# Build a glossary of the Arabic terms in your text — Gemini Notebook prompt

> For working through a text in translation or a mixed-language syllabus. Produces a study glossary of the technical vocabulary as that particular text uses it, which is usually the thing that makes a difficult work suddenly readable.


_Markdown version of https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/islamic-studies/build-arabic-glossary — for AI and LLM crawlers. Content is identical to the web page._

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- Category: Islamic studies
- Goes in: Chat message

## The prompt

```
From my uploaded sources, build a glossary of the technical Arabic terms they use.

For each term:
- Arabic script
- Transliteration
- The sense it carries in this text specifically, not a general dictionary sense
- The passage where it is first used or defined, with location
- Related terms it should be studied alongside, and terms it is easily confused with

Order the glossary by how central the term is to the argument of the text, not alphabetically — I want to know which twenty terms to learn first. Mark any term my sources use inconsistently.
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## How to use it

1. Open your notebook at notebooklm.google.com.
2. Replace the [bracketed] parts with your specifics.
3. Paste the prompt into the chat box and send it.

Square brackets mark the parts you replace with your own topic or question.

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