{
  "id": 17822258,
  "title": "Doha Historical Dictionary of Arabic Language goes online, launches official smartphone application",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/doha-historical-dictionary-of-arabic-language-goes-online-launches",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-02T16:33:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Peninsula Qatar",
    "slug": "the-peninsula-qatar",
    "url": "https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/02/11/2026/doha-historical-dictionary-of-arabic-language-goes-online-launches-official-smartphone-application"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Doha, Qatar - The Doha Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language launched its official smartphone application on Monday, making its extensive linguistic resources accessible to researchers, writers and enthusiasts across the Arab world and beyond via Apple's App Store and Google Play. The app features the latest updates from the online portal, launched alongside a project completion ceremony last year. With over 300,000 dictionary entries, 10,000 roots, and 10,000 bibliographical sources, the app also includes nearly one billion-word corpus, pronunciation service, personal account creation, social media access, and a \"Word of the Day\" feature. Doha Historical Dictionary Executive Director Dr. Mohammed Al Obaidi highlighted the app's role in overcoming time and location barriers, providing universal access to the dictionary's comprehensive, reliable, and user-friendly content.",
  "summary": "<p>Doha, Qatar: The Doha Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language on Monday launched its new official smartphone application on Apple&#39;s App Store and Google Play, in a move to broaden access to its vast linguistic resources for researchers, writers and other users across the Arab world and beyond.</p> <p>The application, in its newly redesigned form, reflects the latest updates to the…",
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    "Doha Historical Dictionary launches smartphone app",
    "App offers 300k entries, 10k roots, 10k sources",
    "Features pronunciation, personal accounts, Word of the Day"
  ],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}