Includes information on Arabic custom and lore. This dictionary contains the distinctive insights of Dozy, a widely traveled and acute scholar.

Dozy, considered one of the most learned Dutch Arabists in history, produced a repository of knowledge in his supplemental dictionary. This two-volume tower of learning includes more than French definitions of Arabic words; it is a wealth of information on Arabic custom and lore. Intended as a supplement to E. W. Lane's "An Arabic-English Lexicon", this dictionary contains the distinctive insights of Dozy, a widely traveled and acute scholar. This massive lexicon is often treated as a full dictionary in its own right, but it justly stands as one of the monuments written by Dozy bringing the culture of the Arabic world to western scholars.