This is an Arabic-English dictionary for use as a Kindle dictionary, to aid students of Arabic and others that want to read Arabic books on the Kindle. It is licensed under GPLv2.0, and source can be found at https://github.com/runehol/kindlearadict.
- Download the dictionary mobi file to a computer.
- Download some Arabic language ebook mobi files. We recommend books from Hindawi.
- Connect your Kindle to your computer using a USB cable.
- Copy the mobi files of the dictionary and the books you want to read into the documents folder of your Kindle.
- Unmount the Kindle drive.
- Read the book on the Kindle, and press unknown words to get a dictionary definition.
The dictionary has been tested with a Kindle Paperwhite 3.
Optional: The default fonts that come with a Kindle Paperwhite aren't so nice for Arabic, but it is possible to install alternate fonts that look better. Follow the instructions at http://www.tech-wd.com/wd/2013/02/01/arabic-kindle-paperwhite/ for nicer fonts.
- Rune Holm: Main author and Kindle dictionary generation https://github.com/runehol/kindlearadict.
- Incorporates data from Tim Buckwalter's Buckwalter Arabic Morphological Analyzer Version 1.0. https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2002L49.
- Incorporates code and data from Michelle Fullwood's Fuzzy Arabic Dictionary http://fuzzyarabic.herokuapp.com/.
- Incorporates code from Alex Lee's pyaramorph Python port of the Buckwalter analyzer http://home.uchicago.edu/~alexlee/pyaramorph/.
Due to the large number of possible conjugations of Arabic words, including short vowels and diacritics, it is not possible to include every single conjugation in the dictionary, as the dictionary lookup times quickly become unacceptably long. The downloadable dictionary here has been selected to include words found at least twice in a large corpus of e-books.