al-Amthal () is a literary term used to describe

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

proverbs. Ancient Arab scholars wrote books of compilations of proverbs, called ''"Kitab al-Amthal"''. The most famous collection of medieval Arabic proverbs is ''Mjm’a Al’amthal'' by

Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Maydani Abu ʾl-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Naysābūrī al-Maydānī (died 27 October 1124) was an Arab scholar in Persia, an expert on Arabic philology and on Islamic '' adab'' (etiquette). Little is known of al-Maydānī's ...

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