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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎802v] (1609/1826)

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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muntukiZ) (A sheep) afflicted with the disease jUj .
Who gives to another the worst part of his cattle or other estate.
a nmntakishy One who orders or causes (silver) to be
engraved or embossed with figures. One who pulls a thorn out
of the foot. (A camel) striking the ground when trying to shake
out a thorn or any thing similar. One who extracts or takes out.
A selector, a culler. Painted, carved, engraved, embossed.
a <CJL^c tnuntakishat, (fern.) Engraved, enchased. Painted.
( A wound) from which it is necessary to extract a bone or splinter.
a muntakis, Diminished, decreased, on the decline,
deficient. One who injures or diminishes.
A Untwisted (rope),demolished (building),
violated (agreement). Broken, split. Contrary, discordant.
a muntaka^j Changed, altered (colour). Muntaki^
One who slaughters (a camel to entertain guests).
A (^JUUwe muntukif) (A bird) which breaks (her eggs). One
who takes or draws out.
a muntakal, Transported, carried. Muntakil, Trans
ported, carried. One who emigrates or passes (to another).
a muniaktm, One who punishes, or takes revenge upon
another. (God) the punisher, the avenger.
a tnuntakih, One who recovers (from a distemper),
convalescent. One who receives comfort.
a muntaka\ Selected. Munlakl, One who selects.
One who takes marrow from a bone. A way, a road.
p mantak, Broom from which besoms are made.
a muntakibj One who throws over the shoulder (a
quiver or a bow).
A muntakity r l hrown on the head ; falling on the head
(when pierced with a spear).
a tnuutakis, Dissolved; untwisted (rope). Broken
(faith), violated (agreement). One who turns from one busi
ness to another. A kind of wood (with which they pick and clean
the teeth), having its fibrous top separated.
a t^-x^cmuntakis, Inverted, crooked, head downwards.
a muntakish, (A well) emptied of water.
a l. muntukif^ One who exposes himself to (a show r er)
and bears it till it has ceased. One who shuns (a blow). One
who travels from place to place.
a muntakil) A forbidder, a restrainer.
a muntaki, One who receives (what is due).
a 4 ^e muntamis ) One who absconds and hides himself.
a muntami, (A hawk) soaring from height to height.
Belated to, of the same species.
a muntin or minting Smelling, stinking, fetid.
vj^mantu, A piece of sheep’s tripe sewed up and stuffed
W'ith rice and different condiments.
a muntamb, (Any thing) falling out, happening bad.
One who aporoaches again and again.
p mantujah, A kind of hyacinth,
r mantur. The white violet. The corn or red poppy.
a muntawir. One who anoints himself with a depilatory
unguent.
a1?j^o muntuxcity Suspended, hung up. Far distant (house).
One who lends (a camel) to carry provisions.
a muntazol, One who proposes where to go, or fixes
upon (any caravansera, stage, or haltingrplace) where (he) in
tends to stop on a journey.
A muntahu, Terminated, brought to a conclusion.
A niuntahab, (Goods) plundered. Muntakib, One
w ho carries off or snatches away, a seizer, a plunderer.
AjS-c^c muntahir, (A vein) bleeding copiously, not to be stopt.
Flowing (blood). Loose (belly).
muntahizy One who seizes (an opportunity). Immo
derate, excessive, rude (in laughing).
A dJL^^c muntahishat^ (A woman) who scratches her face and
disfigures herself through sorrow.
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A muntahizy Excited. One who rises up.
muntahik, One who fatigues, extenuates, emaciates,
distresses, or afflicts.
a muntaha', Finished, terminated, ending. The end,
conclusion, term, boundary, or extremity. Prohibited,
muntaha-i talab muntaha-imurad, or^clfa^
muntuhd-i maksud), The extent of wishes, the height of
desire, the intention of a petition. Muntahl, One who brings to
a conclusion. One who has finished his studies, learned.
ininsur, A palm-tree having ripe dates dropping off.
a minassat) A woollen rag used in rubbing in ointment.
a kharaja minsajan. He went out to ease nature.
a tesTvi-c minsajat, The posteriors.
a munsadik, Enraged, passionate.
a tninsar, Talkative. Munsarr, (A horse) which moves
(his) feet swiftly. Munassar, Scattered (abundantly). Weak,
languid, good for nothing.
a L-ovRix* munsakib, Perforated, pierced, bored.
a munsantj Averse, receding. Bent, folded.
AjyX< mansur. Scattered, strew ed. The violet. The winter
gilliflower. Wild pepper, jy** kaldm-i munsur, Prose.
jy ***5 manzum zca munsur, Verse and prose.
manj, An inebriating pill made of hemp-leaves. Rhu
barb. Munj, A bee. A yellow bee; a hornet, a wasp. A gad
fly. Any thing bad, the worst of its species. The carcase of a
poor feeble ass. A bitter-almond tree. Name of a village.
a munj, Two or three dates sticking together. Munji A.
kind of green pulse smaller than a pea.
a manju, Any high place, where one may escape a flood.
A minjdb, Peeled, barked. Thin (cloud). (A wo
man) bearing heroic sons. A weak man. A polished arrow,

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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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