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Understanding the figure of sayyid: The NSM definition of the traits of a pre-Islamic Arabic honorable man |
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Bartosz Pietrzak; Jagiellonian University in Krakow; Poland |
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Classical Arabic; Early Arabic Poetry; character trait; Natural Semantic Metalanguage; conceptual metaphor; conceptual metonymy; honorable behavior |
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The lexeme sayyid was used in pre-Islamic Arabic society in reference to a tribal chief or a leader. Such a person was expected to behave in a certain way, which was defined by al-Jahiz in a form of six character traits. In this paper, I argue that realization of these traits – their enactment in life – could be considered as following the code of honor persisting in the society of Arabs of al-Jahiliyya. By rendering the definition of the concepts of these traits, I aim to depict, in detail, honorable behavior as it was conceptualized by pre-Islamic Arabs. In my definition of the concepts, I use the terms of the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM), being the most culture-transparent tool for explicating culture-specific concepts. I posit my explications based on two analyses. First, I analyzed definitions proposed in medieval Classical Arabic dictionaries. The acquired data was later refined in a study on contexts of the use of lexical items denoting the aforementioned character traits and associated modes of behavior. As a result, I explicate the meaning of the following Classical Arabic concepts: ʒūd, naʒda, ṣabr, ḥilm, bayān. On the basis of the posited explications, I proposed a definition of the pre-Islamic Arabic code of honor. In the conclusion, I discuss the cultural specificity of analyzed vocabulary, as well as the critique of NSM as a sufficient tool for culture-specific concepts explication. |
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30-12-2022
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/IJAL/article/view/36830 |
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International Journal of Arabic Linguistics; Vol 8 (2022) |
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en |
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Copyright (c) 2022 International Journal of Arabic Linguistics
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