Arabic edit

 
إِسْكَاف

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܐܶܫܟܳܦܳܐ (ʾeškāp̄ā, shoemaker), from Akkadian 𒀿 (AŠGAB /⁠aškāpu⁠/).

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إِسْكَاف (ʔiskāfm (plural أَسَكِفَة (ʔasakifa))

  1. shoemaker, cobbler

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References edit

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 19
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 12
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “إسكاف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 334