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Hippocrene Standard Dictionary Arabic-English English-Arabic (Hippocrene Dictionaries Series) (Paperback)

by John Wortabet (Author), Harvey Porter (Author)
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Features an excellent selection of modern words and expressions, clear and comprehensive, designed to enable students to read the average Arabic newspaper or book.

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John Wortabet and Harvey Porter

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  • Paperback: 900 pages
  • Publisher: Hippocrene Books; Bilingual edition (September 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0781803837
  • ISBN-13: 978-0781803830
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #608,010 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars If you already know Arabic, this may be of value., March 25, 1999
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As a dictionary this may be useful to someone who already knows Arabic, but it will be difficult for a beginning or intermediate student of Arabic. Abreviations for parts of speech are given for English but not for Arabic. Going from English to Arabic, the exact sense of a word is not given so you can't really be certain what you might be saying. Pick an English word and you get two or three Arabic words. Look those up and (if you can find them) you get somewhat different English words. You won't find a single 'naughty bit' either.

Moreover, it is UK English (you can find a biscuit but you'll get no cookies here) which results in some curious word choices. For example, some English definitions for Arabic words are: "calumniator, feccundation, state of orphanage, eructation, reproach for benefit, jet d'eau, to drill child, aided conqueror, patch scrap, silk stuff, to spell award, etc." You may need another dictionary just to understand these definitions.

It is definitely not for a beginner and the intermediate student will need a fairly good grasp of Arabic.

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars OK, March 23, 1998
The dictionary includes a wide selection of words a student is likely to use.The arabic-english part folows the standard arabic word order using the origin base of words, which is not given explicitly. Also the gender of nouns is not given and there is no guide or grammar in the beginning. I recommend it since it is the only bi-directional dictionary.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Out of date and poorly organized, August 28, 2003
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This is one of the worst English-Arabic dictionaries I've worked with. It's terribly out of date and lacking many common words. Moreover, it's organized by root, not alphabetically, which isn't terrible if you're familiar with Arabic word patterns, but since it does not bold the root verb entries or otherwise call out where each root section starts, it is incredibly difficult to look up words, even if you know what you are looking for.
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1.0 out of 5 stars waste
please don't waste your time and money on this dictionary. it's not sufficient for any sort of serious use, and if someone is just using it to look up isolated words, a... Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Pretty bad...
If you're looking for concise explanations and helpful examples, please DON'T pick this dictionary!!! Read more
Published on April 11, 2004 by RF

1.0 out of 5 stars Woefully out of date and incomplete
This is an old-style dictionary, organized according to roots rather than alphabetically. That's fine though. Read more
Published on May 17, 2003 by Timothy Byrne

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