List of Arabic dictionaries
The following is a list of notable Arabic dictionaries.

List of Arabic dictionaries

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Table Section Text: The following is a list of notable Arabic dictionaries.

Title	Author	Date	Vocabulary	Notes

Kitab al-Ayn (Arabic: كتاب العين‎)	Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (Arabic: الخليل بن أحمد الفراهيدي‎) (b. 718 - d. 791)	8th century	Kitab al-Ayn was the first dictionary for the Arabic language.

Kitab al-Jim (Arabic: كتاب الجيم‎) a.k.a. Kitab al-Lughat or Kitab al-Huruf	Abu Amr al-Shaybani (Arabic: أبو عمرو الشيباني‎) (b. ca. 738 - d. 828)	8-9th century	The only copy is in the El Escorial Library.

Al-Jamhara al-Lugha (Arabic: جمهرة اللغة‎) a.k.a. Al-Jamhara fi al-Lugha (The all-embracing in language)	Ibn Duraid (Arabic: ابن دريد‎) (b. 838 - d. 933)	9-10th century	The dictionary was inspired in part by the earlier dictionary Kitab al-Ayn of al-Farahidi.

Tahdhib al-Lugha (Arabic: تهذيب اللغة‎)	Abu Manshur al-Azhari al-Harawi (Arabic: أبو منصور الأزهري الهروي‎) (b. 895 - d. 981)	10th century	The dictionary is important as a source of the Lisan al-Arab.

Al-Muhit fi al-Lugha (Arabic: المحيط في اللغة‎)	Al-Sahib ibn Abbad (Arabic: الصاحب بن عبّاد‎) (b. 938 - d. 995)	10th century

Taj al-Lugha wa Sihah al-Arabiyya (Arabic: تاج اللغة وصحاح العربية‎) shorter title: Taj al-Lugha or al-Sihah	Ismail ibn Hammad al-Jawhari (Arabic: إسماعيل بن حماد الجوهري‎) (b. ? - d. 1009)	10-11th century	It contains about 40,000 dictionary entries.	The author died at Nishapur while attempting flight.

Al-Muhkam wa al-Muhit al-A'zam (Arabic: المحكم والمحيط الأعظم‎) shorter title: Al-Muhkam	Ibn Sidah (Arabic: ابن سيده‎) (b. 1007 - d. 1066)	11th century	The author was a blind man.

Lisan al-Arab (Arabic: لسان العرب‎)	Ibn Manzur (Arabic: ابن منظور‎) (b. 1233 - d. 1312)	The dictionary was completed in 1290.	It contains about 80,000 dictionary entries.

Al-Qamus al-Muhit wa al-Qabus al-Wasit (Arabic: القاموس المحيط، والقابوس الوسيط‎) shorter title: Al-Qamus al-Muhit	Al-Firuzabadi (Arabic: الفيروزآبادي‎) (b. 1329 - d. 1414)	The dictionary was completed in 1410.	It contains about 60,000 dictionary entries.	The dictionary served as the basis of later European dictionaries of Arabic.

Taj al-Arus Min Jawahir al-Qamus (Arabic: تاج العروس‎) shorter title: Taj al-Arus	Al-Murtada al-Zabidi (Arabic: المرتضى الزبيدي‎) (b. 1731 - d. 1790)	The dictionary was completed in 1774.	It contains about 120,000 dictionary entries.

Muhit al-Muhit (Arabic: محيط المحيط‎) a.k.a. Qutr al-Muhit (The Diameter of the Ocean)	Butrus al-Bustani (Arabic: بطرس البستاني‎) (b. 1819 - d. 1883)	The dictionary was completed in 1870.	The author had dedicated the work to the Sultan Abdulaziz. The sultan awarded him with a higher medal and 250 golden liras.

Lexicon of the Modern Arabic Language (Arabic: معجم اللغة العربية المعاصرة‎)	Ahmad Mukhtar Omar	2008

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Murtada al-Zabidi is the author of the dictionary Taj al-Arus Min Jawahir al-Qamus.

final_sentence: Murtada al-Zabidi is the author of the dictionary Taj al-Arus Min Jawahir al-Qamus.