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Lisaan Al Arab volume 18
Ibn Manzur was an Arab lexicographer of the Arabic language and author of a large dictionary, Lisan al-ʿArab ('The Tongue of the Arabs'). Lisan al-ʿArab was completed by Ibn Manzur in 1290. Occupying 20 printed book volumes (in the most frequently cited edition), it is the best known dictionary of the Arabic language,as well as one of the most comprehensive. Ibn Manzur compiled it from other sources to a large degree. The most important sources for it were the Tahdhīb al-Lugha of Azharī, Al-Muḥkam of Ibn Sidah, Al-Nihāya of Ibn Athīr and Jauhari's Ṣiḥāḥ, as well as the ḥawāshī (glosses) by Ibn Barri It follows the Ṣiḥāḥ in the arrangement of the roots: The headwords are not arranged by the alphabetical order of the radicals as usually done today in the study of Semitic languages, but according to the last radical. This book is volume 18 of the series.
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Ibn Manzur
Published Date:
June 15, 2026
Pages:
508
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Dictionary
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Ibn Manzur was an Arab lexicographer of the Arabic language and author of a large dictionary, Lisan al-ʿArab ('The Tongue of the Arabs'). Lisan al-ʿArab was completed by Ibn Manzur in 1290. Occupying 20 printed book volumes (in the most frequently cited edition), it is the best known dictionary of the Arabic language,as well as one of the most comprehensive. Ibn Manzur compiled it from other sources to a large degree. The most important sources for it were the Tahdhīb al-Lugha of Azharī, Al-Muḥkam of Ibn Sidah, Al-Nihāya of Ibn Athīr and Jauhari's Ṣiḥāḥ, as well as the ḥawāshī (glosses) by Ibn Barri It follows the Ṣiḥāḥ in the arrangement of the roots: The headwords are not arranged by the alphabetical order of the radicals as usually done today in the study of Semitic languages, but according to the last radical. This book is volume 18 of the series.
