Wednesday, April 21, 2004

Interesting Note

During the middle of the eighth century, al-Khalil b. Ahmad al-Azdi produced the first Arabic dictionary. It was called the Kitab al-'Ayn because it began not with alif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, but with the letter 'ayn. He died when he ran into a mosque pillar while distracted by his research.

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