Title:

Persian-Arabic-Italian lexicon from Mavāhib ʻAliyya

Short title

Persian-Arabic-Italian lexicon from Mavāhib ʻAliyya

Title variations

Title in English

Section

Language

Arabic,Italian,Persian

Creation date

1584

Genre

Translation of the Qur’an,Comments of the Qur’an/tafsîr,Didactic work

Content

Other

Content table

Formal Expression

Qur'an quotations

Yes

Original

No

Source

Mavāhib ʻAliyya

Use (macro-category)

Didactic / Educational

Use (micro-category)

Bibliographical references

https://www.zotero.org/groups/2447618/euqu_european_quran/search/learning%20arabic%20in%20renaissance/titleCreatorYear/items/ZJNWI83J/item-list

Descriptive card

One of the typical multi-lingual Lexica compiled by Giovanni Battista Raimondi to approach Oriental languages. He used a comparative method, in this case facilitated by the source, a Persian tafsīr of the Arabic Qurʼan, from which he extrapolated this lexicon.

Entry author

Sara Fani