إسكاف

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Arabic

إِسْكَاف

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

إِسْكَاف (ʔiskāfm (plural أَسَكِفَة (ʔasakifa))

  1. shoemaker, cobbler

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References

  • 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 (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 (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 334
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 28