The Arabic-Ethiopic Glossary by al-Malik al-Af al by Maria Bulakh and Leonid Kogan is a detailed annotated edition of a unique monument of Late Medieval Arabic lexicography, comprising 475 Arabic lexemes translated into several Ethiopian idioms and put down in Arabic letters in a late-fourteenth century manuscript from a codex in a private Yemeni collection. For the many languages involved, the Glossary provides the earliest written records, by several centuries pre-dating the most ancient attestations known so far. The edition, preceded by a comprehensive linguistic introduction, gives a full account of the comparative material from all known Ethiopian Semitic languages. A detailed index ensures the reader s orientation in the lexical treasures revealed from the Glossary."
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Brill
Release
October 27, 2016
ISBN
9004321462
ISBN 13
9789004321465
The Arabic-Ethiopic Glossary by Al-Malik Al-AF Al: An Annotated Edition with a Linguistic Introduction and a Lexical Index
The Arabic-Ethiopic Glossary by al-Malik al-Af al by Maria Bulakh and Leonid Kogan is a detailed annotated edition of a unique monument of Late Medieval Arabic lexicography, comprising 475 Arabic lexemes translated into several Ethiopian idioms and put down in Arabic letters in a late-fourteenth century manuscript from a codex in a private Yemeni collection. For the many languages involved, the Glossary provides the earliest written records, by several centuries pre-dating the most ancient attestations known so far. The edition, preceded by a comprehensive linguistic introduction, gives a full account of the comparative material from all known Ethiopian Semitic languages. A detailed index ensures the reader s orientation in the lexical treasures revealed from the Glossary."