Arabic-L:PEDA:Classical Dictionary Responses

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1) Subject: Classical Dictionary Response
2) Subject: Classical Dictionary Response

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Date: 08 Dec 1999
From: Michael Fishbein <FISHBEIN at HUMnet.UCLA.EDU>
Subject: Classical Dictionary Response

I find J. G. Hava, "Al-Fara'id Arabic-English Dictionary," (5th ed. Beirut:
Dar el-
Mashreq, ISBN 2-7214-2144-1) reasonably priced and useful for the classical
vocabulary. Its disadvantages are that it includes almost no context for the
different meanings of a word and follows a layout confusing for students
used to
Wehr.

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Date: 08 Dec 1999
From: Asma Afsaruddin <aafsarud at nd.edu>
Subject: Classical Dictionary Response

I would recommend Steingass' Arabic-English dictionary.  It's adequate for
beginning to intermediate level students and probably not priced much above
sixty dollars.  Be warned that he lists Arabic words alphabetically rather
than strictly according to root but still, once you've adjusted to this
idiosyncracy, it is easy to use.
Asma Afsaruddin
Assistant Professor
Arabic and Islamic Studies
University of Notre Dame

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