Product Description

An essential resource for students of Arabic and English alike, this dictionary contains the most up-to- date vocabulary in handy reference form. With more than 18,000 entries, it is especially useful in navigating the growing terminology of politics, telecommunications, technology, the internet, tourism, business and travel.

*Compact and Concise
*Clear language, pronounciation, and grammar for both sides
*Easy-to-read format and practical arrangement of Arabic and English entries
*More than 18,000 total entries
*Arabic provided with romanized transliterations
*English provided with phonetic transliterations
*Ideal for students, scholars, businesspeople, journalists, aid workers, and the military in both English-speaking and Arabic-speaking countries.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34107 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

From the Author
We hope the modern approach of this new dictionary will make it a useful resource to all those speakers of English and Arabic who wish to deepen their knowledge and use of these languages. The dictionary is intended to cover their needs with the most up-to-date entries in a handy reference form, and it should especially prove to be an aid in navigating the ever-growing global vocabulary of politics, telecommunications, computers, business and travel.

Customer Reviews

The best practical dictionary
This book is superb. I have four other Arabic-English dictionaries, two of which are enormous hardbacks, and this is the one I use every day. It is dog-eared with use. It is comprehensive and clear. If you need just one dictionary--or if the ones you have are a challenge to find what you want in--this is the book for you.

An absolutely awful dictionary
I've been studying Arabic pretty intensely for the past 40 weeks: 6 hours a day, 5 days a week. This dictionary is awful to the point of worthlessness. Without giving proper context, the definitions are often wrong or are infrequently used synonyms. By stripping away the underlying root system, it actually harms learning. If you must have an English-Arabic dictionary, get the Oxford, though you're better off just using Google translate. Spend the money and invest the time to learn to use Hans Wehr well but don't bother with this book.

A handy reference
I am learning Arabic while I am stationed in Kuwait. This small dictionary is good because it goes both directions between English-Arabic and Arabic-English. It is mighty for its size.