'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [764r] (1532/1826)
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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a jt~< mashr (fromPutting forth branches or leaves (a
tree). Mis hr, Very ruddy (man).
a mishras, A crooked iron slightly pricking an ass
between the shoulders.
A \s\jL^c mis hr at, A surgeon’s lancet.
A mashrak or mishrak, A place exposed to the sun.
a mashrab (from c—>-&), Drinking. Imbibing. A re
servoir of water, or anyplace out of which they drink. A beve
rage. Nature, temper, humour. Sect, religion.
latif-mashrab, Of an amiable disposition, affable, good-natured.
Musharrab, Mixed.
a mashrabat also mashrubut, A dining-room, a parlour.
A gallery. A banquet. A place whence they fetch water. Mish-
rabat (vulg. mashrabah), A drinking-vessel.
a mashrat, The surface of the earth. An ear beautifully
shaped. A leaf of the tree ^izat, or of any other tree;
also a tender shoot or twig. Lc ma ahsana
mashratu'l arz, How beautiful is the face of the ground 1
a ^s>-jLs6 musharja^, Lengthened, elongated. A sledge
hammer or a square block of wood rounded at the edges.
a Xxs>yL~< musharja^at, A long hammer.
a mashrah, Heat, warmth.
AjyL* tnusharraz, Punished. Cursed. Intricate, entangled.
a mushris, Possessed of camels which feed on the
thorny shrub called shirs.
a mushrisat, A place where the dwarfish thorny moun
tain-shrubs called shirs grow.
aI^I^c mishrat, A surgeon’s lancet.
a ^mushartah, A traveller, a wanderer over the earth.
a ^jL-omashra^ (andte^l^e mushrauit), A place where cattle
are watered. A cross-road or street, a place where many ways (
meet, a broadway.
a mushraf, An eminence, a high place. Mas hr if, Im
minent, impending. Turgid, protuberant. Near. One who
raises or ennobles. An examiner, inspector, observer. An officer
in a treasury who authenticates accounts and writings. Mushar
raf, Exalted, honoured, ennobled. (A house) ornamented with
pinnacles, turrets, or battlements. A margin, a brink, an edge,
p musharraf kardan, To acquire, to obtain.
a mashrak, mashrik, also mashruk, The east, the sun- j
rising, r jj mashrik-gushaduh-zal-i zar, The
dawn. Sun-rise, a bu^du'l mashrikayn, The dis
tance between the east and west. Musharrak, An oratory, a
place dedicated to prayer. The temple at Mecca. Dried in the
sun (meat). Musharrik, One who dries (meat) in the sun. One
who turns to, or verges towards the east.
a mashrakat or mashrukat, A place where they sit ex
posed to the sun.
a mashrikiy, Oriental, eastern.
a CjfL* mushrik (also tnushrikly'), One who makes a
partner, admits into partnership. One who believes in a plura
lity of gods, a polytheist, idolater, pagan. Musharrak, Shared.
A thing common to many. (A shoe) furnished with strings.
A mushrikin, (pi. obi. of mushrik) Infidels.
a L-JifL^mashrub,Drunk ; imbibed; potable. Brackish(water).
A mashrubdt, (pi. fern.) Drinkables.
a mashruh, Explained, declared, illustrated. Above-
mentioned. v bar minwdl-i mashruh, In the
aforesaid manner. aU-j^I^c mashruhan, Agreeably to the ex
planation, circumstantially.
A L .^0 mashrut, Agreed upon, stipulated. Pledged, under
obligation. Conditional, (in India) A settled revenue of ten
per cent, allowed to the zamindars.
a mashru^. Begun, commenced. Legal, just, pre
scribed by law. A kind of cloth of silk and cotton mixed, in
which Muhammadans are allowed to pray.
A L-ijjLsc mashruf, Excelled in nobility.
A mashrum, Split in the nose.
mashrunitan, (in ancient Persian) To gather.
a mashrik, A place where they sit exposed to the sun.
Aj*jZ~<mashzur, (A rope) twisted with the hands, the right
over the left.
a mashash (from mashsha), Having a cartilaginous
excrescence on the foot (a horse); the excrescence itself.
A masht (from Ll^e), Combing. Mixture. Masht,misht,
musht, mashit, mushut, or mushutt, A comb. mush-
tu'r' ra^i, Shepherd’s comb, the teasle. Musht, A mark im
pressed upon camels. The shoulder-blade. Small bones in the
upper part of the feet.
a mushattub, (fern, mushattabat) Furrowed
(blade of a sword). (Ground) hollowed by the flux of water.
a mashtat (or mashtah), (in the dialect of Mo
rocco) A comb made of box-wood. Mishtat, A mode of comb
ing. mishtatu'r 3 rijl, (in the dialect of Morocco)
The upper part of the foot.
kjyaL^mashtur, Halved, divided in two.
A y izZ~* mashz or mashaz (from Being hurt (in the hand)
by a sharp thorn or any thing similar. Having galled thighs.
Having his nerves appearing through the skin (a horse). Choos
ing a country (for one’s residence). Snatching. Mishz, A piece of
a thorn sticking in the skin.
a cJhJL* mashzat, Any thing occult or obscure; doubtful in
telligence. Mishzat, A splinter, a chip, a fragment.
A L_a mishzaf, One who talks little to the purpose.
A mash^ (from wi~«), Collecting, acquiring, gaining.
Milking (sheep). Teasing (cotton). Striking (with a rope).
Eating (a cucumber). Emitting (urine or sperm). Mushi^,
Radiant (sun). (Corn) which shoots forth rays or beards. (An
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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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