Anastas al-Karmali
Anastas the Carmelite Père Anastase-Marie de Saint-Élie Al-Ab Anastas Mari Al-Karmal الأب أنستاس الكرملي | |
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Born | 5 August 1866 Lebanon |
Died | January 7, 1947 |
Organization | Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel |
Known for | Arabic linguistics and philology |
Notable work | Lughat al-'Arab |
Al-Ab Anastas Mari Al-Karmali (
Life
Butrus ibn Jibrayl Yusuf 'Awwad's (
In 1886, aged 20, he moved to
His published articles in the magazines of Egypt, Syria and Iraq, appeared under many pseudonyms:
- Satisna, 'Amkah, Kalda, Fahar al-Jabiri, al-Shaykh Buayth al-Khudry, Mustahilun ('Beginner'), Mutatafilin ('Intruder'), Muntahilun ('Start'), Mubtadi ('Novice'), Ibn al-Khadra', etc.
In addition to comparative studies of Latin and Greek in relationship to Arabic, he studied Aramaic (
Membership of Academic Societies
- The Language Academy of Egypt (Cairo) (Arabic: مجمع اللغة العربية بالقاهرة)
- Arab Scientific Academy of Damascus (Arabic: المجمع العلمي العربي في دمشق)
- German Orientalist Group(Arabic: امجمع المشرقيات الألماني)
- The Language Academy of Egypt (Cairo) (
Contributions to Arabic Language Studies
His observance of the omission of some Arabic terms used by poets and authors of antiquity in the traditional Arabic language dictionaries, led him to embark on authoring his own dictionary in 1883. He changed its title from "The Tail to Lisan Al-Arab" to "Al-Musa'id" ("The Helper"). In 1911 he founded Lughat Al Arab (Arabic: Arab Language) a philology journal.[1]
Works of Classification
- Dictionary Assistant - al-Majam al-Musaid (المعجم المساعد)
- On Language, Poets & Writers of Baghdad (Five vols.) - fi al-Lughata wa Shura Baghdad wa Ketabha (في اللغة، و شعراء بغداد وكتَّابها)
- Emergence of The Arabic language, Its Growth and Complexity - Nushu' al-Lughat al-Arabiat wa Numuha wa Iktihalaha (نشوء اللغة العربية ونموها واكتهالها)
- Mistakes of Ancient Linguists - Aghlat al-Lughwiiyn al-'Aqdamin (أغلاط اللغويين الأقدمين)
- Arab Money and the Science of Growth - al-Nuqud al-Arabiat wa Ilm al-Nmyat (النقود العربية و علم النميّات)
- Winning the Wanted on the History of Baghdad - al-Fawz bi al-Marad fi Tarikh Baghdad (الفوز بالمراد في تاريخ بغداد)
- Concise History of Iraq - Khilasat Tarikh al-Iraq (خلاصة تاريخ العراق)
- Arab Religions - 'Adyan al-Arab (أديان العرب)
- History of the Kurds - Tarikh al-Kurad (تاريخ الكرد)
- Population of Languages - Jamhrat al-Lughat (جمهرة اللغات)
- Historical and Scientific Illumination Allama at-Tarikhiat wa'l-Ilmiat (اللمع التاريخية والعلمية)
- Two Large Forms - Jazan Kabirana (جزآن كبيران)
- Attractions of Baghdad and Translations of Some Scholars - Mazarat Baghdad wa Tarajum badh al-Ulama' (مزارات بغداد و تراجم بعض العلماء)
- Sumer Magazine Report - Dhakartah Majalat Suamir (ذكرته مجلة سومر)
- The Arabs Before Islam - al-Arab qabl al'Islam (العرب قبل الإسلام)
- Proverbs of Baghdad, Mosul and Basra - 'Amthal al-'Awam fi Baghdad wa'l-Mawsil wa'l-Basrah (أمثال العوام في بغداد والموصل والبصرة)
Library Contributions
About 1920 he became the first librarian of the ‘Maktabat as-Salam’ the Baghdad Peace Library, and introduced a system of modern management. He helped develop the Library's collection, donating printed materials from his private collection, when other collections in foreign languages remained in the monastery library. The Peace Library was later renamed the Baghdad Public Library, and in 1961 became the basis for the establishment of the
References
- ^ a b c Haywood, John (1960). Arabic lexicography: its history, and its place in the general history of lexicography. Brill. p. 91.
Anastas Al-Karmali.
- ^ (in Arabic)Anastas Al-Karmali in the Temple of Arabic-أنستاس الكرملي.. في معبد العربية Archived February 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 2008-June-16.
- ^ Al Hilaly, A.A-R. Al Kermal: Early Founder of the Iraq National Library. In: Iraqi Biography. 1972. Baghdad/Beirut: Dar al Nahdah
- ^ Dagher, J.A. Repertoire des bibliotheques du Proche et du Moyen-Orient. 1951. Paris: UNESCO
- ^ Al-Hilaly, A.A-R. Ibid