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Author Lunde, Paul, 1943- compiler.

Title A dictionary of Arabic and Islamic proverbs / Paul Lunde, Justin Wintle
Published London : Routledge, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Series Routledge library editions. Language & literature of the Middle East ; 6
Summary One of the quickest ways to understand a people or a culture is to learn their proverbs. This anthology, first published in 1984, compiles in dictionary form proverbs from the Islamic world, particularly the Middle East and North Africa. The Arabs were the first to gather and annotate their own proverbs - the earliest collections date from the n
Notes Originally published: 1984
Paul Lunde and Justin Wintle
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Subject Proverbs, Middle Eastern -- Translations into English
Proverbs, Arabic -- Translations into English
Proverbs, Persian -- Translations into English
Proverbs, Turkish -- Translations into English
Proverbs, Arabic
Proverbs, Middle Eastern
Proverbs, Persian
Proverbs, Turkish
Genre/Form Electronic books
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Form Electronic book
Author Wintle, Justin, compiler.
ISBN 9780367352080
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9781000639438
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