Saturday 18 August 2012

الانثروبولوجيا Anthropology

-->
Etymology of arabic words: the word الانثروبولوجيا
(anetherbouloujia ?) means Anthropology and derives from the Greek language. The greek word is ανθρωπολογία (anthropologhia) and is composed by the word άνθρωπος (anthropos) which means “man, human being” and the suffix -λογία (loghia) which means “discourse of,study of” and derives from the verb λέγω (legho) which means “to say, to tell, to speak”. The word antropoloji is used in Turkish.
P.S. There is  also in Arabic the synonym                             علم الإنسان
=The science of the man


No comments:

Post a Comment