lanelexicon

Arabic English Lexicon by E W Lane

A cross-platform Flutter application for the Arabic English Lexicon by E W Lane. Browse, search, and bookmark entries from this comprehensive Arabic-English dictionary.

Features

• Keyword & Full-text Search — search by Arabic word, transliteration, or English meaning
• Quranic Words — browse words that appear in the Quran with references
• Favorites — bookmark entries for quick access
• Search History — revisit previous searches
• Browse by Root — navigate entries alphabetically by Arabic root letter
• Dark Mode — system, light, and dark theme support
• Offline — entire dictionary bundled locally via SQLite

Download

Platform	Link
Android	Play Store
iOS	GitHub Releases
Web	LaneLexicon
Windows	GitHub Releases
macOS	GitHub Releases
Linux	GitHub Releases

Building from Source

Prerequisites

• Flutter SDK (stable channel)
• For Android: Java 21+
• For iOS/macOS: Xcode
• For Linux: clang cmake ninja-build pkg-config libgtk-3-dev

Steps

git clone https://github.com/GibreelAbdullah/LaneLexicon.git
cd LaneLexicon
flutter pub get
flutter run

To build a release for a specific platform:

flutter build apk --release        # Android
flutter build ios --release         # iOS
flutter build web --release         # Web
flutter build windows --release     # Windows
flutter build macos --release       # macOS
flutter build linux --release       # Linux

Disclaimer

Text was extracted from scanned pages and may contain errors which are not feasible to fix manually.

Courtesy

• Perseus Digital Library — for the digitisation of the dictionary
• Graeme Andrews for providing Perseus for providing Perseus' work in database form
• Quran.com — for word-by-word breakdown of Quranic text

Contact

gibreel.khan@gmail.com