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Mahmud Yunus

محمود يونس

Notable figure 1899–1982 · Source: Ilyas Rifaʾi, "Mengenal Kamus Arab-Indonesia Mahmud Yunus", Al Bayan: Jurnal Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Arab (2012) · Second source: Center for Research Libraries catalogue record: Mahmud Yunus, Kamus Arab-Indonesia (Jakarta: Yayasan Penyelenggara Penterjemah/Pentafsir al-Qur'an, [1973])

Field: Lexicography

Affiliation

Lexicographer; Kamus Arab–Indonesia (1972)

Biography

Born in Sungayang, Batusangkar, in West Sumatra, he was a pioneer of Arabic teaching in Indonesia and wrote the school textbook Durus al-Lughah al-ʿArabiyyah. He compiled the Kamus Arab–Indonesia, published in Jakarta in 1972, which Indonesian studies count as the first widely used Arabic–Indonesian dictionary; it is still reprinted and in use.