<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Arabic-L: Wed 26 Jan 2011<br>Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dil@byu.edu">dil@byu.edu</a>><br>[To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l@byu.edu]<br>[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to<br><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:<br> unsubscribe arabic-l ]<br><br>-------------------------Directory------------------------------------<br><br>1) Subject: bibliography of lexicographic and etymological resources suggestion<br>2) Subject: response from Arabic-L<br><br><div>-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------<br>1)<br>Date: 26 Jan 2011<br>From: Ernest McCarus <<a href="mailto:enm@umich.edu">enm@umich.edu</a>><br>Subject: bibliography of lexicographic and etymological resources suggestion<br><br>There is strong interest in an etymological dictionary of Arabic, as <br>evidenced to the response to Rajaa Aquil's appeal; see his message below. <br>It is unlikely, however, that any one or any group will start work on one <br>to produce one in the foreseeable future.<br><br>I would like to propose that we at least assemble all the known works that <br>have been published, I have some that haven't been mentioned yet. If you <br>agree, would it be possible for Arabic-L to set up a kind of mailbox that <br>individuals could send in bibliographic references to that would then be <br>available to anyone interested?<br><br>Thanks again for all you do for Arabic studies and for Arabists, and please <br>have a year full of joy, excellent health and only good news.<br><br>best,<br><br>Ernest<div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div>2)<br>Date: 26 Jan 2011<br>From: moderator <<a href="mailto:dil@byu.edu">dil@byu.edu</a><br>Subject: bibliography of lexicographic and etymological resources suggestion</div><div><br></div><div>I can compile whatever people send in into a single list, and post it (it would thereafter be available through the archives). If it became more extensive we could conceivably turn it into a mysql database that people could access through the web, but let's cross that bridge when we come to it; that would probably be overkill at this stage.</div><div>dil</div><div><br></div><div><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>End of Arabic-L: 26 Jan 2011</div></div></body></html>