An Excerpt from the ‘Comparative and Etymological Dictionary of Beja: Natural Phenomena, Time and Geographical Terminology’

• Authors: Václav Blažek

Abstracts

EN

The contribution summarises the Beja lexicon connected with natural phenomena, including astronomical, temporal, and geographical terminology. Every lexeme is documented in available sources and etymologized in areal or genealogical perspectives. In the case of borrowings, the ambition is to trace primary donor-languages, usually Arabic or Ethio-Semitic, sometimes Nilo-Saharan. The inherited lexemes are identified, if no convincing donors were determined, while there are promising comparanda in other Cushitic, Omotic or other Afroasiatic branches.

Keywords

EN

astronomy; terminology; etymology; Beja; Cushitic; Afroasiatic; geography; meteorology

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Folia Orientalia
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 60
• Pages: 329-428

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Václav Blažek

• Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000000267977188

Identifiers

DOI

10.24425/for.2023.148428

Biblioteka Nauki

55789036