On an Armenian Word List from the Cairo Geniza
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12843882 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James R Russell (0000-0001-8227-6163, Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 189-214 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iran and the Caucasus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1573-384X • E-ISSN: 1609-8498 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1573384x-20130205 |
| OpenAlex | W2068421830 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This study deals with a short text on a small piece of paper, a conversational glossary, found in the Cairo Geniza. It is likely to be nearly a millennium old, and consists of a list of twenty Judaeo-Arabic words and phrases with their equivalents in Armenian written in Hebrew script. It suggests that members of the two communities met in a convivial setting, possibly a Barekendan (Mardi Gras) party where an official was parodied as a goat in effigy— a custom encountered in other Armenian celebrations of the holiday at Lvov in the 16th century; and Tiflis, in the 19th. The other words in the list reflect economic and cultural realia of the 11th-13th centuries
Ancient history · Arabic · Archaeology · Armenian · Art · Asian studies · Central asia · China · Genizah · Glossary · Hebrew · Index (typography · Judaism · Linguistics · Literature · Realia · Word list · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Computer Science · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |