This site aims to provide an easy way to search for arabic root words in
Here are some links to get you started:
Version 1.6 - work in progress:
- bugfixes and users' suggestions...
Version 1.5 - 19/11/2011
- added some useful starting points.
Version 1.4 - 8/11/2011
- Make it work in Internet Explorer 7/8/9 (read: use more jQuery so it should support even more browsers)
Version 1.3 - 4/11/2011
- added Hava dictionary, thanks to Ahmad Sheikh for providing some missing pages :)
- fixed window title to be according to order and visibility of the books
- provide a downloadable version. If you can provide mirroring for a 615MB files, then
please drop me a line!
Version 1.2 - 3/11/2011
- implemented saving order of books and restoring this on page reload.
Version 1.1 - 3/11/2011
- Use cookies to: 1) bring you back to the last page you viewed
and 2) Save hidden states of individual books between reloads
- Move a book up by clicking on the '^' button. (Not saved between reloads yet...)
Version 1.0 - 1/11/2011
Fix issues with spaces, these are now filtered out in the search function. If you search
for "N S b" or "NSb", you should reach the same page.
Version 1.0 beta - 29/10/2011
New features (mostly thanks to inclusion of jQuery):
- Keyboard back/forward shortcuts will only turn pages on the book
that you're looking at.
- Ability to hide books.
- Loading text to inform of images that are loading
- Lanes Supplement hides itself when nothing useful is found during a search.
This table aims to show which browsers support the current version of Arabic Almanac:
| Browser | Website works? | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Opera (Desktop) | Yes | Main browser for testing |
| Opera Mobile | Yes | Should work on any smart phone/tablet on which Opera Mobile can run |
| Opera Mini | No | This site relies heavily on JavaScript, which Opera Mini doesn't support very well. Some things may work, but most of it won't. |
| Google Chrome | Yes | Seems to work ok. |
| Firefox (desktop) | Yes | Seems to work ok. |
| Firefox mobile | ? | I can't test with this and have not received any reports from users. |
| Android default browser | Mostly | Seems to fail on certain minor aspects of the website |
| Internet Explorer 7/8/9 | Yes | Seems to work ok now. |
Warning! With all books visible a single page may take up to 500k of data! Watch your internet usage allowance!
search (find): f switch between column and full page view: v back 1 page: left arrow, d or z forward 1 page: right arrow, g or xYou may now also type english (roman) letters in the search box and they will be automatically transformed into the arabic form used by the website search functionality. This may be of great benefit for those people who are not able for whatever reason to install and use an arabic keyboard and/or layout. So for example: If you search for "bqr" it will automatically become: "بقر" inshallah :) Here is the list of english letters that will become their corresponding arabic letter:
Double letters: th -> "ث" gh -> "غ" kh -> "خ" sh -> "ش" dh -> "ذ" Different cases: d -> "د" t -> "ت" D -> "ض" T -> "ط" z -> "ز" h -> "ه" Z -> "ظ" H -> "ح" s -> "س" S -> "ص" All other "normal" letters: a -> "ا" q -> "ق" b -> "ب" k -> "ك" j -> "ج" l -> "ل" 7 -> "ح" m -> "م" r -> "ر" n -> "ن" E, e or 3 -> "ع" w -> "و" f -> "ف" y -> "ي"This has been mostly based on the Arabic Chat Alphabet.
I welcome positive and/or constructive negative feedback. You can reach me here:
facebook profile
or email: (ejtaal@gmail.com)
© 2011 by Abdurahman Erik Taal
The search facility for both Hans Wehr & Hava has been made possible by using data generously provided by Ahmad Sheikh (contact).
The search facility for Lanes Lexicon and suggestions for including the supplement has been made possible by using data generously provided by Abdul Hafiz (contact).
Opera Mini doesn't seem to display the site right. It probably lacks the necessary support of JavaScript.
Source and the latest version: ejtaal.net/m