Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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فهر فهرس فهم


Q. 1. ⇒ فهرس

فَهْرَسَ الكُتُبَ [He made, or wrote, a catalogue of the books or writings], (O,) or فَهْرَسَ كِتَابَهُ [he made an index, or a table of contents, to his book or writing], (Ḳ,) inf. n. فَهْرَسَةٌ. (TA.) See what follows.


فِهْرِسٌ

فِهْرِسٌ A book, or writing, in which [the names or titles or descriptions] of [other] books, or writings, are collected; [i. e. a catalogue of books or writings: but more commonly, accord. to modern usage, the index, or table of contents, of a book or writing; in an Arabic book, generally placed at the beginning:] an arabicized word; (Lth, O, Ḳ;) from [the Pers.] فِهْرِسْت: (O, Ḳ:) pl. فَهَارِسُ. (TA.)


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