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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎813r] (1630/1826)

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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pour fresh dates and butter. Water mixed with clay. Miikhff,
Foolish, stupid. One who bakes, a baker.
A muzokhamat) Any thing 1 unwholesome, injurious to
the stomach. (Meat) corrupting in the stomach.
maiokhfit, \\ ounded deeply ; struck with the edge of
a sword.
A tnazokhum, Troubled with an indigestion.
A mu-akhkhl) One who prepares a ring, rope, or tfliy
thing similar to bridle (a camel). One who clears a place for ty-
ing (a horse). One w ho puts a fetter or tether (on a horse),
r mud, An eagle of whose feathers they mount arrows.
a miwadd, One who loves greatly.
a \jyc muwaddd, Levelled (ground).
a mazsda-at also muzvaddu-at, A dangerous or infested
place, especially a desert.
a Chastised. Learned. Well-bred, polite,
civil, modest, courteous. Mu-addib, A chastiser, a chider. One
who teaches the belles-lettres, who educates well. An instructor,
teacher, preceptor. One who invites to an entertainment.
A mazeaddat, Friendship, love. Benevolence. A book.
p muzoaddat kardan,lio\o\e, to discover a regard for.
a i jj-c / c r ^Cc maktub-i mazcaddat, Friendly letters.
A mudih, (A man) humbling himself, submissive. Clean
and fat (camels). (A ram) standing by the ewe, not blissoming.
a muda^. Easy, obedient (horse).
A mazodik (equivalent to mazazi^), A place.
a mu-dim, One who joins, or adds (one thing to another).
Who makes peace, renews or strengthens friendship or love ; who
gains consent or approbation. United in familiarity, concord, or
society. Who prepares fish, or any thing to be eat with bread.
a mudan, Puny, thin, weakly (boy).
mu-dizz>, Strong, powerful. Armed, accoutred.
A<wjjJyc //jrticr/nsa/, (Ground) covered with young herbage.
a mazadu^. Left, let alone. Peaceable (horse). Mo
desty, softness, gentleness, placidness. ^ <*- uilayka
bid mazcdu^, Behave modestly, be quiet.
a muzsdun, One who has short or contracted shoulders,
neck, or hands. A small date-basket or other repository. Puny,
thin, weakly (boy). Steeped, wet, macerated.
a mu-di (or tnudi), A helper, an assistant, a suc-
courer. Prepared for a journey. Armed, or otherwise properly
prepared. Strong, powerful. Mu-adda , i Payed, performed.
Led, brought. Mu-addi, Who causes to happen, who brings or
adduces. A payer, a performer of what is due. A cause, motive.
A mudi, Perishing, lost. Kind, beneficent, bountiful.
mudan ilayhi, Benefited, obliged.
a mu-zin or mu-azzin, The public crier, who assembles
the people to prayers by proclamation from a minaret or tower
of a mosque. Mu-azzin, One who makes a handle (to a pot), or
a latchet (to a shoe). W hogives(one) a box on the ear, who rubs,
twists, or pinches it. W ho cries with a loud voice, proclaims, an
nounces, signifies, or certifies. One who drives frequently (ca
mels) to water, without allowing (them) to drink.
a mu-zanat, Name of a bird.
A wu-zi, Noxious, troublesome, importunate, vexatious,
hurtful, pernicious.
p muzigari, Troublesomeness.
A mazer (fromj^e), Moving, being agitated (as a tree by
the wind), fluctuating. Moving to and fro (a camel’s shoulder),
flowing slowly (as blood on the ground). A wave, surge, bil
low. A way, track, beaten or level path. Mur, Dust in motion.
p jy° 0 n °r, Hunter) An ant, a pismire. An emblem
of poverty and weakness. Rust. jyo ^tsukir-i mur-
shumdr, An army numerous as ants, jyc % jU j ,jy gbr-i pur
mar o znor, A sepulchre full of serpents and pismires.
jjj 'jy° hamchu mbr-i bi zor, Weak as an ant, like an ant,
without strength.
a murdkk, Ripening (dale).
p uy^jy 0 murdmun, A wild carrot.
AC ^J> mu-rib, One who becomes fortunate, or happy. One
who overcomes or excels. Mu-arrab, Bound, tied. Much, many,
copious. Mu-arrib ,Who fastens or draws tight (a knot). A ful-
filler, a performer. One who comprehends within limits.
a wuras, Hereditary possession. Appointed heir. Mu-
ris, One who makes a person an heir. A cause, author.
kabdih-i murisud fazdih. Transgressions which
cause ignominy.
A tdLijyo mu-arris, One who lights a fire. One who excites
discord. cSjM ^J\ arris naraka, Kindle your fire, i. e. give
your mind to it, and be what you wish.
a mu-arraj, Easily excited. A lion. Mu-arrij,^W\o raises
tumults, rebellion, sedition, or war. A disturber of the peace, an
exciter of faction, al mu-arrij, A surname of a man.
p ^o^jycMurjdn, Name of a certain mountain in Persia where
there is a famous spring which flows exactly in proportion to the
quantity of water required.
v ^yey-jyomurchdl, An intrenchment.
p miirchanah, Rust of iron.
p ky-jyc murchah, A little ant. The waving lustre of a sword.
Rust. A small black glass. A poor fellow. A battery, ‘^jy*
murchah pay zadan,To pluck fibres from a root.
^ murcha-i ^cimbarin, The sprouting beard of a young man.
A ^jy< murikh, One who makes soft (leaven). Muzcarrakh,
Fixed, defined by a certain time.
A mu-arrikh, (or mumarfikh),Who dates (a letter);
who marks the time of any event. A chronologer, annalist, his
torian. I ^ys>yyc ,j£\ aksar-i muzearrikhin, Most historians,
p murkhdnah, Small black ants. Rust.
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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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