Arabic Wordnet for Synonyms in Python? -

i using python 2.7, trying synonyms of arabic words using arabic wordnet

i downloaded both needed files:

awndatabasemanagement.py upc_db.xml

its working fine when enter word not using variable

outputs in backwalter form managed translate them arabic:

but problem want loop on set of words, following error

i'm not familiar package awndatabasemanagement comes from, reading question seems case wm.get_synsetids_from_word() return none when can't find results. (i don't know "synsetids" either.)

to avoid error can this:

synsets = wn.get_synsetids_from_word(xxx) or [] 

this assign empty list [] synsets in cases function returns none. since empty list iterable, not typeerror when looping on it.