A note about the Greek script and the Greek language as found in Kitāb al-Fihrist by Ibn an-Nadīm
Abstract
Abstract: the article deals with the note on the history of the Greek language and the Greek script as found in the Kitab al-Fihrist by Ibn an-Nadim. The author analyses the composition of the passage as well as the ways and methods applied to transcribe the Greek technical linguistic terms with Arabic letters. The results obtained invite a strong suggestion that the note as a whole was not written by Ibn an-Nadim himself but was constructed on the basis of the material from the Greek manual Kitāb fī aḥkām al-iʿrāb ʿalā madhab al-yūnāniyyīn composed by Hunayn ibn Ishaq (d. 873 AD).
About the Author
N. I. Serikoff
Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Nikolaj I. Serikoff, Ph. D (Hist.), Institute of Oriental Studies
Russian Federation
Nikolaj I. Serikoff, Ph. D (Hist.), Institute of Oriental Studies
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Serikoff N.I. A note about the Greek script and the Greek language as found in Kitāb al-Fihrist by Ibn an-Nadīm. Orientalistica. 2019;2(1):119-133. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31696/2618-7043-2019-2-1-119-133
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