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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎813v] (1631/1826)

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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p murd (for murd'), Dead. Murd also murady Myr
tle or the fruit. A seal; a ring. Of a rose-colour ; a rose. Name
of an herb growing in water, and always green. A mistress.
The ringlets of a mistress. * ^ t>nB n9IiI
A djyo maiorid, A place of arrival, descending, alighting, or
appearing ; a place through which one passes; access, entrance,
passage, approach. A station, quarters. A road to water.
a muwarrad, Rose-coloured (garment),
p murad-isparam, Name of a sweet-smelling flower
with leaves resembling the myrtle.
p murddnah (for murd-dunah), Myrtle-seed.
A tnawridat, A highway. The place to which one goes,
the mark one hits.
a (j~jyo muriS) (The thistle called wars) turning yellow.
(Ground) producing many such thistles. (A tree) becoming
leafy. Muwarras, (Cloth) dyed yellow.
a mu-arris^ Who asks or uses the assistance of another,
p murish. Small shells or glass beads. A place before
a shop, where goods are exposed to sale. A place raised a little
above the ground for sitting upon, especially on the outside of a
house. The back-bone. ,iJ~jy* murish-i simtn^ Silver
beads resembling pearls.
a mu-arrishy One who kindles a fire. One who excites
(sedition), or raises (a rebellion).
A mu-riz Productive of a heaviness or stuffing of the
head. Mu-arrhy (Grass) which grows long enough to be cropt
by cattle. A rigid faster. One who polishes (language), speaks
smoothly, soothingly, or elegantly. One who seasons a new lea
ther bottle or bag, by pouring into it water, or milk, (to take off
the raw smell). Whatever makes one heavy or dull as earth.
Delaying, dilatory.
A mu-rity (Sandy grounds) producing the tree aria*.
a %jy< muri^y Whoever separates (two things).
i 1“ , j|t t n Cj fyrifi IflUiL .A dfll ffPiLi “1 c ' l'
A mu-arrify Who places a stone or any other boundary
mark for dividing ground. One who joins (ropes) by a knot.
a Mawraky Maurice (a proper name).
A iJjy 0 mu - r ik ( or nturik), A standard, a flag, an ensign.
Mu-rik or mu-arrikyWho renders (any one) wakeful or sleepless.
Mu-urraky Prevented from sleeping.
A CJjyo mawriky A place whereon the hips are put. The
fore part of a camel’s saddle. The sole of a shoe made of cSjj
warik. Murik, One who neither has nor claims any thing. 3 /m-
warraky Blameless, innocent.
a mu-arriky One who adorns (a place) with a throne.
a tSjyc mazorikaty A place whereon the hips or thighs rest.
The fore part of a camel’s saddle on which the rider rests his
foot when tired. The sole of a shoe made of warik.
A +jyo mawriniy The place of the gum where the grinders
grow. Miiwarrarriy A great detachment of an army making a
nocturnal excursion. Tall (plant).
A f/y mu-urraniy (A head) large in the fore part. (An egg)
big at one end.
P mdr-malakhy Innumerable as the ants or locusts.
a mu-arnaby (A garment) woven with a mixture of
hare’s pile. Mu-arniby (A country) abounding in hares.
a mawrusy Hereditary, possessed by paternal succes
sion. mdl-imazsrusy Hereditary wealth, patrimony.
a maze rusty The state of being hereditary. Hereditary.
a mazerudy Seized with the paroxysm of a fever. Des
cended to, arrived at. mazarud-i zeird. The place
where one alights off a journey. Celebrated by every tongue.
A mu-ri (or iJJy* murl)y Who puts two beasts into one
stall. Mu-arriy One who brings or adduces. Who establishes
or who fixes. One who fastens (a horse) to a stake. One who ties
(two beasts) to the same manger. (A bee) making honey. One
who stops, remains (in a place). Who lights a fire on the hearth,
or in a grate. One who stirs (a fire), to make it burn fiercer.
muriy An earthen pipe, joined to an aqueduct. A
water-course,channel, gutter. Shoemaker’sblack. A kind of stuff.
Small shells or glass beads. Name of a country in Turkistan.
a cu\}jy< muriydty Horses which strike fire from flints,
p tj\)jyo muriydnahy Rust, especially that which cannot be
polished, eating (any thing) full of holes.
p <Vjy< muriy ah y A vinegar-cruet. (Castellus.)
kjyninawz or muz y The banana, or plantain-fruit.
k&jy'O muwazzaty (A country) abounding in geese.
a yo muzaj (from v Sjyc muzuh)y A boot. Muzeuzzajy A
palace having many windows. Mtt *io) fruusv J a
p mawzduniiariy (in ancient Persian), To sell.
A jjy< mu-azzhy One who covers (his body) with the garment
izetr. A confirmer, a strengthener. j'jy nasr-i mu-
azzir or mu-azzai'y Powerful assistance.
mu-azzizy Loud rolling (thunder), noisy (mill) ; (boil
ing water) murmuring. Boiling, raging. One who moves, re
moves, agitates, or shakes. One who kindles (a fire). One who
impels, excites, or instigates. One who renders wishful or de
sirous. One who brings together, or lays one upon another.
A %jy<> muza^y Name of a town in Tihamah. Muzcazza^y
Divided. Muwazzi^y A divider, a distributor.
A ujy* Mazozatiy Name of a place.
A Jljy 0 m(tts zury A criminal, a malefactor.
A mamzuraty A crime, a sin, a fault.
i % JkV,y t ' ArJ l t" ;
k Jijy c mu M<tzwizy A singer, a chanter, a songster.
A Impelled, instigated.
^ mav:>z unyVfQxghedy well adjusted, balanced (as an
account). (Verse) which consists of an exact number of feet.
(Money) of just standard. Good, sweet, excellent, agreeable.
'Uljy 0 mawzun-i wazna-i. Weighed at the weight of

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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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