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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎769r] (1542/1826)

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 c jiu«^o musaykal, Polished, burnished.
a musaykalat, A polishing tool, a smoothing shell.
A masyufut) ((^ round) watered by summer-rains.
a masyun.) Kept, preserved. Safe, well.
a {jOsc muzz (from mazzii)^ Grieving, sorrowing (for a
misfortune). Warm, burning (collyHum). M 22 , No, not at all.
a l^c muza (from Being transported, carried far (in
any affair). Being bold. [* 0 * 0 y\ abu tnuzu, A horse. Muza
(from ^*i<>), Preceding, doing (any thing) before.
a u mazabb) (pi. of c-^w^c tnazabbab) Tracts of country
which swarm with Lybian lizards ; the animals themselves.
A mazabis, The claws (of a lion). Hands, fists.
a muzdbahatf (in of ^V^) Calling ugly and shameful.
Abhorring, detesting.
a muzubi-at f A heavy sack, which the bearer carries
with naked feet.
a&^Lu muzdjjut, (m of ^ zajja) Exciting a tumult.
A^-Ubc mazdjir, (pi. of^s* 3 " 6 muzjar) Weary, vexed in mind.
a muz ajar at, (in of Reducing to straits.
a mazdji<^) (pi. of mazja^) Beds, sleeping-
places. Gutters for rain-water. LUji hd karrutiCl
mazdji^j When the beds are still, i. e. in the dead of night. Mu-
zdji^) One who lies with (a woman), a bed-fellow.
a muzuja^at) (in of ^-s-^) Sleeping (with another),
lying (with a woman). x
A i'U-LU muzdhdt) (in of ys?) Coming to one after sunrise.
a muzddd) An opponent.
A ijLic muzdddat (or inuzddadat), (in of Jui zadda)
Being adverse, repugnant, contrary. Opposition.
a muz drib, (pi. of mazrib) Times or places
where a stallion covers. Muzdrib, A combatant, a fencer. One
who overcomes in beatinsf.
a ijjLio muzdrabat, (in of c_^j) Fighting, fencing, getting
the better by beating. Covering (as a camel). Selling the goods
of another for half the profit. A battle, a combat, a conflict.
a &j\+ascmuzdrat) The whey or whig (of milk). Muzdrrat, (in
of j «2 zarra) Hurting one another; injuring. Being jealous.
a mazdrij) (pi. of mazraj) i Thread-bare, every
day garments. (pi. of mizraj)) Swaddling-clothes.
a muzdrfthcit) (m of ^/^) Speaking opprobriouslv,
provoking by reproaches. Contending in throwing the javelin.
Assaulting. Being near ; shewing propinquity.
a muzdri^) Like, (in grammar) The future tense.
a muzdraad) (in of £y^)j Being like, resembling.
a mazdra^ah) A compact betwixt two persons, one
a proprietor of land, and the other the cultivator, by which it is
agreed that whatever the land yields shall belong to both in such
proportion as may be there determined. (Gladwin.)
a { jd\ / Ao muzuZ) Pure, sincere.
A muzdzat (from mazza)) Grieving.
a Doubled. A duplicate.
A muzd^afat) (in of i—i*«5), Doubling. Increasing,
multiplying, (fern, ofwiMza^Y//'), Doubled. (A coat of
mail) made with a double texture of rings.
A mazdgh (from j_*a^s), Chewing (meat). Any thing
eaten, or which may be eat. Somewhat.
a ilcLio muzdghat) Eaten (thing). Muzzdghut) Foolish.
A muzdghit) (pi. of mazghat) Low grounds.
A muzdf) Annexed, added, related. One who is ad
ded to others (especially to those with whom he has no natural
connection). (A district) surrounded by war. A refuge, an
asylum, (in gram.) A noun placed in regimine or construction;
as ghuldmu zaydin.) The boy of Zayd (^^i ghuldim being
called muzdf oru-jUi^Jl al muzdf) The governing noun;
! and JjJ zaydiri) styled al muzdf ilayhi) The noun
governed), p ^muzdf kurdari) To annex, to add.
a CjliUu muzdfdt) (pi. fern, of muzdf) Additions.
a mazdfat) Dreaded (thing).
a muzdifarat) (in of jJ>) Assisting.
a muzdmmat) (in ofj*-i zammu') Contracting, shrinking.
Heaping up, accumulating. Being composed, annexed, put in.
A muzdmir) (pi. ofjy^io mazmur) Adjuncts.
a ^A^eUio tnazamiti) (pi. of mazmun) Contents. Sig
nifications. Future foetuses in the loins of a sire.
a muzdndt) (in of Y r exing, annoying. Taking
upon one’s self the trouble of another person’s concerns.
A il&Ld* muzdhdt) (in of Resembling (another).
a mazd-igh) (pi. of mazighat) Meats sticking to
the bones. Muscles. Sinews whipt about the horns of a bow.
A mazd-ik) (pi. of Arduous, difficult affairs.
a muzdyakat) (in of (J~e) Hemming in, reducing to
, straits. Oppressing. Oppression. Penury, scarcity, want, ne
cessity, distress. Moment, consequence, significance. p<$iuLi<
: muzdyakah kardan) To bid one do more than he can.
| A muzabb) (A place) abounding with Lybian lizards or
j crocodiles. Muzibb, Silent, stifling one’s sentiments. One who
speaks. Malevolent, hating, detesting. Many, numerous. One
who gives (a boy) new wine and butter. Cloudy (day).
a L*a<i mazba-U) A lurking-place.
a muzbdit) Bread baked under the ashes.
a mazabbab) The Lybian lizard or crocodile; a place
abounding with them. Muzabbib) One who catches this animal
(generally done by pouring w r ater into their holes, which forces
them out with the tail foremost).
Aj~zLo muzabbat') Firm in body, compact.
Aj^c muzabbaZ) Firm, strongly bound.
a imizbi^) Desirous of the male (a camel).
a mazbauit) The fleshy part of the arm under the arm-
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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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