Saad Lexicon
An Arabic dictionary database focused on Islamic sciences: fiqh, usul, hadith, aqidah, tafsir, nahw, sarf and balaghah.
Being updatedRelease 1.6 · 29 October 2026
How the dictionary was compiled
Saad Lexicon was not copied from a ready-made database. Every root and every word was entered manually, one at a time: we consulted classical dictionaries, checked the root, derived forms and vowel marks, and wrote the meanings anew in our own words. Arabic explanations were not copied. No entry was transferred in full from another dictionary.
The Uzbek dictionary is the foundation. The Russian and English versions were translated from it, rather than taken from other dictionaries.
Three dictionaries
Arabic–Uzbek dictionary
- roots
- 5,231
- entries
- 23,140
- meanings
- 30,930
- reverse-search records
- 40,956
Arabic–Russian dictionary
- entries
- 22,136
- meanings
- 29,703
- reverse-search records
- 39,557
Arabic–English dictionary
- entries
- 22,136
- meanings
- 29,703
- reverse-search records
- 38,466
Total across three dictionaries
- entries
- 67,412
- meanings
- 90,336
- reverse-search records
- 118,979
Try the search
This is not the full dictionary database. The demo recognises 5 sample words.
Classical dictionaries consulted
Nine classical Arabic dictionaries in the public domain:
Lisan al-Arab
لسان العربIbn Manzur
Al-Qamus al-Muhit
القاموس المحيطal-Firuzabadi
Al-Sihah
الصحاحal-Jawhari
Mukhtar al-Sihah
مختار الصحاحal-Razi
Al-Misbah al-Munir
المصباح المنيرal-Fayyumi
Kitab al-Ayn
كتاب العينal-Khalil ibn Ahmad
Taj al-Arus
تاج العروسal-Zabidi
Asas al-Balagha
أساس البلاغةal-Zamakhshari
Al-Mughrib
المغربal-Mutarrizi
Terminology lists
Older printed editions were used only as lists of terms; definitions were written anew:
Al-Ta‘rifat
التعريفاتal-Sharif al-Jurjani
Cairo, 1889
Kashshaf Istilahat al-Funun
كشاف اصطلاحات الفنونal-Tahani
Vol. 1 · Istanbul, 1899
Al-Misbah al-Munir
المصباح المنيرal-Fayyumi
Cairo, 1904
Principles
- Only word meanings and definitions of terms, without fatwas or assessments based on schools of jurisprudence.
- The dictionary contains no quotations from the Quran or translations of them; examples are our own short phrases.
Rights
Saad Lexicon belongs to Saad Projects. All rights reserved. Copying, extracting or distributing the dictionary or any part of it without written permission is prohibited. Use within applications is governed by their licence agreements.