Abbreviations
Dictionaries and Other Works
| Daf | Dictionnaire arabe-français (dialecte du Tchad) |
| Dfa | Dictionnaire français-arabe (dialecte du Tchad) |
| EI2 | Encyclopaedia of Islam |
| Vai | Vocabolario arabo-italiano |
Grammatical Abbreviations
| adj. | adjective |
| adv. | adverb |
| arch. | archaic |
| bib. | Bible; biblical |
| bot. | botanical |
| cf. | refer to |
| coll. | collective |
| colloq. | colloquial |
| conj. | conjunction |
| eg. | Egyptian |
| excl. | exclamation |
| expr. | expression |
| geom. | geometric |
| gram. | grammar |
| interj. | interjection |
| invar. | invariable |
| jur. | jurisprudence |
| lit. | literally |
| n. | noun |
| n.v. | verbal name |
| neg. | negation |
| num. | numeral |
| part. | particle |
| pl. | plural |
| prep. | preposition |
| refl. | reflexive |
| s. | singular |
| s.o. | someone |
| sp. | species |
| s.th. | something |
| syr. | Syrian |
| t. | transitive |
| tun. | Tunisian |
| v. | verb |
| vulg. | vulgar |
| v.i. | intransitive verb |
| voc. | vocative |
| zoo. | zoological |
| / | indicates a variant1 |
Authors’ Names
| Abe | Abe |
| Ade | Adelaar |
| B | Baldi |
| Bal | Balinandi |
| Ben | Benson |
| Bla | Blackings |
| Bo | Bosha |
| Bot | Botne |
| Bou | Bouquiaux |
| Bry | Bryant |
| B-Z | Bertoncini-Zúbková |
| Cal | Calloc’h |
| CAT | Cox, Adamson & Teusink |
| Cra | Crazzolara |
| Dal | Dale |
| Dav | Davis |
| Dozy | Dozy 1881 |
| Dz | Dzokanga |
| Ev | van Everbroeck |
| F | Freytag |
| FA | Faure |
| Fel | Felberg |
| Fis | Fischer |
| FKM | Ferrari, Kalunga et Mulumbwa |
| Gh | Ghaleb |
| Gor | Gorman |
| Gue | Gueunier |
| Häf | Häflinger |
| Han | Hannan |
| Höf | Höftmann |
| Hul | Hulstaert |
| Id | Idris |
| JdP | Jullien de Pommerol |
| K&B | Kiraithe & Baden |
| K&O | Kagaya & Olomi |
| Ka | Kaji |
| Kab | Kabuta |
| Kag | Kagaya |
| Kaye | Kaye |
| Kazim | Kazimirski 1860 |
| Kit | Kitching |
| Koh | Kohnen |
| Kra | Krapf |
| Krö | Krönlein |
| Lam | Laman |
| Leg | Legère |
| M&L | Maho & Lodhi |
| M.A.M. | Mohamed A. Mohamed |
| Mbi | Mbiti |
| Mer | Mertens |
| MMR | Muniko, Muita & Ruel |
| MN&Z | Mwalonya, Nicolle, Nicolle & Zimbu |
| Mo | Mosha |
| Mu | Muratori |
| Odo | Odonga |
| P | Prost |
| P&G | Pillinger and Galboran |
| Po | Pozzati |
| PP | Pires Prata |
| R | Rechenbach |
| Rd | Rood |
| Reh | Reh |
| Ri | Richardson |
| RL | Roth-Laly |
| S&A | Smith & Ama |
| Sacl | Sacleux |
| Schr | Schrock |
| Smi | Smith |
| Sno | Snoxall |
| Swa | Swartenbroeckk |
| Tir | Tirronen |
| Vet | Vettor |
| Wehr | Wehr |
| WF | White Fathers |
| Whi | Whiteley |
| Wü | Würtz |
| Yo | Yoneda |
| Z&T | Zeltner & Tourneux |
In his Arabic dictionary, P. Jullien de Pommerol indicates whether or not a verbal form is incomplete after the verbal form and notes the plural after nouns.