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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yali̊
(27 words)
yali̊ (T, < Gk) : lit. bank, shore; in Ottoman times, a residence, villa built on the edge of the wa…
yaltuma
(39 words)
yaltuma (T) : a musical instrument of the pandore type, but smaller with three str…
yām
(101 words)
yām (A, P; < Mon
ḳam) : the effective network of communications established by the Mongols to control the…
yamaḳ
(36 words)
yamaḳ (T) : ‘adjunct’; in the Ottoman army, an assistant to an auxiliary soldier, Es̲h̲kind̲j̲i. Esʿ…
yamāma
(17 words)
yamāma (A) : in zoology, wild pigeon, as opposed to the domesticated pigeon, Ḥamām. Yām
yamīn
(152 words)
yamīn (A, pl.
aymān, aymun) : lit. the right hand, but often used in Arabic with the transferred sense o…
yasar
(24 words)
yasar (A, pl.
aysār) : a player of Maysir; those who presided over the division of the parts were called
al-yāsirūn. al-…
yas̲h̲m
(22 words)
yas̲h̲m (P) : in mineralogy, jade, known to Eastern Turkic peoples as
kas̲h̲ and to the Mongols as
k̲h̲as. Yasawiyya