Research Guides: Arabic Resources: Dictionaries

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Michael Hanson

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Bilingual Dictionaries

Oxford Essential Arabic Dictionary
Call Number: PJ6640 .O94 2010, Reference
Arabic-English Dictionary of Qur'anic Usage
Call Number: BP133 .B23 2008, Reference
Arabic/English Thematic Lexicon
Call Number: PJ6640 .N46 2007, 3rd floor
Arabic-English/English-Arabic Practical Dictionary
Call Number: PJ6640 .A934 2004, Reference

Dictionaries for Specific Disciplines / Fields

Business Arabic
Call Number: PJ6309 .M33 2008, 3rd floor
The Top 1,300 Words for Understanding Media Arabic
Call Number: PJ6166 .K46 2012 - 3rd floor
Publication Date: 2012

Major Language Learning Tools

Forvo.com
Hear words in many languages pronounced by native speakers and see accompanying definitions.
Language Resources from the Defense Language Institute
Access language lessons, pronunciation guides, an accent library, sample phone conversations, cultural orientation modules, online proficiency tests, and MUCH more for a wide array of countries and languages. Most content is publicly available, but is designed for military personnel, so some content may focus on military situations. (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center)

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