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Title: The Concise Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage by N.S. Doniach, Safa Khulusi ISBN: 0-19-864321-7 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: June, 1982 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Very good Eng-Arab dictionary
Comment: This is most likely the best English to Arabic dictionary on the market for native ENGLISH speakers. Most E-A dictionaries are made for native Arabic speakers, and assume you know what the Arabic that your reading is. This is more English-speaker friendly. Only downside of the book is that it is only in hardback, which makes it difficult to pull out of your pocket and flip through quickly. Highly recommend over most E-A dictionaries, unless you are a native ARABIC speaker.
Rating: 3
Summary: Average
Comment: This is a good starting point. It is widely available and affordable. It is obviously based on British-English. So, it will probably take some getting used to by those not accustomed to British phrases and spelling. You must have some idea as to which word in Arabic you are aiming for prior to deciding amongst the given choices. A few words were found to be incorrect. Since this book is limited in word volume you will certainly end up having to search for some words via a second source at some time. I do beleive that this is the way to go for beginners and those looking for a bargain.
Rating: 3
Summary: Adequate, but there are better available
Comment: This is not the only English-Arabic dictionary you want to own. Its choice of translations is limited, as might be expected of a concise dictionary; the words that most commonly or accurately translate major meanings of English words are frequently omitted, which should not be expected of any dictionary. The absence of an Arabic-English portion of the dictionary is hardly a flaw, and I am surprised that a student of Arabic would cite it as such; the underlying organization of Arabic-English translation is much better left to the root-based system of Hans Wehr. (If you study Arabic and don't own a Hans Wehr, you're not serious about what you're doing.) I recommend two alternative dictionaries. Al-Munged is large, heavy, thorough, and well illustrated and organized. Al-Mawrid is just as respected, if not more so, and probably an equally good investment. I spent an hour in a Cairo bookstore looking up a list of about 20 test words in both dictionaries; this hardly comprehensive survey favored Al-Munged, but not overwhelmingly. Al-Mawrid also makes a small paperback concise dictionary that I find much more useful than the Oxford Concise, and it's smaller to boot.
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Title: Arabic-English Dictionary: The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic by Hans Wehr, J. Milton Cowan ISBN: 0879500034 Publisher: Spoken Language Services Pub. Date: 01 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Arabic Verbs and Essentials of Grammar: A Practical Guide to the Mastery of Arabic by Jane Wightwick, Mahmoud Gaafar ISBN: 0844246050 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 11 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: 201 Arabic Verbs: Fully Conjugated in All the Forms by Raymond P. Scheindlin ISBN: 0812005473 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: April, 1978 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Your First 100 Words in Arabic : Beginner's Quick & Easy Guide to Demystifying Non-Roman Scripts by Jane Wightwick, Mahmoud Gaafar, NTC Publishing Group, NTC ISBN: 0844223956 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Arabic Alphabet: How to Read & Write It by Nicholas Awde, Putros Samano ISBN: 0818404302 Publisher: Lyle Stuart Hardcover Pub. Date: June, 1987 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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