( 30 reviews )
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Posted: Aug 3 2009
This is a very reliable and accurate work that is a great tool for students, teachers, researchers and translators. It is a wonderful tool to have.
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Posted: Jul 5 2009
This is the ONLY, I repeat ONLY Arabic-English Dictionary worthy of consideration by anyone studying Arabic at any level. This is my third copy over the past 30 years. It is the one issued to US military linguists. Unfortunately, For reverse lookup,(English to Arabic) there simply does not exist anything of comparable worth or usefulness. For those who have also studied Biblical Hebrew, the format of this dictionary mirrors very closely the root-system approach in the BROWN-DRIVER-BRIGGS-GESENIUS LEXICON.
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jun 11 2009
This dictionary is arranged by way of roots of the arabic words rather than alphabetically as you would expect in an English dictionary. This is the way arabic language is meant to be learnt and hence this arrangement is beneficial to any serious student of arabic. It may take a little getting used to but once you get the hang of it you will be able to gain the full benefit of this approach. Recommended for anyone learning either modern standard arabic or classical arabic. There is no other comparable product to this. Lane's multi volume lexicon uses similar approach but it's language is antiquated, expensive and heck of a lot bulkier than the Hans Wehr dictionary.
