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Al-Qāmus al-Muḥīṭ

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Al-Qāmus al-Muḥīṭ
Manuscript of the book displayed in the Islamic Calligraphy Museum of Tlemcen.
AuthorFiruzabadi
Original titleالقاموس المحيط، والقابوس الوسيط، الجامع لما ذهب من كلام العرب شماطيط
LanguageArabic
SubjectArabic language, Lexicography
GenreDictionary
Published14th century
Publication placePersia
Media typePrint (original), Digital (modern)

Al-Qāmus al-Muḥīṭ (Arabic: القاموس المحيط) is an Arabic dictionary compiled by the lexicographer and grammarian, Abū al-Ṭāhir Majīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ya’qūb ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Shīrāzī al-Fīrūzābādī (1329–1414), commonly known as Firuzabadi.[1][2][3]

Digital conversion

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In recent years, efforts have been made to convert Al-Qāmus al-Muḥīṭ into digital formats, such as the Lexical Markup Framework (LMF), to make it more accessible to modern researchers and scholars.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "al-Qamus al-muhit | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  2. ^ Firuzabadi, Muhammad ibn Ya'qub (1987). "Al-Qamus al-muhit".
  3. ^ "Al Qamus al Muhit, a Medieval Arabic Lexicon in LMF". May 2016. S2CID 32045912.
  4. ^ https://aclanthology.org/L16-1150.pdf