The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors
The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors

Author: William C. Young

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2024-02-06

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 9004690379

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In the Arab world, people belong to kinship groups (lineages and tribes). Many lineages are named after animals, birds, and plants. Why? This survey evaluates five old explanations – “totemism,” “emulation of predatory animals,” “ancestor eponymy,” “nicknaming,” and “Bedouin proximity to nature.” It suggests a new hypothesis: Bedouin tribes use animal names to obscure their internal cleavages. Such tribes wax and wane as they attract and lose allies and clients; they include “attached” elements as well as actual kin. To prevent outsiders from spotting “attached” groups, Bedouin tribes scatter non-human names across their segments, making it difficult to link any segment with a human ancestor. Young’s argument contributes to theories of tribal organization, Arab identity, onomastics, and Near Eastern kinship.

The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors
The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors

Author: William C Young

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2024-03-28

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9004690409

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In the Arab world, people belong to kinship groups that are named after wolves, birds, and plants. Why these names? Young's book questions old explanations and suggests a new hypothesis: Bedouin tribes use such names to obscure internal cleavages.

The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors
The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors

Author: William C Young

Publisher:

Published: 2024-04-25

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789004707023

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In the Arab world, people belong to kinship groups that are named after wolves, birds, and plants. Why these names? Young's book questions old explanations and suggests a new hypothesis: Bedouin tribes use such names to obscure internal cleavages.

The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors
The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors

Author: William C. Young

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2024-04-22

Total Pages: 890

ISBN-13: 9004697489

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In the Arab world, people belong to kinship groups (lineages and tribes). Many lineages are named after animals, birds, and plants. Why? This survey evaluates five old explanations – “totemism,” “emulation of predatory animals,” “ancestor eponymy,” “nicknaming,” and “Bedouin proximity to nature.” It suggests a new hypothesis: Bedouin tribes use animal names to obscure their internal cleavages. Such tribes wax and wane as they attract and lose allies and clients; they include “attached” elements as well as actual kin. To prevent outsiders from spotting “attached” groups, Bedouin tribes scatter non-human names across their segments, making it difficult to link any segment with a human ancestor. Young’s argument contributes to theories of tribal organization, Arab identity, onomastics, and Near Eastern kinship.

Traditional and Modern Arabic Baby Names
Traditional and Modern Arabic Baby Names

Author: Ikram Hawramani

Publisher:

Published: 2017-03-26

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9781520928487

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Ikram Hawramani's Traditional and Modern Arabic Baby Names is the definitive English-language work on Arabic baby names, spanning thousands of names from before Islam to the present day. The book is the result of five years of research cataloguing and describing names in use by Muslims, both rare and common. Great care has been taken to ensure the correctness of the meanings provided; all meanings have been validated across various dictionaries and references, such as Taj al-Lughah wa Sihaah al-Arabiyyah by Isma`eel bin Hammad al-Jawhari (11th century CE), Lisaan al-Arab by Ibn Manzur (14th century), al-Qamoos al-Muheet by Fairuzabadi (15th century), and contemporary sources such as the Loghatnameh of Dehkhoda, Qamoos al-Asmaa' al-Arabiyyah by Shafeeq al-Arna'ut, Asmaa' al-Banaat wa Ma`aanihaa by Muhammad Ibraheem Saleem, Qamoos al-Asmaa' al-Arabiyyah wal Mu`arrabah by Dr. Hanaa Nasr al-Hatti, and the Sultan Qaboos Encyclopedia of Arab Names by a research team at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman.Besides providing meanings, variant spellings of the names and the occasional historical note are provided. A note is provided for names that are mentioned in the Qur'an (Quranic baby names).

Arabic Baby Name Book
Arabic Baby Name Book

Author: Atina Amrahs

Publisher:

Published: 2019-03-31

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 9781092264334

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Modern time is the time of elegant and extraordinary names because the name is the identification of a person, the mirror of his whole life. That is why the name must be meaningful and clear. The choice of the name of the child is one of the first important responsibilities of the parents. They want the name of their child to be unique and extraordinary. They prepare themselves for this before the birth of the baby. They often do so with enthusiasm, but not without difficulties or reasons.Choosing a right and proper name for your child is not an easy task as it affects his or her whole character and lifestyle. Help is in your hands. We have prepared this book by choosing creative, traditional, modern, spiritual, familiar and classic names for your beloved babies. This book has been directly labelled with names and meanings so that you can quickly and easily find the name you want. This book contains all the names you are looking for. So what's up? Find the name for your child today simply, beautiful and better.