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Islamic Names : An Introduction / Anne-Marie Schimmel.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEISPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1990Description: 1 online resource (144 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780852245637
  • 9781474472333
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 929.40917671 20
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- I The Structure of a 'Name' -- II 'Born on Friday'- the Naming of a Child -- III Help from God- Religious Name-Giving -- IV 'Mothers of the Faithful'The Naming of Girls -- v 'Lions, Moons and Roses' The Nickname or Laqab -- VI 'A Name too Heavy to Bear' Change and Transformation of Names -- Appendix Some Notes on Turkish family names -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of personal names -- Index of places? ethnic groups? and languages -- Index of the Qur' anic verses -- Glossary of technical terms
Summary: Guiding Western readers through the endlessly fascinating and complicated system of Islamic personal names, Annemarie Schimmel's directory touches upon almost every aspect of Islamic life.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781474472333

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- I The Structure of a 'Name' -- II 'Born on Friday'- the Naming of a Child -- III Help from God- Religious Name-Giving -- IV 'Mothers of the Faithful'The Naming of Girls -- v 'Lions, Moons and Roses' The Nickname or Laqab -- VI 'A Name too Heavy to Bear' Change and Transformation of Names -- Appendix Some Notes on Turkish family names -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of personal names -- Index of places? ethnic groups? and languages -- Index of the Qur' anic verses -- Glossary of technical terms

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Guiding Western readers through the endlessly fascinating and complicated system of Islamic personal names, Annemarie Schimmel's directory touches upon almost every aspect of Islamic life.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)