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'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎760r] (1524/1826)

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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ter-pot. Musattah, Superficial; levelled (ground); level, even, an
open plain. Broad, flat (nose). musattahu'lazczcal
(an musuttahiCs' sanl), First term, and second term
(in mathematics). Musatdh, One who equals, or makes level.
a mistar (or mastarut and mistarat), A geome
trical rule by which right lines are drawn, a ruler. Parallel
threads strained on a piece of pasteboard, used by those who copy
manuscripts for ruling lines. Musattar, Written, a writing.
Musattir, A writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. ; an amanuensis. Despotic, absolute.
A < musutta^ (A camel) marked on the neck with an
oblong fiofure.
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A mustanam, A portico, a place supported by columns.
mustur^ Written, delineated, described, specified.
A « mastu^ Raised (dust). Diffused (odour, or dawn).
a < mis^j The ngjth wind.
A mas^at) Study, pains ; a laudable endeavour or act.
AjU—c mis^ur, A poker, a piece of wood with which fire is
rred. Long (neck). Strong, vehement.
A —< mis^am, Rapid (current of water).
A A*—.c musvad, Happy, fortunate. Propitious. August.
niisuir, A poker with which the fire is stirred.
<-T^ misutru'l harb, A raiser of war, a seditious man. Musutr,
Fixed, estimated, rated.
a mus^utf A snuff-box.
A masuil, The throat; where one coughs.
A Jj*—< mas^ud, Happy, fortunate; favourable; august.
^ uiA**—o mastudi) Happiness, fortune, prosperity.
Ajmas^ur, Scorched by the wind called samum.
Furious. Greedy of meat, filling the belly.
a ijmas^ural, Furious (she-camel).
A mi/SiMt, A box for snuff, or any thing similar for
clearing the brain.
A mastufy (An infant) ulcerated on the head or face.
A masa^ttfy A man who walks much, going here and
there ; also one strong, indefatigable.
A masghabat, (from c^x-:), Being hungry, famished.
A ?nusaghghamy Well fed. A youth tenderly brought
up, delicate, in a good habit of body.
A « mvsuffy (The face) having any thing sprinkled (upon
it). Changed, altered. Musiffy One who interweaves (palin-
leaves). Who looks intently. Low-hanging (cloud). (A bird)
which flies near the ground. Who attends to minute details.
misfary (A camel) strong for travelling.
A 'ij.z misfuraty A besom, a broom, a brush.
A musafsify One whose gift is mean and contemptible.
(Wind) which sweeps the ground and scatters the finer dust.
misfariy A hatchet, an axe.
Aj yi—c masfur, Written, above-mentioned, glanced at before.
A masfuky Shed, spilled (blood).
A &L~<! musfihy (God) depriving (a man) of his senses. One
who sits down by a barrel or other vessel, and drinks from it
again and again. (Wind) which bends and shakes (a tree). One
who deceives, circumvents, and cheats another of his property.
Who causes one to hear. Mmaffahy (A channel or valley) full
of water. Musaffih. One who calls another a fool.
A c_AsL~« mis hub y A camel accustomed to bring forth males.
a maskdt also miskuty A place or vessel from which a
bird drinks. Miskdt, An utensil out of which water is poured,
or any thing is sprinkled.
A miskdmy Often sick, infirm.
a muskiby Near. Far off.
a (J~JL~.sc, musaksiky One who recites verses alternately with
another.
a maskat (from kiL:), Falling. Mascat in Arabia. Mas-
kat or znaskity A place, especially where any thing falls. kiL—«
maskitu'r’ra-Sy A native country (where one falls at birth).
a <LkiL~< maskatat (from kiLi), Falling. A patron, an asylum,
any protection or refuge.
A miska^y Eloquent, high-voiced.
A iii—« musakkafy Roofed, floored.
A A^>*++** ■< maskum 9 Sick.
A L maskazoi (also —« maska')y Corn plentifully wa
tered. A subterraneous aqueduct. Watered (field) by art, or
by a rivulet (jydhsc mazmazci implying watered by rain).
A diC—« jnask (from Cjk-^c), Seizing, holding fast, retaining,
restraining. Checking one’s self, refraining from. Leather, es
pecially of lamb or kid. Musky Hard ground retaining water.
A hard place in a well which is dug. Intellect. Much, abun
dant. Masaky The caul on the head of a new-born infant, (pi.
of < masakat) Bracelets or ankle-rings of tortoiseshell or
ivory. Musak, (pi. of muskat) Aliments (as keeping the
body together), (pi. of musakat) Tenacious, avaricious.
Musuky Avaricious.
ap clil—« misk or musky Musk. ghdliyah-misky
Civet, ciy-b ilS -—o misk-sdbunly A musky soap ball.
a musakkdy A muzzle to prevent oxen from eating grain.
A tnuskan. An earnest-penny.
A maskaty A piece of leather. Miskaty A bit of musk.
Muscadel wine. Muskaty That by which any thing is held. Food
(as keeping together the body). An excellent understanding.
Covetousness, stinginess. Remains, residue. A well dug in hard
ground, through which water does not subside. Masakaty A
bracelet or ankle-ring of tortoiseshell or ivory.
hasakatun masakatutiy Strong, strenuous. Musakaty Avaricious.
One who holds any thing in his gripe and will not part with it.
Musakkaty The last gaming 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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