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: #29318 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01
• Original language: Arabic
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780781810456
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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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

Nice little dictionary - less daunting than most others
I bought this dictionary a few months back, just before the new semester. I also bought the Hans Wehr dictionary, which of course, is Arabic-English only. I think this 'Practical Dictionary' is a useful for English-speakers, in that it works how dictionaries work in European languages: words are arranged alphabetically, not according to the root ('jadhr'). Sure, once you're used to dealing with roots, and with some practise, it'll probably become easy to look things up, but when you're just trying to get your homework done in time for class, this book works well.

It goes from each language into the other, which makes it a handy little dictionary. Not quite pocketsize, but certainly easy to carry around in your backpack/briefcase.

As for the fonts, I'd say the Arabic font is adequate. For some reason, the English font is quite a bit bigger, especially the headers in the English-Arabic section, and so when you go back to look up an Arabic word, all of a sudden, it seems unnecessarily small by contrast.

Great dictionary for students
This dictionary seems good enough for advanced as well as beginner students in Arabic. My only beef with it is that it usually does not have the short vowels printed there along with the consonants which are of immense help to the beginner. But at least it does have the transliteration of the word to help make up for that fact. It's also not too cumbersome to carry around with you.

Nicholas Awde means "quality product"
A handy but not quite pocket-sized dictionary of 18,000 entries that must have been compiled using up-to-date source material. Look up coalition, extremist, bomber, martyr, military occupation, resistance, torture, prison, fanatic, graveyard, reconstruction, genocide, or refugee, and you'll find what you need. The Arabic script is crystal clear and of more than adequate font size. Short appendices include the days of the week, months in two forms plus the Islamic months, and country names. The phonetics for both the Arabic and English entries are easily understood, the dictionary being intended for both students of English and Arabic. This may be the only dictionary out there that you would actually ever be tempted to carry around with you. Lots of value for a very reasonable price!