Coptic loanwords of Egyptian Arabic in comparison with the parallel case of Romance loanwords in Andalusi Arabic, with the true Egyptian etymon of Al-Andalus
ISSN: 1697-2104
Ano de publicación: 2008
Número: 5
Páxinas: 59-124
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Collectanea christiana orientalia ( CCO )
Resumo
The aim of this article is to compare the results of Bishai’s survey of Coptic loanwords in 1964 with the cases in which the standard Egyptian Arabic dictionary, Hinds and Badawi, attributes some terms to a Coptic origin. A new proposal with the true etymon of Al-Andalus is also provided.