: Download Lane’s Lexicon PDF (Vol. 1–8) from Archive.org. It is the closest you will get to Lisan al-‘Arab in English — and it is a masterpiece in its own right. Report prepared by: Linguistic Resources Analyst Date: Current year Status: Updated — no change in the non-existence of an English Lisan al-Arab PDF
| Resource | Format | Coverage | English? | |----------|--------|----------|----------| | (Edward William Lane, 1863) | 8 vols; free PDFs online | Based heavily on Lisan al-‘Arab and other medieval sources | Yes (classical English) | | Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic | Print/PDF | Modern & classical vocabulary | Yes | | Project Root List (online) | Web | Quranic roots with Lisan references | Partial | | Al-Maany Dictionary (almaany.com) | Web/App | Includes Lisan citations in Arabic with English approximations | Bilingual |
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: Download Lane’s Lexicon PDF (Vol. 1–8) from Archive.org. It is the closest you will get to Lisan al-‘Arab in English — and it is a masterpiece in its own right. Report prepared by: Linguistic Resources Analyst Date: Current year Status: Updated — no change in the non-existence of an English Lisan al-Arab PDF
| Resource | Format | Coverage | English? | |----------|--------|----------|----------| | (Edward William Lane, 1863) | 8 vols; free PDFs online | Based heavily on Lisan al-‘Arab and other medieval sources | Yes (classical English) | | Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic | Print/PDF | Modern & classical vocabulary | Yes | | Project Root List (online) | Web | Quranic roots with Lisan references | Partial | | Al-Maany Dictionary (almaany.com) | Web/App | Includes Lisan citations in Arabic with English approximations | Bilingual |
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