القواميس والمعاجم

Dictionaries and Lexicons

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Irshad al-Qasid ila Asna al-Maqasid fi Anwa' al-'Ulum

إرشاد القاصد إلى أسنى المقاصد في أنواع العلوم

Ibn al-Akfani

ابن الأكفاني

A concise encyclopedia on the types and classifications of sciences, authored by the wise Ibn al-Akfani in the 8th Hijri century.

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Al-Qamoos Al-Muheet

القاموس المحيط

Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Fairuzabadi

محمد بن يعقوب الفيروزآبادي

The introduction to the sixth edition of Al-Qamoos Al-Muheet, explaining the author's conventions and methods for using the lexicon.

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Al-Mu'jam al-Wasit

المعجم الوسيط

Academy of the Arabic Language

مجمع اللغة العربية

A modern and comprehensive Arabic linguistic dictionary, aiming to keep pace with the evolution of the Arabic language and the needs of the era.

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Al-Nihāyah fī Gharīb al-Ḥadīth wa al-Athar

النهاية في غريب الحديث والأثر

Majd al-Din Abu al-Sa'adat al-Mubarak ibn Muhammad ibn al-Athir

مجد الدين أبو السعادات المبارك بن محمد بن الأثير

A comprehensive dictionary of the strange words found in the Hadith of the Prophet and the sayings of the Companions and Successors.

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Tāj al-ʿArūs min Jawāhir al-Qāmūs

تاج العروس من جواهر القاموس

Muhammad Murtada al-Zabidi

محمد مرتضى الحسيني الزبيدي

The fortieth volume of the Taj al-Arus dictionary, a comprehensive lexicon of the Arabic language.

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Ḥayāt al-Ḥayawān al-Kubrā

حياة الحيوان الكبرى

Kamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Musa al-Damiri

كمال الدين محمد بن موسى الدميري

A comprehensive encyclopedia of animals, including information about their lives, behavior, and characteristics, with an appendix from Qazwini's Book of Wonders of Creatures.

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Gharib al-Hadith

غريب الحديث

Abu Ubaid al-Qasim ibn Sallam

أبو عبيد القاسم بن سلام

This volume contains comprehensive indexes for Abu Ubaid al-Qasim ibn Sallam's Gharib al-Hadith, including indexes of linguistic terms, Quranic verses, Hadith, and sayings of the Companions.

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Gharīb al-Ḥadīth

غريب الحديث

Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Harbi

إبراهيم بن إسحاق الحربي

The first part of the fifth volume of the Gharib al-Hadith dictionary, dealing with the strange words in the Hadith of the Prophet.

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Kashshaf Istilahat al-Funun wa al-'Ulum

كشاف اصطلاحات الفنون والعلوم

Muhammad Ali al-Tahanawi

محمد علي التهانوي

The second volume of the encyclopedia Kashshaf Istilahat al-Funun wa al-'Ulum, covering letters from Sad to Ya.

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Lisan al-Arab

لسان العرب

Muhammad ibn Makram ibn Manzur al-Ifriqi al-Misri

محمد بن مكرم بن منظور الافريقى المصرى

The fifteenth volume of the Lisan al-Arab dictionary, a comprehensive lexicon of the Arabic language.

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Majma' Bihar al-Anwar fi Gharib al-Hadith

مجمع بحار الأنوار في غريب الحديث

Muhammad ibn Muhammad Tahir al-Fatani

محمد بن محمد طاهر الفتني

This volume of the encyclopedia 'Majma' Bihar al-Anwar' discusses the meanings of rare words in prophetic hadiths, focusing on the letter 'Waw'.

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Mu'jam 'Arabi-Injilizi

معجم عربي-إنجليزي

Edward William Lane

إدوارد وليم لين

The eighth and final part of a comprehensive Arabic-English lexicon, covering the letters from Nun to Ya.

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Mufradat al-Qur'an

مفردات القرآن

Al-Raghib al-Isfahani

الراغب الأصفهاني

A book on the vocabulary of the Holy Qur'an, explaining the meanings of Qur'anic words and deriving them from their linguistic roots.

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