Great dictionnary
4/20/2004
It's a really great dictionary, u cannot think about a word that doesn't contain
The best you could find!
2/17/2005AL-Mawrid dictinary is the best reference for those who seek a precise and advanced translation between Arabic and English. It is the best tool for a translator who needs to understand nuances and idiomatic particularities.It is THE book! However, beginners should try something else!
Great for Beginning Learners
4/9/2007
This product is great for beginning learners. As a teacher of Arabic I truly recomend this book. It is a little expensive but it is worth it (I still use it).
HUGE and USEFUL
5/12/2007Words are voweled (unlike Wehr, which vowels only the transliterations). Great addition to my library.
DO NOT BUY!
8/11/2007
If you want Al-Mawrid, buy the hardcover version; do not buy Al-Quareeb Al-Mawrid, which is a shoddy knock-off.
1) The very positive reviews of this book on amazon are for a DIFFERENT BOOK! The first few reviews are labelled so, and later reviews, while not so labelled, refer to features like the "The fine hardcover binding..." and "... a dictionary for Arabic and English brovrebs [sic: proverbs] - translated back and forth" which are not included in this paperback edition. Also, both books have the same number of reviews. Without having checked all the reviews individually, I believe Amazon has cross-linked the reviews of the hardback version to the paperback version as if they were the same aside from the binding, but THEY ARE NOT.
2) The typeset is too small - if you are not fairly familiar with the basic arabic script, you will have difficulty discerning the Arabic spelling of some words.
3) The English-Arabic portion is poorly organized for translation into Arabic. For example, the entry "flush" is followed by 16 definitions, without English equivalents or indication of parts of speech. Multiple undifferentiated definitions of English words are common. The book appears to be an Arabic dictionary of English and an English dictionary of Arabic bound together. If you are a student of Arabic and need to translate English words into Arabic, this dictionary is of little use.
4) The paperback edition currently being shipped is VERY poorly bound. The first time I opened the book a dozen pages fell out of it, and more have fallen out since then. I have now owned this book about three weeks.