The article analyzes etymological comments and digressions in medieval glossaries using the example of “Ghiyas-ul-lugat” by Rompuri (19th century). It is noted that the authors of glossaries provide information about the origin of lexical units, their phonetic and morphological composition, as well as about the language - the source of borrowing. It is emphasized that some interpretations and investigations in the dictionary are more reminded of separate articles, where a detailed etymological analysis of the word is made. In the dictionary Giyas-ul-lugat there are two types of etymological interpretations: scientific and folk. It is concluded that the Persian-language explanatory dictionaries created in India, despite some of their pitfalls, and especially the Ghiyas-ul-lugat, present rich etymological material.
medieval glossary, term interpretation, scientific etymology, folk etymology, etymological investigation, phonetical and morphological word analysis
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