Arabic dictionary

There are two ways to look up an Arabic word:

An easy way, with an online Arabic-Dutch dictionaryA more difficult way, with a physical Arabic-Dutch dictionary

There are two ways to look up an Arabic word:

An easy way, with an online Arabic-Dutch dictionary. A more difficult way, with a physical Arabic-Dutch dictionary. In this article, I'll explain how to search an online Arabic dictionary. Searching a physical Arabic dictionary is done using the radicals of a word. This requires a detailed explanation and will therefore not be covered here. Insha'a Allah, we will address this in the future.

Look up words in an online Arabic dictionary

First, I'll give an overview of all the dictionaries and websites I use, then I'll explain (with screenshots) how to use an online Arabic dictionary. Translate.google.com Arabic-Dutch dictionary: For looking up simple words. Tip: Arabic-English is more comprehensive. Almaany.com Arabic-English dictionary: In addition to the English translation, it also provides the Arabic synonym. Tip: This is the best dictionary in a foreign language; use it if your English is good. Almaany.com Arabic-Arabic DictionaryLooking up the meaning in ArabicLooking up the plural in ArabicConjugating verbsLooking up the masdarFinding out the radicals of a word Qutrub.arabeyes.com For conjugating verbs Corpus.quran.com Arabic-English Quran dictionary, indispensable if you want to study the Quran linguistically.Looking up the radicals of words in the QuranIndicates the part of speech of each word in the Quran(Visual) grammatical analysis of words in the Quran

Learning to work with an online Arabic dictionary

When we look up Arabic words in a dictionary, we use three online dictionaries simultaneously (each for its own purpose). We use:

  • Arabic-Dutch dictionary
  • Arabic-English dictionary
  • Arabic-Arabic dictionary


We've described our search method and added screenshots. Click on what you're looking for to see the explanation.

In the next step, you will learn a method on how to build and expand your Arabic vocabulary.