Taj al-ʿArus Min Jawahir al-Qamus
Taj Al-ʿArus min Jawahir Al-Qamus (تَاج العَرُوس مِن جَوَاهِر القَامُوس, short title Taj al-ʿArus; "The Bride's Crown from the Pearls of
Fairuzabadi's earlier Qamus Al-Muhit and Ibn Manzur's Lisan al-Arab.[1] Begun in 1760, when al-Zabidi was 29 years old, the dictionary took him fourteen years to complete; he concluded it on the eighth of September 1774.[1]
The dictionary's introduction included a lengthy commentary on the dictionary of Fairuzabadi.[1][2]
Zabidi's chose a feminine subject in the title of his dictionary in commemoration of his deceased wife; he made use of antecedents, particularly
Fairuzabadi's Qamus and Ibn Manzur's Lisan al-Arab, and undertook multiple travels and meetings to validate his work.[3] He expanded previous word definitions, added new entries, and corrected errors found in previous lexicographic works.[4]
Zabidi's extensive bibliography numbered 115 consulted sources, including ones on Hadith and history. He also gave credit to previously[when?] unnamed authors.[5]
References
- ^ ISBN 9781909724723.
- ISBN 9789953132563.
- ISBN 978-0-268-15801-9.
- ISBN 978-3-11-020339-4.
- ISBN 978-0-691-20124-5.
