“An Etymological Dictionary of Arabic” Peyman Mikaili (Iranian Academy of Sciences, Teheran, IR) Oslo 2013 Art is long, vitality or life is brief! Kunst er lang, er vitalitet eller livet kort! Different Periods of Ar.  pre-Islamic: Afroasian  pre-Islamic: Semitic, Middle Persian, Greek, Roman  early Islamic / Umayyad  Abbasid  post-classical / pre-colonial / Ottoman  Nahḍa  post-nahḍa  dialects ??? Different Periods  pre-Islamic: Afroasian  pre-Islamic: Semitic, Middle Persian, Greek, Roman CAr. (Classical)  early Islamic / Umayyad  Abbasid MAr.  post-classical / pre-colonial / Ottoman (Post-Classical or Pre-Modern)  Nahḍa  post-nahḍa NAr. (Modern)  dialects ??? CAr. (Classical) Different Periods CAr. (Classical)  pre-Islamic: Afroasian  pre-Islamic: Semitic, Middle Persian, Greek, Roman CAr. (Classical)  early Islamic / Umayyad  Abbasid MAr. (PoCl or PreM)  post-classical / pre-colonial / Ottoman  Nahḍa MAr.  post-nahḍa  dialects ??? NAr. (Modern) Different Periods  pre-Islamic: Afroasian  pre-Islamic: Semitic, Middle Persian, Greek, Roman  early Islamic / Umayyad  Abbasid  post-classical / pre-colonial / Ottoman  Nahḍa  post-nahḍa  dialects ??? NAr. (Modern) Modern Words NAr. (Modern) NAr. (Modern) NAr. (Modern) Modern Words NAr. (Modern) Dialectal Words NAr. (Modern) NS-NAr.  (Non-Standard Modern=New Ar.) Fr.  (French; Indo-European Etymology) Dialectal Study  Needed Resources NAr. (Modern)  Computerized Databases  Modern General Dictionaries  Specialized Dictionaries