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Ahmad Warson Munawwir
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Ahmad Warson Munawwir

أحمد ورسون منوّر

Notable figure 1934–2013 · Source: NU Online, "Kiai yang Penulis Kamus dan Mantan Wartawan" (April 2013) · Second source: Siti Miftahul Lukluil Karimah, "Kamus Al-Munawwir Arab-Indonesia (Sejarah Penulisan dan Perkembangannya Tahun 1957-2018)", undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, 2018

Field: Lexicography

Affiliation

Lexicographer; Kamus al-Munawwir Arabic–Indonesian (1984)

Biography

Of the al-Munawwir pesantren at Krapyak, Yogyakarta, which his father founded. He compiled the Kamus al-Munawwir Arabic–Indonesian over some fifteen years (1957–1972) under his teacher Ali Maksum; a handwritten part reaching the letter dhal was printed in 1973, the complete work of about 1,700 pages appeared in 1984, and a second edition followed in 1997. It is the standard dictionary in Indonesian pesantren and universities.