'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [768v] (1541/1826)
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 musuHirt, Deaf. One who discovers lo be deaf, or who
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deafens.
a inusmat, (A door) closing softly. Solid, not hollow.
(A horse, or cloth) of one colour. Musmit, (Any thing) which
has no sound or echo ; stuffed, filled. Musmit or musamniity One
who silences (a complaint) by answering. Musammat (also
almusammat), A horse withoutanydistinguishingmark,
being all of one colour.
A musmad, Solid. (A man) undaunted in battle. One
not liable to be thirsty. Lazy men, too indolent to get a living.
Musammad, Sought for, (a house) which one wishes to arrive at.
Hard and firm (thing).
a masmasat (from q), Sipping, tasting with the
tip of the tongue. Washing (a vessel).
a musamma^at. Bread cut into thin slices.
a x^o^omusammagh, (Ink) thickened with gum arabic.
a musamghad, Swoln, either from distemper or fat.
a tnusmakirr, Sultry (day).
a tnusammam. Fixed, concluded, determined. Resolute.
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a musmt, Not missing (arrow).
a musma-ilc, (Ground) moist with rain. (A cloud)
disposed to rain.
musma-ilat, A misfortune, an evil.
a musirtn, Full of fury, boiling with rage.
a mis nab, Very fond of the condiment C-jL*? sindb.
a musamba^. Oblong (in the head).
A musanta^, Changed, perverted, reversed.
a Jik^a-o musantil, One who hangs his head in walking.
a masna^, A cistern, a receptacle for rain-water. Mu-
sannac, Factitious, artificial, manufactured.
a masna^at or masnu^it, A cistern. An entertainment
prepared for a friend.
musantiaf, Composed (book). (A tree) consisting
of dry and green parts. Musa?inif, The composer, author, edi
tor of a book. musannifu’l asli, The author of an
original (of any translated book).
a musannafdt, Books, works, compositions. p j\
az musannafdt-i hafiz, From the works of Hafiz.
A musnik, One who takes care of camels.
a masnii^, Made, formed, prepared. Artificial.
A masnu^at, Created things; creatures.
Lj masnuuit-i bannd, The works of builders.
A maswd-a, The posteriors. A Woman extenuated in
the thighs or hips.
A <JL)\yA< miszoat. Crying aloud, resounding. Any one. b
ijlxVlb md bVd'ddri miswdt, There is no sound in the house,
i. e. nobody at home.
a misiDun, A bow-case
A miszaab, A spoon.
A dji-aso masubat, An accident, a misfortune.
A CDjaso musazozcit, One who cries aloud, a shouter.
A musuh (from ^ 3 ^), Going or carrying away. Be
ing broken off, finished. Being obliterated. Being torn (a gar
ment). Being diminished, drying up (a camel’s milk). Shrink
ing (as n plant). Decreasing (as a shadow).
kjpx< masur, (A camel) which gives her milk slowly. (A
camel or goat) which yields but little milk. Musur, (p). of-a*
misr) Large cities. Musawzcar, Formed, painted. MusazDwir,
One who forms or figures. A painter, a sculptor. Sj .cbx
idllat-i musazczcirah, The apparent cause.
a musazozoarl, The art of painting.
A masus, A dish made of boiled meats, especially young
pigeons, fowls, or other birds dressed in vinegar. Viri avida in
congressu (mulier). Sperma de glande absorbens (natura).
a musazcsi, as al musawst, One of the winter
days called al^ajuz.
A musu^ (from Going off, diminishing (as the
milk of a camel or cold weather).
A miszcal, Any liquid in which the colocynth-fruit is
soaked to take oft’its bitterness. Musul (from J-^k), Dropping,
trickling (as liquid stools). Dividing (water from milk).
a <L!^k miszcalat, A besom, a broom, a brush.
a masun, Guarded, kept safe, laid up, preserved, de
fended. Recondite meaning.
a musahraj, (A cistern) of rough stones, or rough cast
with mortar.
a i— j bi 2 -< misydf, (Ground) having plenty of summer-rains.
A musib, (An arrow) which hits the mark. Good or
fortunate (counsel).
A musibat, A misfortune, a disaster, calamity, affliction,
evil, misery, ill, trouble, adversity.
a ^- 2 ^ musikh, A listener.
a masid, Taken by hunting. Misyad, A net.
a misyadat, A net or any hunter’s implement.
A j?* 3 ' ,c mastr (from j~ 0 ), Going, departing, verging to. Ar
riving. Departure. The place of destination, the goal; resi
dence, receptacle, reception. The intestine which receives the
chyle. sarir-i ma^dilat-masir, The royal
throne, the residence of equity. j~--k 1° -* tadbir-i shukd
masir, A pernicious counsel.
A aiusayrat, A small city.
a masts, Moist earth or sand.
a masisat, A saucer, a dish, a plate.
aJo^isc musaytir, A keeper, a guardian, a governor ; a com
mander, an inspector, a notary.
a masif, A summer-house, a villa, a country-residence.
A place for drying fruit. A winding water-course.
A (twtc masif at, (Ground) watered by summer-rains.
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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.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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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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