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2026-05-24 20:43:48 GMT

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I can click "Edit Profile" and I see those fields blank. I was feeling indecisive about the username so I hadn't filled it. Should any of the other fields have content in them?

2026-05-24 20:41:30 GMT

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Oh, is it because I didn't choose a username? I made my account on NoorNote

2026-05-24 20:34:09 GMT

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just a disclaimer that the topic is just a hobby of mine, and I didn't study anywhere for this, so an expert could tell you more;
I'm seeing and picking up new things every day.
But if you asked me anyways, Lane is my resource over Hans-Wehr. Just cuz it's more interesting because it has more details.
My favorite Arabic dictionary is ibn Faris' مقاييس اللغة where he reasons out the core axiomatic meanings of each root and then he analyzes/explains how common terms encapsulate those core root meanings.

2026-05-24 20:22:28 GMT

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Salam! Thank you for the welcome!
Lane's Lexicon is nice because in large part it quotes classical and later Arabic dictionaries and translates their entries into English.
So sometimes I come across a section in Taj al-Arus or Lisan al-Arab that's harder for me to parse, and I can go to Lane's Lexicon, and he has it there translated. Or, at the least, you'll find translated excerpts from other classical dictionaries treating the same term.
To compare with the Doha Dictionary and Al Mojam, they don't engage so transparently with the classical dictionaries like Lane does (that said, at times their definitions can be a lot clearer and easier to understand).
But if you want to answer: how was such and such term used historically over time? Was such and such term pre-Islamic or a post-classical coinage? in that case, these dictionaries are your resource.
So, for example, citing the Doha Dictionary, I can see that one of the earliest uses of the term "الاقتصاد" to refer to "economics" was in 1834 by a certain al-Tahtawi:
المادة : قصد / اقْتِصَاد [مَصْدَر]
1250هـ=1834م
الِاقْتِصَادُ : عِلْمٌ يَهْتَمُّ بِأُمُورِ الثَّرْوَةِ مِنْ حَيْثُ تَكْوِينُهَا وَتَصْرِيفُهَا. [الاقتصاد]
قَالَ يُعَدِّدُ بَعْضَ أَنْوَاعِ العُلُومِ:
"عِلْمُ أَحْوَالِ البُلْدَانِ؛ مَصَالِحِهَا، وَمَا يَلِيقُ بِهَا، وَعِلْمُ الِاقْتِصَادِ فِي المَصَارِيفِ، وَعِلْمُ تَدْبِيرِ المُعَامَلَاتِ وَالمُحَاسَبَاتِ"
رفاعة رافع الطهطاوي
تخليص الإبريز في تلخيص باريز أو الديوان النفيس بإيوان باريس: رفاعة رافع الطهطاوي (ت، 1290هـ)، ضمن: الأعمال الكاملة لرفاعة رافع الطهطاوي: دراسة وتحقيق: محمد عمارة، دار الشروق- مكتبة الأسرة، القاهرة، (2010م)، (2/ 14- 305)، ‏2/‏31‏.
معجم الدوحة التاريخي للغة العربية
مؤسسة معجم الدوحة التاريخي للغة العربية.
تاريخ الاقتباس: الأحد، 24 مايو 2026

2026-05-24 19:43:59 GMT

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wa alaykumussalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,
thank you so much! I appreciate it

2026-05-23 09:43:13 GMT

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Wa alaykumussalam! thank you so much for the welcome!
And thank you for pointing me to connecting the wallet, didn't realize I was missing that.
I'm looking forward to pulling more people over here. I've been letting my friends know about this place. I'm glad and thankful to you and everyone for being vanguards here, setting up more ethical spaces online.

2026-05-22 15:14:47 GMT

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Would anyone know people on the inside to pass on these ideas to them? Or say if I knew those are in CAIR hypothetically (I don't as far as I know), what might the conversation starter and flow look like?

2026-05-13 20:34:29 GMT

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I meant to say "thank you" as well; thank you, to all involved

2026-05-13 20:32:53 GMT

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my bad, this is off topic; I told some of my friends about this site/project; is there a casual way to submit feedback? in this case, the of the "mention" is changing character length and shifting some lines of the text after it

2026-05-09 01:21:13 GMT

بسم الله
for a first post on here, I thought I'd share two contemporary Arabic lexicons; what makes them stand out is they both contain chronological data, tracking earliest recorded uses of terms, notes about inscriptions, and Semitic cognates:
https://www.dohadictionary.org/
https://almojam.org/
nice to bookmark and use
#Arabic #Lexicography #ArabicResources