37.321, Software: Arabic WordNet 4.0: A Comprehensive Lexical Database for Modern Standard Arabic

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Subject: 37.321, Software: Arabic WordNet 4.0: A Comprehensive Lexical Database for Modern Standard Arabic

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Date: 22-Jan-2026
From: Salah Abdo [Salah.Abdo.Tech at gmail.com]
Subject: Arabic WordNet 4.0: A Comprehensive Lexical Database for Modern Standard Arabic


Arabic WordNet 4.0 is now available - a large-scale lexical database
for Modern Standard Arabic released under CC BY 4.0.
RESOURCE STATISTICS
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- Synsets: 109,823 (100% Open English WordNet coverage)
- Lexical entries: 124,653
- Senses: 166,643
- Synset relations: 265,676
- ILI coverage: 97.2%
- Format: WN-LMF 1.4 XML (Global WordNet Association standard)
ACCESS
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- Repository: https://github.com/Salah-Sal/arabic-wordnet-v4
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18335226
- Direct download:
https://github.com/Salah-Sal/arabic-wordnet-v4/releases/download/v4.0.0/awn4.xml.gz
DESCRIPTION
===========
Arabic WordNet 4.0 was created using the expand approach, translating
the Open English WordNet into Arabic. It provides comprehensive
coverage
of Arabic vocabulary with semantic relations including hypernymy,
hyponymy, meronymy, and antonymy.
The resource is compatible with the standard 'wn' Python library:
    import wn
    wn.download('file:awn4.xml.gz')
    synsets = wn.synsets(lang='arb')
METHODOLOGY
===========
Arabic WordNet 4.0 was created using the expand approach, machine
translating
Open English WordNet into Arabic using Gemini 3 Pro Preview. The
resource is derived from
Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0), which is based on Princeton WordNet
3.0.
ATTRIBUTION
===========
Derived from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0), based on Princeton
WordNet 3.0.
CITATION
========
Abdo, S. (2026). Arabic WordNet 4.0 (v4.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18335226
CONTACT
=======
Salah Abdo
Email: Salah.Abdo.Tech at gmail.com
GitHub: https://github.com/Salah-Sal/arabic-wordnet-v4

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Arabic (ara)

Language Family(ies): Afroasiatic



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