Arabic fish names gathered at the fish market in Hurghada (al-Ġardaqah) May 2011
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Arabic fish names gathered at the fish market in Hurghada (al-Ġardaqah) May 2011. / Provencal, Philippe; Skaarup, Birgit.
In: Journal of Semitic Studies, Vol. 61, No. 1, 2016, p. 231-246.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Arabic fish names gathered at the fish market in Hurghada (al-Ġardaqah) May 2011
AU - Provencal, Philippe
AU - Skaarup, Birgit
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This article lists the Arabic names of fish and a few other marineanimals, which were gathered by interviewing different people workingat the fish market in Hurghada, Egypt in May 2011. The articleis intended as a lexical study on the names presently used for theseanimals on the Red Sea coast of Egypt. This name material has beencompared with other name materials for marine life in local vernacularArabic dialects from the Red Sea region, and to a lesser extent withClassical Arabic material. Where possible, the etymology of the names,whether certain or hypothetical, has been provided.
AB - This article lists the Arabic names of fish and a few other marineanimals, which were gathered by interviewing different people workingat the fish market in Hurghada, Egypt in May 2011. The articleis intended as a lexical study on the names presently used for theseanimals on the Red Sea coast of Egypt. This name material has beencompared with other name materials for marine life in local vernacularArabic dialects from the Red Sea region, and to a lesser extent withClassical Arabic material. Where possible, the etymology of the names,whether certain or hypothetical, has been provided.
U2 - 10.1093/jss/fgv038
DO - 10.1093/jss/fgv038
M3 - Journal article
VL - 61
SP - 231
EP - 246
JO - Journal of Semitic Studies
JF - Journal of Semitic Studies
SN - 0022-4480
IS - 1
ER -
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