ARABIC LEXICONS. The first Arabic lexicon is that which is generally ascribed to al-K͟halīl, and entitled Kitābu ʾl ʿAin. The following are the most celebrated Arabic dictionaries composed after the ʿAin.
The Jamharah, by Ibn Duraid, died A.H. 321.
The Tahẕīb, by al-Azhari, died A.H. 370.
The Muḥīt̤, by the Ṣāḥib Ibn ʿAbbād, died A.H. 385.
The Mujmal, by Ibn Fāris, died A.H. 395.
The Ṣiḥāḥ, by al-Jauharī, died A.H. 398.
The Jāmiʿ, by al-Qazzāz, died A.H. 412.
The Mūʿab, by Abū G͟hālib, died A.H. 436.
The Muḥkam, by Ibn Sīdah, died A.H. 458.
The Asās, by az-Zamak͟hsharī, died A.H. 538.