Ottoman-Turkish loanwords in Egyptian and Syro-Lebanese-Palestinian Arabic – Part 3

Although the earliest Turkisms that entered Arabic go back to the 9th century – when the Arabs began establishing regular contact with speakers of Turkic languages – a significant number of Turkish loans in both written and spoken Arabic only dates from the time of the Ottoman Empire, which in the c...

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Published in:Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis 2022, Vol.139 (3), p.239-277
Main Author: Rocchi, Luciano
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arabic language
Cultural factors
Etymology
Historical Linguistics
Language contact
Lexis
Loanwords
Philology
Regional dialects
The Ottoman Empire
Turkic languages
Turkish language
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Summary:Although the earliest Turkisms that entered Arabic go back to the 9th century – when the Arabs began establishing regular contact with speakers of Turkic languages – a significant number of Turkish loans in both written and spoken Arabic only dates from the time of the Ottoman Empire, which in the course of its expansion conquered and for centuries ruled a large part of the Arab world. This paper aims to examine the words of Turkish origin found in the dialects spoken in Egypt and part of the Middle East (Syria, Lebanon, Palestine), i.e. the Arabophone regions that have been most exposed to Turkish influence for historical and cultural reasons. Attempts have also been made to provide information about the etymology of the Ottoman-Turkish words (interestingly, as some of these come from Arabic, the Egyptian, Syrian, etc. words borrowed actually prove to be backborrowings).
ISSN:1897-1059
2083-4624
DOI:10.4467/20834624SL.22.012.16122