Details

Subject(s)

• Arabic language—Dictionaries—Persian [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Dictionaries [Browse]

Summary note

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].

Notes

• 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

Binding note

Full brown leather with brown paper wrapper.

Language note

Persian and Arabic.

OCLC

824991594

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