Aratools Arabic-English dictionary

Aratools Arabic - English dictionary is an electronic dictionary available on the web, iPhone and Android.

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Apple iPhone and iPod touch

Aratools Arabic-English dictionary is available for the iPhone/iPod Touch through the Apple AppStore . The dictionary is straigthforward to use, type an arabic word and a list of possible english words appear. Select one of the english words to see further information about this arabic word such as the word class, root and some morphological information.

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Android devices

Aratools Arabic-English dictionary is available for Android devices from the Google Play Store . The App requires an Arabic keyboard to be configured or installed separately.

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How do I enter Arabic words on my iPhone/iPod?

Before using the Arabic-English dictionary you must first set up the arabic keyboard on your iPod Touch or iPhone. Please exit the application and follow these simple steps.

How to enable the Arabic keyboard
iPhone settings Select the settings application from the home page.
iPhone General settings Then select the General option from the list.
iPhone Keyboard settings Select Keyboard.
iPhone Keyboard settings Select Keyboards.
iPhone Keyboard settings Select Add New Keyboard.
iPhone Keyboard settings Select Arabic.
iPhone Arabic keyboard disabled Check if the Arabic label is unmarked.
iPhone Arabic keyboard enabled Check it if it is.
The Arabic keyboard can now be activated by pressing the globe key in the bottom row of the iPhone keyboard.

How do I access some characters like the hamza ?

The hamza can be entered by holding down the alif key. Holding down the alif, waw and ya keys also lets you enter a hamza seated on the respective letters. Holding the key depicting a fatha lets you enter the other diacritics used in Arabic script.

Hamza on alif on Arabic iPhone keyboard Hamza on ya on Arabic iPhone keyboard
Hamza on waw on Arabic iPhone keyboard Diacritics on Arabic iPhone keyboard

Do I need to connect to the internet to use the iPhone Arabic-English dictionary ?

No, the dictionary data is contained in the application itself. The dictionary never connects to the internet.

Contact us

If you have any problems, questions or other enquiries, feel free to contact us at [email protected] .

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Aratools need testers for the iOS and Android app. Get new features early on your phone :) Again get in touch with at the email above.

Developers

Developers or users that are interested should feel free to contact us at the same email address. You can also get an invite to join us at the users and developers Discord server.

Aratools core Python library is available at [email protected]:aratools/aratools/aratools-core.git

The dictionary uses GPL licensed content available in the following package: GPL redistributable content

The Aratools team