'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [817v] (1639/1826)
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 mahamiz, (pi. ofjU^< mihmaz) Spurs,
p mihan, (pi. of <k« mih) Great people, grandees.
A muhan, Despised, slighted ; abject, contemptible.
aAJI^« mahanat (from Being despicable, contemptible,
abject. Baseness, meanness, a contemptible state.
a <ixj l^o muhanaghat, (m of Soothing, flattering (a be
loved object), especially by amorous verses or speeches.
A iUi muhaiuifatj ( 1 11 of<—cii) Smilingironically (a woman),
p mahafiul (or mahanul). Opium.
A muhawaty (in of Contending, disputing, litigat
ing. Going fast, increasing in speed. Soothing, flattering, ca
joling. Playing, trifling, now offering a thing, and now draw
ing it back.
a mahawat (fromy^<), Being thin (milk or butter).
A muhazeadat, (in of Jy&) Doing any thing repeatedly.
Making peace or a cessation of arms. Promising, plighting
faith, appointing time and place.
a mahdmshy Unjustly acquired wealth, stolen cattle or
other plunder.
A muhdwashaty (in of (ji^) Mixing, interfering with.
a mahdzot also muhuwiyy (pi. of mahwa\
mahzcd-a and mahzcdf) Spaces between two mountains.
a mahdhy Beauty, the lustre of any thing fresh and new.
Beauty. Any thing easy or tolerable. A vain thing. Beautiful.
A mahdhaty A thing easy to be done.
muhdydty The partition of usufruct, italic <l!c
layhi muhdydty An affair in which many are jointly concerned.
a muhdyisy One who receives much.
xhj\^cmuhdyasaty (in of d-v-Jfc) Disputing about multitude.
Asking much from another.
Aterl^* muhuyajaty (in of ^i>) Exciting, stirring up.
A maha-is, (pi. of tnahls) Places where birds
void their excrement.
a <LLul^o muhdyataty(ni ofk-A) Calling out, making a noise.
a mahd-i^j (pi. of mihyuQ Open (roads).
a Jolf« mahd-ily (pi. of mahil) Places full of danger.
A mahabby A breathing-hole, a vent. A place whence
or whither the wind blows. Muhibby A tearer (of a garment).
One who awakes or arouses from sleep. (A stallion) mettlesome
and leaping on the female.
a mihbdby Libidinous (stallion).
A muhabbajy Heavy, slow, dull.
a ^ muhabrijy Bad, uneven (string).
a la-fc mahbity A place by which one descends. Muhbity Who
throws down, precipitates. Who lessons, abates (the price).
a mahbily The womb, that part of it where the foetus is
lodged. The neck or orifice of the uterus. The straight gut.
A pass through a country. J-^e mahbilu'l hazed, A path
down a mountain from the summit to the bottom. Mihbal,
Nimble, active. Muhabbal, Lost by death (a son). Corpulent,
fleshy. Plump-faced. Cursed, anathematized, execrated.
ACJ>y*f« mahbuty Weak, timid, languid.
a mahburat, Corpulent, very fat (camel).
A ^ mahbush, Collected, scraped together, acquired.
x^y^o mahbuty Lean, slender.
P mah-pdragdriy Females as fair as the moon,
p tj\> <U mah-pdrahy A bit of the moon; a mistress. A month,
p <U mah-parastdriy (Moon-worshippers) Lovers.
A mihatty Glib-tongued, talkative.
p mah-tdby Moon-light, moon-shine, the full moon, the
splendour of the moon. The moon. A kind of fire-work.
mah-tdb paymudan. To measure moon-shine, i. e. to en
gage in any vain undertaking, to build castles in the air.
p mah-tdbiy Belonging to the moon. A kind of fire
works. An open high terrace.
A muhtdzy One who has a broken bone.
a muhtdfy Thirsty (man).
a muhtibby Libidinous (stallion).
a muhtabidy One who takes away, or breaks. One who
boils or dresses the seeds of the colocynth.
a muhtabir. One who cuts off (with a sword),
x muhtabishy Assembled, congregated, collected.
a muhtabily A gainer, an acquirer. One who has a
deep design, who meditates any thing deceitful, who tells lies.
One who ensnares or catches (game or wild beasts). One who
observes the negligence of another in order to defraud or oppress
him. One who seizes an opportunity.
a muhtatishy Irritated (a dog or wild beast).
a muhtajjy Insolent, outrageous.
a Who conceives or brings forth any thing new.
A muhtajim. One who milks dry (an udder).
a muhtajiriy Compressed. Married too young (a girl).
A muhtajinaty A female palm-tree bringing forth fruit
for the first time.
A muhtajunay (pi. of muhtaji) Satirists.
A tnu teqjb Reciprocal in railing at or satirizing.
A muhtadly Directed, conducted, led (into the way of
salvation). One who is guided on the road. Steered (to the
right or left). (A horse) out-running (others). One who brings
(a bride home to her husband’s house).
mihtary Greater. A prince, lord, head, chief, gover
nor. A sweeper.
muhtar , Delirious with old age. One who speaks doat-
ingly, foolishly, or blunderingly.
p mihtardniy (female of jxz.-o mihtary q. v.). Also a
female innkeeper. (Hunter.)
p mihtard-iy Chiefship. (Hunter.)
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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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