| Arabic-English Dictionary: The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic |  | Author: Hans Wehr
Publisher: Spoken Language Services
Category: Book
List Price: $45.00
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Rating:  71 reviews
Sales Rank: 3,385
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4th
Pages: 1301
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.3 x 1.5
ISBN: 0879500034
Dewey Decimal Number: 492.7321
EAN: 9780879500030
Publication Date: May 1, 1993
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Product Description
Its scholarship, accuracy and reliability make it one of the most significant contributions to Arabic lexicography. It is hoped that this masterpiece will point the way ot wider use of modern lexicographical principles in the compilation of dictionaries for earlier periods of the Arabic language.
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 It's a must owned Arab-English Dictionary July 19, 2010
Suraya Bee M Ibrahim
I'm happy with Amazon for its swift delivery of my order. Accordingly I'm supposed to receive the book latest 29th July but instead I got in a matter of ten days.Thank you Amazon.
Now for the book - I've got several arab-english dictionaries that I switched from on another whenever I need to search for a word. But The Hans Wehr dictionary proved otherwise. It is easy to use and the user gets the benefit of several definitions explained and examples to show its usage. Based on the three letter root of Arab language words are easily searched.
The only gripe I have is it's pages. They are thin and delicate and can be easily torn through everyday usage. I do not know if you have the hard cover version, I have not seen one and bought the paperback version then. Another plus is the clear printing easy to read format.
Nonetheless I'm happy with it and find it valuable as recommended by many authors of Arab Language authors. Its a 'must owned dictionary'.
A must have for Islamic language studies February 22, 2010
Rashad El-amin (Seattle, WA USA)
A wonderful resource. No personal library or Islamic language study center should be without a copy. You won't be disappointed in your research for root meaning of words.
A wonderful reference for Arabic study February 14, 2010
Ulfilas (Washington, DC)
Even the best Arabic language course benefits from being supplemented by a proper Arabic-English dictionary like this one. It is useful as well as interesting to see how each Arabic word is related to other words derived from a common three consonant Semitic stem. For such a purpose I find Han Wehr's dictionary to work quite well.
Very thorough and easy to follow dictionary January 30, 2010
Carmen Zapata (Washington, DC)
I've only been studying Arabic for two semesters now but this dictionary in my opinion is very easy to use if you know how to navigate the root system.
The best Arabic-English dictionary I've ever used January 23, 2010
D. Hook (Topeka, KS)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was the first, and best, Arabic dictionary I was issued as a military linguist. I've gone on to purchase dozens of Arabic dictionaries, some quite specialized and some broad ones like Al Mawrid (both versions). Some people have gone into great detail on why this is a great dictionary, so I won't repeat what they said except perhaps this: The best part about this dictionary is that the process of looking up every word requires that you identify the root of the word and how it's been conjugated... that constant process becomes intuitive and after a while you're thinking about the language in those terms. I've been working with the language since 2001 and this is still my go to book when I need to find something.
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