\Xc
dazcr-i muddmy Perpetual motion, p mast-i muddmy
Intoxicated with wine, drunk.
a Xc\x< muddmaty Wine.
a^jsHa^c muddmajaty (m of ^ e <^) Dissembling. Flattering.
a Sj^\Xc muddmaraty (m of^ct>) Watching (all night).
a mUtddmasaty (in of Lying hid.
a maddmi^y The internal corners or angles of the eye.
a <LLelj^c muddmalaty (in of u LcJ) Treating with kindness.
a ^j<\Xc muddmiy Eternal.
A ^Xo mnddny Egyptian basil. al maddny Name of
an idol. Mu dan y Judged, condemned. Mudddn, Deeply in debt.
a muddndty (in of jj<^) Coming between two things.
Bringing near. Straining, binding hard (a fetter).
a <3^^ maddnlt/y Native of ^^Xc Madd-in y i. e. Ctesiphon.
a maddniSy Squalid, sordid (fellows).
A i'jtXe muddzedt (or inuddzcd)y (in of l3*A) Curing a
disease, remedying. Restoring. Bringing aid, assisting.
A 'ij^Xo muddwaraty (in of jyA) Going about, surrounding,
Whirling round. Curing, adjusting, administering. Reprehend
ing. A piece of leather of a circular expanded form, fastened
round the mouth of a bucket to scoop up the w ater in shallow wells.
a mnddvoalaty (in of J!j<^) Changing, turning (as for
tune). Giving riches and happiness (God). Fortune.
a muddwim, Assiduous, persevering. Assiduously.
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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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