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In this article I explain to you how you can look up the meaning of an Arabic word in an online dictionary, I explain this for: Arabic-Dutch dictionaryArabic-English dictionaryArabic-Arabic dictionary The best way to look up words is an Arabic -Arabic dictionary. This will not be possible at first, so we will start with an Arabic-Dutch dictionary as an intermediate step.

Arabic-Dutch dictionary

Important! You can only use this dictionary for simple words, this dictionary is not suitable for professional and religious terms.

    Go to Google's online dictionary and select the Arabic language.
    Enter the Arabic word in the search box and click on translate, for example بيت.


    Please note that sometimes things go wrong, such as with the word َذَهَب (go). The dictionary gives gold as the meaning because it doesn't understand that you meant the verb. A solution is often to select English and then click on the translation. You will now receive an overview of all translations specified by verb or noun.


Arabic-English dictionary

In this section we show how you can search in the Almaany dictionary. .

    Go to Almaany's online dictionary and select the Arabic-English dictionary. Or go directly to the correct link: Arabic-English dictionary


    Enter the word you want to look up the meaning of, for example بَيْتٌ and click 'ابحث' (search).


    You now get 7 results, find the correct meaning (you get this from the context of the sentence). Almaany also almost always indicates what type of word it is (ism or fi'l), this helps you select the correct meaning.



Arabic-Arabic dictionary

    Go to the Almaany online dictionary and select the Arabic-Arabic dictionary. Or go directly to the correct link: Arabic-Arabic dictionary. For example, search for مِفْتَاحٌ and click on 'ابحث' (search).


    We get a brief description of the word: an object to open and close. So the meaning is key.



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