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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Assisted by C. Ott, under the patronage of the International Union of Acadamies
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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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laashin
(40 words)
laashin (Somali, pl.
laashinno) : in the southern, mainly agriculturalist clans of Somalia, specific re…
laban
(51 words)
laban (A) : milk. In certain dialects, the distinction has arisen between Ḥalīb, milk, and ~, fully …
labin
(49 words)
labin (A), or
libn : unfired brick whose use in building dates back to the earliest antiquity. The ~ ge…
lad̲j̲ʾa
(28 words)
lad̲j̲ʾa (A) : in botany, ~
k̲h̲aḍrāʾ is the green turtle or true chelon (
Chelonia mydas) and ~
sahfiyya is the imbric…
lafīf
(27 words)
lafīf (A) : in law, an ‘unsifted’ witness, neither a virtuous man nor a professional, more a ‘man in…
lafūt
(27 words)
lafūt (A) : in zoology, a term used for two different types of fish: the lophot (
Lophotes) and the unicorn fish (
Lophotes…
lafẓ
(117 words)
lafẓ (A) : lit. to spit out; in grammar, the actual expression of a sound or series of sounds, hence…
lag̲h̲i̊m
(56 words)
lag̲h̲i̊m (T) : explosive mines of various types and sizes, an instrument of war used in the Ottoman empire. Bārūd lag̲h…
lāgmī
(36 words)
lāgmī : ‘palm-wine’, a drink in Arabia, extracted from the sap rising in the palm trunk. This very s…