'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [782v] (1569/1826)
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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1462
A ^nafawik^ (pi. of muflk and of muftkat)
Camels having milk in their udders between two milkings.
AjJliU mafa-idj (pi. of Jlio mif-ad, j! Ulc mif-ud and j
mif-adat), Sticks for stirring the fire, pokers. Spits.
A mufuyashat) Boast, menace,a vaunting threat in battle.
Contention for superiority.
A-LLbU mufdyalat, (m of Being weak in mind, erring
in opinion or conjecture. Imbecility, folly.
r Gratuitously, without payment, gratis.
muft-kh’ar, A parasite, one who eats for nothing.
a muftat) Obstinate.
A mifldhy A key, any instrument with which a door is
opened. A mark made upon the thigh or neck.
A J mufta-ad, Bread baked under the ashes j also the place
where baked.
A mufattit, \Y ho crumbles or breaks in pieces.
a mufattitdt, Lythontriptics.
A tnuftatin, (Gold) tried by fire, or (a man) by tempta
tions. I hrown into disorder, excited to sedition or any thing bad.
A majlah, A store-house, a cellar. A treasury. Mi/tah,
A key. Mufattah, Open. Taken (town). Mufattih, A con
queror, a taker of towns. .
A mufuttihdt, Medicines which remove obstructions.
a muftahil, One who chooses (an excellent camel
stallion for a proper breed).
A mujtahim, One who checks or forbids.
muftakhir, Boasting, p J j=^< mufta-
khir o muhaht shudan. To glory, to boast, to vaunt.
A muftada', Redeemed. Muftadl, Who ransoms himself.
A muftaris, (A lion) tearing (prey).
A muftarish, One who stretches his arms over the
ground, and expands the tongue; i. e. who says what he pleases.
Y' ho beats down, treads under foot; throws on the ground, de
presses, overcomes. One who seizes by force, or permits to be
plundered or carried off. muftarishu'z ’zuhri, Ex
panded or flat on the back.
A muftaris, One who seizes (an opportunity).
A muftarit, One who loses a son before arriving at the
age of puberty.
a muftari^, A ravisher, a violater.
a muftarigh, One who pours out (water for himself).
A mu ftorik, Dispersed, scattered.
A 1 *^ muftarim, A woman who ties on a menslruous cloth.
A wuftari, A liar, a slanderer. A knave, a villain.
A miifattish, An inquisitor, a commissary, an examiner
a superintendant, a censor, a syndic, a visitor.
a muftasid, One who opens (a vein).
a muftasi t , One who forces (from a debtor what he
owes). One who draws back the foreskin over the gland.
a muftasil, A transplanter (of a palm-tree).
A muftazah, Exposed to infamy.
A maftak. An opening (in a shirt).
a muftakir, Reduced to poverty.
a JcoU mufattal, Twisted.
A maftalat, An orbicular piece of wood put upon a spin-
die, to give it a steady motion when spinning.
A muftalit, An extempore speaker. Suddenly snatched
away, dying unexpectedly.
A jJcoLe muftaliz, One who takes part (of a thing).
A muftalit, Seized suddenly.
A muftalik, (A man) performing any thing wonderful.
Strange, wonderful.
a muftali, One who weans. Who educates.
A muftan, Tempted, seduced to evil, drawn into sedition.
Charmed, bewitched. Mad, insane. Essayed, standard (money).
Mufattan, (Gold) tried by the fire, or (a man) by temptations.
Thrown into disorder, excited to sedition or any thing bad. Burnt.
maftut, Broken, crumbled. Cleft. Muftaz&it, One
who passes by. Who slights the authority of another, or who
does what one is not ordered. A follower of his own opinion. One
who anticipates or conjectures (the thoughts of another). An
inventor, an innovator.
a maftuh. Opened ; occupied, taken (as a town). Sub
dued. (A consonant) marked with the \ov/e\ fathah (' a). Di
luted (colour). jutniah kild^-i maftuhah, All
the castles taken.
a (JyxiUi maftul, Twisted.
maftul-sar. One whose head is awry.
a maftun, (Gold) tried in the fire. Drawn into sedition.
Insane, fascinated, charmed, mad with love.
A ^ ise; one whose sentence has the authority of
the law, an expounder of the Muhammadan law; the mufti or
head law-officer amongst the r l urks (above a ArdsI, or judge).
a ^ mufjj, Protuberant (hoof of a horse).
A mafjarat, A large channel through which a torrent runs.
A mufhish, Obscene, or shameful in speech. Stupid.
^ rnnfhas, A nest of the bird called Uai kata.
A mufham, One who cannot repeat verses.
> mufukhkhar , Glorified, glorious, exalted.
A mafkharat also mafkhurut, Any thing in which a man
glories, or which gives him a pre-eminence over others.
A ma fkham (from Being thick and corpulent. Mu*
fakhkham, Magnified, great, glorious, illustrious.
a XjSLc mafdarat, A place frequented by mountain-goats.
a mufdam, (Cloth) dyed of a full or unmixed red. lull
and thick (colour). Mufdam or mufaddam, (A water-pot) having
a spout or strainer.
a mufaddamat, A water-pot as above described.
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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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