[Lexicog] Dictionaries on Historical Principles

[Hayim Sheynin]

Ladino-Hebrew comprehensive dictionary was published by Dr. Avner Perez and
Gladys Pimienta
in Israel. ISBN: 978-965-7408-01-8
This dictionary lists 50,410 words collected from over 25 other
dictionaries, but nevertheless it is far to be comprehensive. Just the
printed sources since the 16th cent. to the present time contain many words
which were not included, not to speak about very rich folklore of the
Sephardic Jews. Also the compilers do not mark chronological frame of words'
use, nor document the dialect or source.

Dictionnaire du Judéo-espagnol par Joseph Nehama; avec la colloboration de
Jesús Cantera, Madrid, CSIC,
1977; 2nd ed., France: Les Éditions de la Lettre Sépharade, 2003
is also built on the same principles, but is not comprehensive, since it is
based mostly on Salonican dialect.

This two dictionaries are the most representative of Ladino language. The
other existing Ladino dictionaries
are less in scope and usually represent one dialect or one dialectal group.
There are also special dictionaries
of foreign words, vocabularies of proverbs, school vocabularies, etc.

Long time ago there was an attempt of compiling a (comprehensive)
Diccionario Ladino-Hebreo in Ben-Zvi Institute, Jerusalem, but the only
material that was published are two tentative fasciscules:
1.Diccionario Ladino-Hebreo. Páginas de muestra. Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Inst.,
Hebrew University, 1963, 6 cols.
2. Diccionario Ladino-Hebreo. Fascisculo de muestra / Redactado por Moshe
Lazar y colaboradores. Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Inst., 1976. LII, 110 p.

The handwritten cards of this project are still preserved in the Ben-Zvi
Institute, but it is unknown, whether
the dictionary will ewer be printed.

Some time ago I endeavored compilation of Comprehensive Ladino-English
Dictionary, but my labor of four
years was lost due to the crush of the computer. Moreover in the process of
compilation I understood, that
this should be a team work. A separate compiler has to limit the scope of
his work. Otherwise it will not be finished.

Hayim Sheynin

On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 11:49 AM, nighat.khawar <nighat.khawar at yahoo.com>wrote:

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>
> As far as I know "The New English Dictionary on Historical Principles" (The
> Philological Society/OUP) was the first ever dictionary on historical
> principles. I am trying to assemble a list of other languages that have such
> comprehensive dictionaries in printed form. I have come across of a few web
> based dictionaries on historical principles, but my query is about the ones
> that have been printed.
>
> A visit to the local library and obligatory google search did not reveal
> much. Here is what I have gathered so far:
>
> While searching the archives of this list, I found the description of
> "Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru", the University of Wales Dictionary of the Welsh
> Language. I also learnt that the Ladino-English comprehensive dictionary was
> compiled but not published. Elsewhere, I read that work on "The Historical
> Dictionary of the Hebrew Language" is in process. So is one for Urdu in
> Pakistan. Then we have the "Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue" and the
> "Scottish National Dictionary". French has La Curne de Sainte-Palaye's
> "Historical dictionary of old French langage ou Glosary of French langage
> from it origin to Louis XIV century". I also read the description of "A
> Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir" and "The Historical Dictionary of the
> Belarusian Language".
>
> In addition to the above, I found that there are several dictionaries of
> the English languages, such as:
>
> - The Australian National Dictionary: A Dictionary of Australianisms on
> Historical Principles
> - The Dictionary of New Zealand English: A Dictionary of New Zealandisms on
> Historical Principles
> - A Dictionary of Americanisms on Historical Principles
> - Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles
>
> I also spotted this dictionary: "German Loanwords in English: An Historical
> Dictionary". And, slang, too: "Random House Historical Dictionary of
> American Slang" and OUP's "Historical Dictionary of American Slang".
>
> Help me collect more information about dictionaries on historical
> principles. You may write off-list to me, and I will compile the replies and
> post it on the list.
>
> NK
>
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