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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎804r] (1612/1826)

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 munkhalU, (A bone or joint) dislocated by any acci
dent. Extracted ; eradicated.
A munkhamie, 1'alien in swelling 1 (a wound or sore).
a munkhanis, Folded, flexible; flaccid.
A munkhaniS) One who retires or keeps behind.
A munkhanik, Strangled by one’s self.
a mankhub) Cowardly. Lean.
A Cl^kLc munkhuzcit, (A hawk) darting on his prey.
KjyzsX* munkhuf) A nostril.
A mankhus, (A camel) scabby about the tail.
A tnankhush, (fern. mankhushat) Lean.
a mankhu^) Slaughtered by a gash made as deep as
the neck-bone.
a munkhi) Increasing in glory ; growing more haughty,
p mand, A species of jet, or black amber. (A possessive
particle added to vrords in Persian, synonymous with zu in
Arabic), Endowed with, possessed of, having; as khi-
radmand) Possessed of understanding, judicious.
a munidd) Who separates, disperses (camels).
K minduS) Light, active (woman).
A mindaS) A foolish, frivolous woman. A troublesome,
insolent fellow. Mundus, One who attacks privately ; who pro
pagates any thing bad.
Manddwar, Name of a country.
a c-JAi-c mundib) (A wound) having a cicatrice. One who
exposes himself to danger.
a \jA^c mindabu or mindibd, Quick, ready, nimble.
A mundubih) Who bends back the head below the hips.
VjyiX*~o mandbur) Unfortunate, unhappy.
a mandikh) One who does not care what he says or what
is said of him.
a mundakhil) One who enters.
AjJo-« mundir, One who makes any thing fall. Who cuts off
another’s (hand). One who subtracts (from an account). Who i
abstracts, steals (money).
a mundarij) Comprehended, contained, collected, in
serted. Enrolled, registered. Involved within itself, coiled or
rolled up. Perishing (as a family), become extinct. Whatever
comprehends, contains, encloses, or involves.
A mundarijah, Contents.
mundariS) Obliterated, cancelled.
a mundari^ One who goes before. Dislocated (bone).
Beaten. Filled (belly). Emerging (moon from behind a cloud).
a ninndari-a, Impelled onward (a stream of water).
Spreading (fire).
A mundasS) Hid, buried,
p mandish) A carpet, a rug.
a munda-JS) Dissolved by corruption (meat).
a mundacj) Who answers, or consents to.
A CJC-* mindagh) Satirical, sarcastic.
a mundaghat, White specks appearing on the nails.
A mindaf (and mindafat) f A large bow bent, the
string of which they beat with a kind of mallet in separating or
teasing cotton ; also the mallet.
A mundnfi^) Beat, trampled upon, repulsed, removed,
taken away. Given, delivered, surrendered. Who makes great
progress, and advances well. Perishing.
a mundnfik) Spreading wide, diffused (water). Quick
going (horse).
A mundafin) Filled up, covered over with a part of it
self (a well).
A mundakk, Bruised (in a mortar). Knocked at (a
door). Approached (the walls of a city) in order to be besieged.
r mandak) Badness of markets, difficulty of sale. Mun-
dak System of postal communication used in Moghul India and later by the East India Company. ) (Any thing) torn to pieces.
A CiJc-o mundakk) Levelled (as heights and hollows).
A mundakir/i) Who thrusts himself (into any thing),
p mandal) The down upon a boy’s cheeks ; also the inus-
tachoes. An enchanter’s circle described on the ground, in which
they sit, when endeavouring to conjure up demons or spirits.
A mandul) A boot. The wood of aloes. Name of a
town in India, whence the best kind is brought. Mindal) An ac
tive man, suddenly snatching any thing. Penis rigens. A table
cloth. Mundall) Directed, led. Poured out, spread.
a mundalisJNho rushes upon or into. Who goes quick,
who passes rapidly by. Who walks bolt upright. Reproachful.
a mundaliS) (A slippery thing) sliding out of the hand.
A mundalit) Forced along (a torrent).
A %JjAc mundali^) Thrust out (as the tongue). Prominent,
flagging (belly). Drawn (sword).
A mundalif) Poured upon, spread over.
A mundalik) One who precedes and outstrips in going
or running. Whatever protrudes or slips out (as a gut) from
the belly (or a sword) from the sheath. (A torrent, or a body of
horse) overwhelming (people).
p *0 aa<s mandalah) The wood of aloes. A magic circle traced
on the ofround. Mandilah. A kind of silken stuff.
a mandafi (also ^Jaa^I al mandali)) Pertaining to the
city of Mandal, especially the wood of aloes.
A ^Aa^c mandam) Repentance (especially late).
a iUAi-c mandamat) That which one repents of.
A mundamij) Round, smooth. Inserted (one thing in
another) and sticking fast. Compact (thing).
a ^.—•cAa^c mundamiS) Who enters (a bath, cavern, or prison).
A ^J-<AA.< mundamak) An entrance, a place where one enters.
Mundamik) One who enters abruptly or without leave. Falling
from its place.
a J-^cAXc mundamil) (A wound) healing.
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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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