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  5. Arabic Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Middle Eastern Studies

A guide to the Library’s research tools in Middle Eastern studies, including Arabic and Hebrew language, literature and cinema, as well as resources on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
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  • Arabic Studies
    • Arabic Literature in Translation
    • Arabic Literature: Articles
    • Arabic Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
    • Arabic Literature Web Sites
    • Qur'an & Tafsir
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    • Hebrew & Israeli Literature
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Arabic Language Dictionaries

  • Al-Mawdrid : A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry Ref. PJ6640 .B35 2007
    Bayrūt : Dār al-ʻIlm lil-Malāyīn, 2007.
  • A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic : (Arabic-English) by Hans Wehr, ed.
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry Ref. PJ6640 .W43 1979
    An enlarged and improved version of Arabisches Worterbuch fur die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart.
    Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, c1979
  • Arabic-English Lexicon by E.W. Lane
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry Ref. PJ6640 .L26 1984 v.1-2
    Cambridge, England : Islamic Texts Society, 1984.
  • Arabic-English Thematic Lexicon
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PJ6640 .N46 2007
    London ; New York : Routledge, 2007
  • English-Arabic and Arabic-English dictionary by John Wortabet and Harvey Porter. With a supplement of modern words and new meanings by John L. Mish
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry Ref. PJ6640 .W57 1954
    New York, F. Ungar Pub. Co. [1954]
  • Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PJ6645.G5 W6 1970
    Wiesbaden : Otto Harrassowitz, 1970-

Encyclopedias

  • Arabic Literature (by Pierre Cachia, Encyc. Islam, 3rd ed.)
    An overview article from the 3rd ed. of the Encyclopedia of Islam.
  • Encyclopedia of Islam Online [1st-3rd eds.]
  • Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics
    Also: Baker-Berry Ref. PJ6031 .E53 2006 v. 1-3
  • Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature
    • Book
    New York : Routledge, 1998.
    Baker-Berry Ref. PJ7510 .E53 1998 v.1-2
  • Undergraduate's Companion to Arab Writers and their Web Sites
    • Book
    Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2004.
    Baker-Berry Ref. Z3014.L56 S77 2004
  • Alam al-adab al-Arabi al-muasir : siyar wa-siyar dhatiyah
    • Book
    Bayrūt : Yuṭlabu min Dār al-Nashr Frānts Shatāynir, 1996.
    Baker-Berry Ref. PJ7521 .A43 1996 v.1-2
  • Muʻjam al-muʼallifīn : tarājim muṣannifī al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah
    • Book
    Bayrūt : Muʼassasat al-Risālah, 1993.
    Baker-Berry Ref. PJ7517 .K34 1993 v.1-4
    Biography & bibliography for writers & scholars.
  • Dictionnaire de litteratures de langue arabe et maghribine francophone
    • Book
    Paris : Presses universitaires de France, c2000.
    Baker-Berry PJ7510 .B46 2000
  • Brill's Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an
    • E-Book
    Baker-Berry Ref. BP133 .E53 2001 v.1-5, Index vol.
  • al-Mawsūʻah al-ʻArabīyah al-ʻālamīyah
    • Book
    Baker-Berry AE10.55 .M356 1999 v.1-30.
    Based on the World Book Encyclopedia.
  • Mujam al-mustalahat al-Arabiyah fi al-lughah wa-al-adab
    • Book
    Baker-Berry PJ6680 .W34 1984
    A dictionary of Arabic literary & linguistic terms.

Grammars & Texts

  • Modern Standard Arabic Grammar : A Concise Guide by Azza Hassanein
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PJ6106 .H383 2006
  • Arabic Verbs & Essentials of Grammar by Jane Wightwick
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PJ6145 .W44 2008
  • 501 Arabic Verbs by Raymond Scheindlin
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PJ6145 .S315 2007

  • More Arabic grammars from the Library Catalog
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