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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎772r] (1548/1826)

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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(name of the seventh of the days calledj^s.^! al ^ajuz).
mutjiu'r' rasfi. Adversity, calamity.
a jUxc matak) A disease emaciating (the body).
A <uia^c math at, Sweetness.
a mail (from Hammering, flattening (iron). Ex
tending, prolonging; putting off (the payment of a debt). Mutl,
A little water poured or dropping from a bottle. Mutall, Un
punished, shed with impunity (blood). Mutill, Uncertain, fluc
tuating (business). Hanging over, impending. (God) suffer
ing blood to be shed with impunity.
matlii or mitla, Soft level ground producing the plant
rJzah. Mutalla, Gilded, covered with gold.
a matla^, (in the dialect of Morocco) A large adz.
A mitIdk, (A man) frequently divorcing (his wives).
\ matlab, A question, demand, request, petition. An
intention, proposition, wish, desire. p ^ ham-matlab,
Having the same desire, i. e. a rival, a competitor. \ Mutlib,
One who gives orders to be asked. A grantor of any thing
petitioned. Far distant (provisions or water).
A matlabat, A question, a proposition ; an intention.
a matlat also matalat, The dirty remainder of water in
the bottom of a reservoir.
a matla^. The beginning of a poem. Malla^ or matli^,
(from ^Ji>), Arising, appearing. The place of rising (especially
of the stars, matlaui'lfujr, The rising of Aurora,
the dawn. matla^u'sh' shams, The rising of the
sun ; the east. Mutli^, One who manifests, gives to understand.
(A palm-tree) producing dates. One who shoots beyond, above,
or wide of the mark. Who comes, or approaches. Who vomits.
Mutalla^, Lifted up or made to ascend. A place to which one
comes, or whither any thing tends or is directed. A place which
one ascends, or from whence one descends or looks down. Mu-
tallit^, One who lifts up or who causes to ascend. One who fills a
measure. (A palm-tree) which begins to put forth buds. Mut-
tali^. Rising, ascending. One who penetrates, inspects, and looks
into (affairs). Fit for, suited to, intent upon. One who consi
ders and wishes to explore the intention or opinion of another,
p muttali^ shudan, To perceive, to penetrate, to see
distinctly, to be fully informed of.
a matlautt, A high place, a watch-tower. Mutliuit,
(A palmtree) towering above the rest.
a mutlif, A giver,a bestower. One who permits, makes
great allowance, passes over a great deal. Unrevenged.
mutluk, Absolute,universal, principal, supreme. Free,
exempt, unrestrained. Indefinite. Wholly, not in the least,
never, entirely, altogether. A course or race-ground for horses.
mutlakiTl dndn, Free, having the reins loose,
si- khayr-imutlak, The chief good, or summum bonum.
/jdlaA) ,jd\i kudir-i mutlak, Omnipotent (God), powerful.
wakil Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. -i mutlak, A plenipotentiary. mutlakan (or
uila'l itldk), Absolutely, properly, simply, quite, alto
gether. Mutlik, (A man) whose camels go to water the distance
of a day’s journey. Mutallak, Recovered from pain, one whose
grief is mitigated. Mutallik, One who engages in a horse-race.
Borne (as the mind to any thing). One who opens (the hand),
a giver, a bestower.
a < ijLW mutlanfiu'sh'’ sharaji, (A camel) having a
compressed or flat bunch.
A L-JjSzx matlub, Demanded, called, exacted, required, want
ed, necessary. The thing desired. A wish, an intention, p
i—jy^sc chihra-i matlub, The appearance of any thing wished for.
A matlubat (Any thing) sought, wished, intended.
A JLuk matlul, (Blood) shed with impunity. Moistened with
dew, bedewed.
A mitld > , A sheep-cote or fold. A place or thing in which
one reposes. Matliy, Detained, bound, girt round with swathes.
Anointed.
A mitllk, A man who frequently divorces his wives.
A matmut (for matammdt, pi. of matam-
mat) Exuberances. Abysses.
AjUJi<s mitmdr, A mason’s rule. A man in tattered garments.
Form, figure, face. y huzza ^ala' mitmdri abihi,
He resembles his father.
A mitmd^, (A woman) who excites desire (in a man),
but gives him no opportunity.
A mutma-ann, Where one rests.
mutmah, Raised up, turned upwards (the sight). A
show, spectacle. A theatre, jizj mutmah nazar, Regard
ing, with a view to. A butt for archers. (See mutma^.)
A mitmar, A mason’s rule.
A Xj+dosc mutammirat. Dangerous affairs.
a matma^ (also matma^at), A thing desired or
desirable.
A mitmalat, A rolling-pin.
kjybso matmur, Stored (grain).
a 'ijyilzsc matmurat (vul. matmurah), A ditch, cavern,
or other subterraneous place in which they lay up corn.
a matmus, Blind, losing the sight.
A matmu^. Desired with avidity, coveted earnestly.
A matmum, Plaited, twisted (hair).
A mutma-inn, Quiet, secure, content, acquiescing, safe,
enjoying repose and ease.
A matnab, The shoulder, that place between the shoul
der-blades and the neck. Mutnib, Many (locusts). (A river)
flowing a great way. Mutannab, (A tent) stretched by ropes.
A matnazat, Men ridiculous in their behaviour.
mutnif, One who stands upon a pinnacle or a moun-

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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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