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Arabist   Listen
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Arabist  n.  One well versed in the Arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Arabist" Quotes from Famous Books



... (Proverbes et Dictons du Peuple Arabe, vol. i. of Syria, Leyden, E. J. Brill, 1883) explains layta for rayta (raayta) by permutation of liquids and argues that the contraction is ancient (p. 42). But the Herr is no Arabist: "Layta" means "would to Heaven," or, simply "I wish," "I pray" (for something possible or impossible); whilst "La'alla" (perhaps, it may be) prays only for the possible: and both are simply particles governing the noun in ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 8 • Richard F. Burton



Words linked to "Arabist" :   scholarly person, scholar, student



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