Yusuf al-Maghribi
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Who is Yusuf al-Maghribi?
Yūsuf al-Maġribi was a 17th-century lexicographer active in Cairo. He is the first author to treat Egyptian Arabic as a dialect distinct from Classical Arabic, compiling an Egyptian-Arabic word list, the Raf` al-'iṣr `an kalām 'ahl miṣr, which survives in a unique manuscript kept at St. Petersburg State University. Al-Maghribi's dictionary reflects a wider trend in early 17th century Ottoman Egypt towards colloquial writing.
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