• Arabic-Persian dictionary

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• From A to Z: Dictionaries across the Arabo-Persian World
• Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts
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View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9972924803506421

Language:

• Persian
• Arabic

Extent:

• 411 leaves : paper ; 276 x 149 (213 x 100) mm bound to 280 x 163 mm

Format:

• Manuscript
• Book

Description:

• Ms. codex.
• On front cover: Label reading "[Ara]bic Dictionary."
• On wrapper: 91 Mss. Arabic Lexicon.
• Physical description: 27 lines per page; written in angular nastaʻliq in black on thin, tan, glazed, laid Arabic paper. Section headings in red; entries overlined in red and written in red in the margins. Catchwords. Edges flecked with red ink. Damp staining, paper repairs, ragged edges, and insect damage. Some leaves are detached and there is occasional loss of text due to paper damage. Incomplete at beginning and end.
• Incipit (first full entry): کرب بالضم اندوه که دم باز گىرد از وى

Publisher:

• [18--?]

Subject:

• Arabic language—Dictionaries—Persian
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
• Dictionaries

Spatial:

• New Jersey

Text language:

• Persian and Arabic.

Binding note:

• Full brown leather with brown paper wrapper.

Created:

• 1800-01-01T00:00:00Z

Date:

• 1800

Abstract:

• Dictionary of Arabic roots arranged by last letter in abwāb, then first letter in fuṣūl; explained in Persian with Arabic examples. The ms. contains bāb al-bāʾ [in part] - bāb al-waw wa-al-yāʾ [in part].

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/dcz316qc12d

Edm rights:

• No Known Copyright

Range label:

• Logical

Title sort:

• [Arabic-Persian dictionary].

Type:

• Dictionaries

Exhibit Tags:

• Dictionaries