Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary

by Rohi Baalbaki

The most widely used Arabic-English dictionary. It is an indispensable tool for students, researchers and translators, and is arranged alphabetically for facility of usage. It contains about 67000 entries.

Genres: Reference, Language

1256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Ahmed · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent.

[Motazz · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the first bi-lingual reference materials I have used to aid me in the study of Arabic. This is more of a rich translator-in-print than a 'dictionary' because it features neither etymologies nor sentence usages. [To be fair, I have yet to see an exhaustive edition in print or electronic that fulfills just that requirement.] But the breadth and depth of diction across disciplines (geared towards Modern Standard Arabic or Modern fusha, as opposed to the classic iterations) renders this reference by Arabic-native contributors invaluable. Organized by Arabic alphabet, each entry features a main entry in addition to its synonyms (most often in verb parts of speech), followed by corresponding English translations and their synonyms (also most often in verb parts of speech). There are also gender distinctions for Arabic entries, and brief corresponding notations signifying such in English. Where appropriate, contextual (discipline, profession or otherwise) explanations exist for Arabic and English language terms, and these may also include word modifiers. This relatively streamlined simplicity of this reference work may be appropriate for the novice and early-intermediate students of language.

From Lebanon, which has for several decades been a powerhouse in Arabic-language literature and linguistics---ironic development in a country that has long been host to deep French cultural and colonial influences.

[Asmamalik]

it is a good book