Research-grade Arabic lexicography

Hans Wehr,
searchable by root.

With Lane’s Lexicon, Al-Mawrid and Mukhtār al-Ṣiḥāḥ.

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The sources

Five dictionaries, one search.

Classical Arabic · Arabic–English

Lane’s Lexicon

Edward William Lane, 1863–93

Modern Standard Arabic · Arabic–English

Hans Wehr

Hans Wehr, ed. J Milton Cowan

Modern Arabic · Arabic–English

Al-Mawrid

Rohi Baalbaki

Classical Arabic · Arabic–Arabic

Mukhtār al-Ṣiḥāḥ

al-Rāzī, 13th century

Qur’anic Arabic · Arabic–Arabic

al-Mufradāt fī Gharīb al-Qur’ān

al-Rāghib al-Iṣfahānī, 11th century

Who it is for

Built around Lane’s. For every level.

Beginner

A plain meaning.

Al-Mawrid and Hans Wehr, beside Lane’s.

Intermediate

Words by root.

Every form, as Lane lays it out.

Advanced

The Arabic sources.

Mukhtār al-Ṣiḥāḥ and al-Rāghib’s Mufradāt, under Lane’s.

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