Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Glossary and Index of Terms
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Subject: Middle East And Islamic Studies
Edited by: P.J. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs
Assisted by C. Ott, under the patronage of the International Union of Acadamies
Glossary and Index of Terms treats the technical terms in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu and other languages or dialects of the Islamic world. As an index, it is of immeasurable importance, in particular for the many terms which are not given an entry but are discussed in the course of an article; and as glossary it is an invaluable source of information for both non-specialist, who is given an insight into the varied and rich vocabulary of Islam, and the specialist, who may discover surprising new contexts in which a term is used.
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Glossary and Index of Terms treats the technical terms in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu and other languages or dialects of the Islamic world. As an index, it is of immeasurable importance, in particular for the many terms which are not given an entry but are discussed in the course of an article; and as glossary it is an invaluable source of information for both non-specialist, who is given an insight into the varied and rich vocabulary of Islam, and the specialist, who may discover surprising new contexts in which a term is used.
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dābba
(38 words)
dābba (A, pl.
dawābb) : in zoology, any living creature which keeps its body horizontal as it moves, ge…
dabbāba
(17 words)
dabbāba (A) : penthouse, a siege instrument, mainly a Frankish weapon. Ḥiṣār ff.; testudine. Ḥiṣār
dabbūs
(51 words)
dabbūs : in music, a wooden sceptre, to the head of which is attached a number of chains with jingli…
dabīb
(38 words)
dabīb (A) : ‘crawling’, in literature, a theme originating in pre-Islamic poetry where it was possib…
dabīḳī
(43 words)
dabīḳī : a type of material, manufactured more or less everywhere but stemming originally from a loc…
dabīr
(65 words)
dabīr (P) : scribe, secretary, used as the equivalent in the Persian cultural world, including the I…
ḍābiṭ
(98 words)
ḍābiṭ (A, T
zabit) : an Ottoman term for certain functionaries and officers; later, officers in the arm…
ḍabṭ
(38 words)
ḍabṭ (A) : the assessment of taxable land by measurement, applied under the later Dihlī Sultanate an…
ḍabuʿ
(50 words)
ḍabuʿ (A, < Sem; P
kaftār, T
ṣi̊rtlan, B
ifis), and
ḍabʿ : in zoology, the hyena. From this generic term, other…
ḍād
(39 words)
ḍād (A) : the fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet, transcribed
ḍ, with the numerical value 800. Its definit…
dad̲j̲ād̲j̲a
(40 words)
dad̲j̲ād̲j̲a (A) : in zoology, the domestic fowl. Dadalog̲h̲lu In astronomy, the constellation of the Swan, a…
dad̲j̲d̲j̲āl
(57 words)
dad̲j̲d̲j̲āl (A, < Syr) : lit. deceiver; the personage endowed with miraculous powers who will arriv…
dād̲j̲in
(24 words)
dād̲j̲in (A) : among the pre-Islamic Arabs, a sheep kept near the house and especially fattened for …
dad̲j̲r
(57 words)
dad̲j̲r (A), or
dud̲j̲r, dud̲j̲ūr : in mediaeval agriculture, the wooden cross-beam of the ancient tille…
dafʿ
(28 words)
dafʿ (A) : in law, the reply, and, by extension, every reply made by a party in contradiction of a p…