ISBN-13: 978-0879500030
ISBN-10: 0879500034
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The Dictionary in a class by itself.
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2017
At the beginning of your studies you will be amazed by the abundance of the Arabic - English dictionaries. As you progress, though, you will be unpleasantly surprised that there are almost no dictionaries which deserve to be called as such. Your choices shrink to Hava Arabic English Dictionary of Classic Arabic for the Classic Arabic, Wehr (this one) for the Modern Arabic (MSA) and various online dictionaries for the latest jargon/21st century words. I will try to address the concerns reviewers have brought so far.Small font - I wish all the Arabic dictionaries had bigger font, but alas, it is not the case. Consider it a 'feature' and not a 'bug', because unless you find some large print special editions all Arabic printed materials are in small fonts.Paper quality - yes, the paper is rather thin, but not enough to interfere with reading it. After all, you usually do not read a dictionary from cover to cover but use it to find some specific word."Outdated" - it indeed contains rather arcane words, but again - I see it as a feature. If I don't read it cover to cover then why would it bother me ? The words which are archaic I would not find in the texts I read and therefore would not need to look them up in the dictionary. Sure, being written in the 60s it does not contain all the modern words and you should be aware of it. For me it was not that crucial.It has only Arabic-English translations and not vice versa - yes, that is true, but on the other hand, it does not state otherwise.Root ordered words - for me, as a learner of Arabic, it is actually a real boon - this way after I translate some word, I learn 'for free' few additional ones because of them being listed under the same root. In my opinion, by the way it goes the same for Hebrew, the root based dictionaries are the best.Diacritics - the dictionary does not have them. Of course, you are not left alone to guess pronunciations - there are transliterations in English. We may call it not ideal, but as long as this brings the same result - not really a problem.The better dictionaries - probably exist, but not in Arabic-English pairs (see my review of Al-Mawrid Dictionary . The next level to go is Arabic-Arabic dictionaries, but there too - you have to dig a lot .NB. I haven't used Oxford Arabic Dictionary yet so cannot really compare, but if it is the same as they have on their premium subscription website then it is good but does not replace this one.Hope you find my review helpful.Thanks.
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2017
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 19, 2022
So far it's the best as it relates to MSA...
By Apex Allah on August 18, 2022
Pretty good works... Definitely better than the Websters...
By Apex Allah on August 18, 2022
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 30, 2017
Small font - I wish all the Arabic dictionaries had bigger font, but alas, it is not the case. Consider it a 'feature' and not a 'bug', because unless you find some large print special editions all Arabic printed materials are in small fonts.
Paper quality - yes, the paper is rather thin, but not enough to interfere with reading it. After all, you usually do not read a dictionary from cover to cover but use it to find some specific word.
"Outdated" - it indeed contains rather arcane words, but again - I see it as a feature. If I don't read it cover to cover then why would it bother me ? The words which are archaic I would not find in the texts I read and therefore would not need to look them up in the dictionary. Sure, being written in the 60s it does not contain all the modern words and you should be aware of it. For me it was not that crucial.
It has only Arabic-English translations and not vice versa - yes, that is true, but on the other hand, it does not state otherwise.
Root ordered words - for me, as a learner of Arabic, it is actually a real boon - this way after I translate some word, I learn 'for free' few additional ones because of them being listed under the same root. In my opinion, by the way it goes the same for Hebrew, the root based dictionaries are the best.
Diacritics - the dictionary does not have them. Of course, you are not left alone to guess pronunciations - there are transliterations in English. We may call it not ideal, but as long as this brings the same result - not really a problem.
The better dictionaries - probably exist, but not in Arabic-English pairs (see my review of [[ASIN:9953631085 Al-Mawrid Dictionary]] . The next level to go is Arabic-Arabic dictionaries, but there too - you have to dig a lot .
NB. I haven't used [[ASIN:0199580332 Oxford Arabic Dictionary]] yet so cannot really compare, but if it is the same as they have on their premium subscription website then it is good but does not replace this one.
Hope you find my review helpful.
Thanks.
The Dictionary in a class by itself.
By Yuri Slobodyanyuk on April 30, 2017
At the beginning of your studies you will be amazed by the abundance of the Arabic - English dictionaries. As you progress, though, you will be unpleasantly surprised that there are almost no dictionaries which deserve to be called as such. Your choices shrink to Hava [[ASIN:8187570695 Arabic English Dictionary of Classic Arabic]] for the Classic Arabic, Wehr (this one) for the Modern Arabic (MSA) and various online dictionaries for the latest jargon/21st century words. I will try to address the concerns reviewers have brought so far.By Yuri Slobodyanyuk on April 30, 2017
Small font - I wish all the Arabic dictionaries had bigger font, but alas, it is not the case. Consider it a 'feature' and not a 'bug', because unless you find some large print special editions all Arabic printed materials are in small fonts.
Paper quality - yes, the paper is rather thin, but not enough to interfere with reading it. After all, you usually do not read a dictionary from cover to cover but use it to find some specific word.
"Outdated" - it indeed contains rather arcane words, but again - I see it as a feature. If I don't read it cover to cover then why would it bother me ? The words which are archaic I would not find in the texts I read and therefore would not need to look them up in the dictionary. Sure, being written in the 60s it does not contain all the modern words and you should be aware of it. For me it was not that crucial.
It has only Arabic-English translations and not vice versa - yes, that is true, but on the other hand, it does not state otherwise.
Root ordered words - for me, as a learner of Arabic, it is actually a real boon - this way after I translate some word, I learn 'for free' few additional ones because of them being listed under the same root. In my opinion, by the way it goes the same for Hebrew, the root based dictionaries are the best.
Diacritics - the dictionary does not have them. Of course, you are not left alone to guess pronunciations - there are transliterations in English. We may call it not ideal, but as long as this brings the same result - not really a problem.
The better dictionaries - probably exist, but not in Arabic-English pairs (see my review of [[ASIN:9953631085 Al-Mawrid Dictionary]] . The next level to go is Arabic-Arabic dictionaries, but there too - you have to dig a lot .
NB. I haven't used [[ASIN:0199580332 Oxford Arabic Dictionary]] yet so cannot really compare, but if it is the same as they have on their premium subscription website then it is good but does not replace this one.
Hope you find my review helpful.
Thanks.
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