'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [771v] (1547/1826)
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 mutrun and ?nitrun, An archbishop.
a matrub (and bmatrabat)^ A divided or narrow
way. Mutrib, A musician, a minstrel. A singer. A dancer.
p J^ 5 mutrib-i dam-saz (or jLj / L r jJ^ 2 ,< rnutrib-i
naghmah-suz)) Singers with melodious voices.
a sjb.c matrat or mitrat, Manner, custom. Matirat, (A wo
man) continually asking questions, eloquent, talkative.
A matrah, A place, station, post, situation, foundation ;
a place where any thing is thrown. A place of reverberation or
echo. Mutrahj Thrown away, rejected. Mutarrah, Extensive,
long (building).
A mutarfchimm, Choice, handsome (youth). Proud.
a iijaso jm'trad, A short hunting-spear. Mutrad or mutrid, A
straight spear. Mutarrad, Long (day). Driven away, re
pulsed. Held out, stretched forth (scourge). Universal.
a Sdja^o matradat, A cloth with which an oven is cleaned.
Mitradat, A highway, a king’s road.
a jja* mutarraz, (A garment) ornamented with a lace or a
fringe. JSIutarriz, A worker of lace or fringe for garments,
p mitruf, A veil, a curtain.
a i_J^c mutraf and mitraf, A kind of garment of coarse silk
ornamented with a border. L^j buytun mutraf (hr mu-
tarraf), A distich both ends of which are alike, i. e. the same
letters. Mutarraf, New. Days lately past. Mutarrafaud tnu-
tarrif (A horse) having a white head and tail. (A sheep) having
the tail and tips of the ears black, the rest of the body being
white. Mutarrif, Purchased, purchaseable, or hired (camel).
An army attacking the wing of the enemy. Muttaraf, Recently
bought (horse).
a b^sjh^o mutarfasat, Cloudy (sky).
a J^kc matrak, A shield covered with leather. Mutrik, One
whose eye-lids are relaxed, and who naturally looks on the ground. |
Mutrik and mutarrak, (A shield) formed with coats of leather.
a mitrakat, (vulg. matrakah) A smith’s hammer. A
rod for beating cotton or wool. Mutrakat also mutarrakat, (A
shield or a clog) consisting of different coats of leather.
a mutarmiz, A vain-boaster, one who talks much but
does not perform.
A mutruh, Rejected, dejected, abject. An infidel, (in
the dialect of Morocco) A remainder (in subtraction).
a *^ko matrud, Banished, persecuted. J U ma-dlu'l
matrud, Refuge of the destitute. ^^ ^ mard - (l mi ma _
trud, Rejected and exiled.
a u-J^ke matruf, One whose eyes are steadily fixed upon any
object. (Eyes) hurt by any thing which makes them water.
a ^ijiyke matrufat, A woman who looks from her husband (to
wards other men). Fertile in the plant ^ nauy (ground).
a matruk, Weak, feeble (man)". (Water) defiled with
the dung of cattle.
a i— mutrahif, A handsome well made man.
a ^kc mutrahim, Well formed (youth).
a mutri, One who praises to excess. One who makes
fragrant. Mutarra' (and in regimine inutarrd), Perfumed
scented with aromatics. Polished, glazed, made to look new
A&^kc mutarriyat, Perfumed, scented (thing).
AjiJa^o mitrlr, An impudent, clamorous woman.
Ajk< matz, The venereal act.
a j^-k* mats (from (^~k<), Giving a blow, box, or slap. Void-
ing (dung) with a single effort.
a k« tnitsa^, Circumspect, intelligent (guide).
a klyJxo matshushat, Sprinkled with rain (land).
A ™ai^ (from j-kc), Travelling, wandering about, not
to be found. Eating with the fore-teeth.
A ^kkc mit^am, Hospitable ; giving food.
A ^jUkc mit^un, One who stabs much with a spear.
A j**kc maf^am, A place for eating in. Mit^um, One who
eats much and greedily. Mutuum, Fed, supported in the ne
cessaries of life. Mat dm or muta^dm, One who feeds, gives to
eat, one who maintains or entertains others. Muta^dm, (Milk)
having a fine flavour from the bag into which it has been put.
Muttadm, (fruit) which becomes juicy when ripening.
a mut^amat, A bow (as providing meat for its owner).
Dainties. Mutdmat, A bow. The larynx or top of the wind-pipe.
a ^,k*xkc mutdmatdni, Two fore talons in a bird’s feet.
A m d^an, One who pierces his enemy with a spear.
a mat<fum, Any thing eatable.
A u^*kc mat<jMn, J ransfixed. Infected with the pestilence.
Accursed, damned; reprehended, chidden.
a mutaghmish, One who darts a sly look from a ble
mish in the eye.
a u-kke mutiff. Happening, falling out. Possible. Standing
above, hanging over, impending. Who does not quite fill (a
measure). One who perceives, understands, and sfives atten-
tion to. ^ ho attacks or inveighs against. One who endeavours
or wishes to deceive. One who comprehends, holds. (Ashe-
camel) bringing forth an abortion.
A mu ttafih, (A pot) which begins to boil over.
A mitfahat, A ladle, a skimmer.
A^k-c matfu , One who causes (a horse) to take a leap, by
clapping the feet under (his) belly.
a c^/kc mutafrish, Weak-sighted.
a u-kkc mutaffif Who does not quite fill a vessel. Who gives
unfair measure.
L '^' a ' c rnu ^fih (A mother) having an infant or young along
with her. (A woman, doe, camel) near the birth. (A severe
night) killing young animals with cold.
A niatfi, Extinct.
^^ko mutfi-a also mutajji-a, One who extinguishes, an extin
guisher. ^ ^ikc mutfi-iCl jamri, Extinguishing the glede
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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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- Title
- '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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