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THE NAMES APABΣ, ΣAPAKHNOI ETC. AND THEIR FALSE BYZANTINE ETYMOLOGIES

THE NAMES APABΣ, ΣAPAKHNOI ETC. AND THEIR FALSE BYZANTINE ETYMOLOGIES THE NAHES , ETC. AND THEIR FALSE ETYMOLOGIES V. CHRISTIDES/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK* l. " As in the case with other peoples concerning their neighbours, so also the Byzantines seemed fond of highly improbable etymological interpretations of appellations for the Arabs and for the areas they occupied.1 Based on either the Greek or Arabic languages, the interpretations of these appellations usually had derogatory connotations, according to the generally distorted Byzantine portrayal of the Arabs. In both classical and Byzantine sources the forms raps> pl. rabes and Arabios-ia-on, pl. Arabioi are most commonly used for Arabs.2 The latter * l would like to thank Prof. D. Georgacas for his suggestions about this study. 1 For the appearance of the terms rabes and Arabia in the oldest sources, i. e., Assyrian cuneiforms, proto-Arabic inscriptions, the Bible and the Pre-Islamic poetry see G. Weiss Rosmarin," Arabi und Arabien in den Babylonischen Quellen", Journal of the Society of Oriental Research, 16 (1932), pp. 1-37; R. Dussaud, La penetration des rabes en Syrie avant L'Islam (Paris, 1955), p. 14; A. Grohmann, "Arab", Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed., I (1957), p. 524 ff.; H. von Wissmann, "badw", ibid., p. 844 ff.; Joseph Henninger, "La http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Byzantinische Zeitschrift de Gruyter

THE NAMES APABΣ, ΣAPAKHNOI ETC. AND THEIR FALSE BYZANTINE ETYMOLOGIES

Byzantinische Zeitschrift , Volume 65 (2) – Jan 1, 1972

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de Gruyter
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Copyright © 2009 Walter de Gruyter
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0007-7704
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10.1515/byzs.1972.65.2.329
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THE NAHES , ETC. AND THEIR FALSE ETYMOLOGIES V. CHRISTIDES/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK* l. " As in the case with other peoples concerning their neighbours, so also the Byzantines seemed fond of highly improbable etymological interpretations of appellations for the Arabs and for the areas they occupied.1 Based on either the Greek or Arabic languages, the interpretations of these appellations usually had derogatory connotations, according to the generally distorted Byzantine portrayal of the Arabs. In both classical and Byzantine sources the forms raps> pl. rabes and Arabios-ia-on, pl. Arabioi are most commonly used for Arabs.2 The latter * l would like to thank Prof. D. Georgacas for his suggestions about this study. 1 For the appearance of the terms rabes and Arabia in the oldest sources, i. e., Assyrian cuneiforms, proto-Arabic inscriptions, the Bible and the Pre-Islamic poetry see G. Weiss Rosmarin," Arabi und Arabien in den Babylonischen Quellen", Journal of the Society of Oriental Research, 16 (1932), pp. 1-37; R. Dussaud, La penetration des rabes en Syrie avant L'Islam (Paris, 1955), p. 14; A. Grohmann, "Arab", Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed., I (1957), p. 524 ff.; H. von Wissmann, "badw", ibid., p. 844 ff.; Joseph Henninger, "La

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Byzantinische Zeitschriftde Gruyter

Published: Jan 1, 1972

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