Sami Jiries
@samijiries.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Middle East Studies and Linguistics || Sociolinguistics of Palestinian Arabic || he/him هُوِّه/ـُه || 🇵🇸🌈
I came across a Middle East travel diary by a German traveler named Ulrich J. Seetzen. In April 1805, he visited a Syrian town called Laṭmīn where people hated "Franks" (aka Europeans) so he constantly had insults thrown at him.
Modern Arabic speakers may recognize them.
Modern Arabic speakers may recognize them.
September 9, 2023 at 7:45 PM
I came across a Middle East travel diary by a German traveler named Ulrich J. Seetzen. In April 1805, he visited a Syrian town called Laṭmīn where people hated "Franks" (aka Europeans) so he constantly had insults thrown at him.
Modern Arabic speakers may recognize them.
Modern Arabic speakers may recognize them.
Moroccan Arabic consonant clusters are on another level
September 2, 2023 at 8:31 PM
Moroccan Arabic consonant clusters are on another level
It’s during this period that Akkadian terms begin to enter Aramaic, so a very likely source of the Aramaic miskēnâ is the Neo-Assyrian language.
As it happens, in Neo-Assyrian, old Akkadian ‹š› and ‹s› switched pronunciation such that ‹š› became ̇‹s› and vice versa
As it happens, in Neo-Assyrian, old Akkadian ‹š› and ‹s› switched pronunciation such that ‹š› became ̇‹s› and vice versa
August 21, 2023 at 8:13 PM
It’s during this period that Akkadian terms begin to enter Aramaic, so a very likely source of the Aramaic miskēnâ is the Neo-Assyrian language.
As it happens, in Neo-Assyrian, old Akkadian ‹š› and ‹s› switched pronunciation such that ‹š› became ̇‹s› and vice versa
As it happens, in Neo-Assyrian, old Akkadian ‹š› and ‹s› switched pronunciation such that ‹š› became ̇‹s› and vice versa
Aramaic is in fact the most probable immediate source of the Arabic form. The word is attested in multiple Aramaic dialects. For example, in the Targum Onqelos, a 2nd century CE Aramaic translation of the Torah, we find in Deuteronomy 15:11 מִסְכֵּנָא miskēnâ ‘destitute’
August 21, 2023 at 8:08 PM
Aramaic is in fact the most probable immediate source of the Arabic form. The word is attested in multiple Aramaic dialects. For example, in the Targum Onqelos, a 2nd century CE Aramaic translation of the Torah, we find in Deuteronomy 15:11 מִסְכֵּנָא miskēnâ ‘destitute’