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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