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 Kiraz Historical Dictionaries Archive (1935-3189): The difficulty of locating historical dictionaries has long been a source of frustration for scholars. Gorgias Press seeks to address this difficulty by the introduction of a series of historic dictionaries. The Kiraz Historical Dictionaries Archive series makes available classic sources at affordable prices.
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| 978-1-61143-313-5 | Gesenius, Wilhelm, and A. Th, Hoffmann. Lexicon Manuale Hebraicum et Chaldaicum in Veteris Testamenti Libros
Wilhelm Gesenius' classic Hebrew dictionary is published in the original Latin with a Latin-Hebrew index. More... | $183.80 | Add to Cart |  | 
| 978-1-61143-312-8 | Gesenius, Wilhelm, and Samuel Prideaux Tregelles. Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures
This work is a revised and expanded English translation of Wilhelm Gesenius' classic Hebrew dictionary. More... | $159.80 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-61719-213-5 | Hastings, James, and John A. Selbie. A Dictionary of the Bible
A copious dictionary of the Bible, with maps, an index, and a volume of related articles on various topics, this volume is of value to anyone interested in the subject. More... | $1,194.50 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-61719-677-5 | Grimm, Carl Ludwig Willibald, and Joseph Henry Thayer. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament
This revised and expanded translation of Grimm's New Testament dictionary lists the appearances of each word in the New Testament. More... | $212.50 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-61719-676-8 | Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament
A revised Gesenius, in light of our much expanded knowledge of other Semitic languages. More... | $272.20 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-61719-653-9 | Bezold, Carl, Adele Bezold, and Albrecht Götze. Babylonisch-Assyrisches Glossar
An Akkadian-German dictionary, with index detailed enough to serve as a German-Akkadian dictionary. More... | $152.65 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-61719-401-6 | Berry, George Ricker. Classic Greek Dictionary
Greek-English and English-Greek dictionary with an Appendix of Proper and Geographical Names. More... | $265.60 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-905-0 | Surmelian, Khatchadro, Mogherditsch Avkerian, and Gabriel Avedikian. New Dictionary of the Armenian Language
Considered to be the most complete dictionary of Old Armenian (also known as Classical Armenian or Grabar, this historic dictionary is essential to the study of this language. Written by three members of the Mekhitarist Order, this project represents the first major attempt to document Old Armenian in any comprehensive way. This two-volume reference work is presented in the Classical Armenian alphabet with definitions given in Latin. The language of this dictionary represents the earliest known form of Armenian, making its value for the history of the language evident. More... | $643.75 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-986-9 | de Lagarde, Paul. Armenische Studien
Venturing into the realm of the Armenian language, Lagarde here presents a preliminary glossary of the language. The main body of the book contains over 2400 lexical entries, most of which are brief, dense descriptions of the words. Following the glossary Lagarde provides a comparative chart to the Armenian words including material from Sanskrit, Bactrian or Old Persian, Neo-Persian, Greek, and Semitic. An essay on the history of the study of the language and indices round out this early work on the Armenian tongue. This book, written in German, holds an important place in the study of Armenian. More... | $132.50 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-916-6 | Ali, Zulfaqar. The Farhang I Rashidi
The famous Persian dictionary of Sayyid Abdurrashid, now quite difficult to locate, is an historic dictionary to which linguists still make reference. The Farhang I Rashidi was compiled by the Persian scholar Abd ur-Rashid bin Abd ul-Ghafur Husaini al-Madani al-Tattawi (d. 1653) who lived in Thatta, now the Sindh province of Pakistan. One of two dictionaries compiled by Abd ur-Rashid, this lexicon, presented entirely in Classic Persian, marks a turning point in Persian lexicography and ranks as one of the cultural and literary achievements of the seventeenth century. The two volumes of this historic dictionary are here bound together, providing an affordable alternative to earlier two-part editions. More... | $205.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-834-3 | Gottheil, Richard. Bar Ali (Isho): The Syriac-Arabic Glosses
This edition of the Syriac-Arabic glosses of Isho Bar Ali is a publication difficult to locate. These glosses are located in the second part of Bar Ali’s lexicon, as the first part had been previously published. Bar Ali, a physician as well as a lexicographer, produced this noted Syriac-Arabic dictionary showing the meanings of Syriac words in Arabic. This historic step in the development of Syriac lexicography is analyzed here according to the glosses of the numerous manuscripts cited in the forward. More... | $200.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-571-7 | Peyron, Amedeus. Coptic-Latin Lexicon
Peyron’s lexicon is the classic Coptic-Latin dictionary of the early twentieth century. It is of special historical importance because of the association of Peyron with Champollion, Napoleon’s epigrapher on his Egyptian voyage. Placed so early in the dawn of Egyptian studies, Peyron sheds light from an eye undimmed by the subsequent decades of scholarship. More... | $272.50 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-575-5 | Wortabet, William. Arabic-English Dictionary
Wortabet’s dictionary has a staying power not often found among historical dictionaries. In various forms it is still in wide use today. Going back to the historic original form, Gorgias Press is now offering this volume as part of its Historical Dictionary series. More... | $322.50 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-375-1 | Whitney, William, and Benjamin Smith. Century Dictionary
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia, edited by William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E. Smith, comprises twelve volumes, including over 500,000 defined terms, and two volumes of concise encyclopedic entries. The Century Dictionary contains full, accurate, and clear definitions, and its many supporting quotations are chosen to illustrate, where helpful, the typical uses of a word or its specific sense. Whitney, who is still regarded as the greatest American linguist of his time, gathered together a remarkable staff of general and specialist editors, that included many luminaries of American scholarship, to compile this beautiful dictionary. More... | $1,225.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-940-1 | Wüstenfeld, Ferdinand. Register zu den genealogischen Tabellen der Arabischen Stämme und Familien
In an historic attempt to map out the major tribes and families of the Arabic world, Wüstenfeld prepared this work based on three major types of documents. Taken together these sources provide a wealth of information on family names. Wüstenfeld has organized the entries for his register alphabetically, providing a starting point for current day researchers on the Arabic past. More... | $172.50 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-938-8 | Haug, Martin. Glossary and Index of the Pahlavi Text of the Book of Arda Viraf
For the student of ancient Iranian documents, this time-honored source for using the sacred texts of the Zoroastrians, this glossary and index is an historical dictionary of an unusual sort. The materials from three works provide the basis for this glossary: the Pahlavi text of Arda Viraf, the tale of Gosht-I Fryano, the Hadokht Nask, and extracts from the Din-Kard and Nirangistan. All of these documents pertaining to Zoroastrian belief and practice are facilitated by this historic glossary. Based on the edition of E. W. West, the text was revised by Martin Haug. A work of scholarly erudition in the nineteenth century, this book, now difficult to find, has now claimed a place among Gorgias Historical Dictionaries. More... | $153.75 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-926-5 | Jaba, Auguste. Dictionnaire Curde-Français
This historic dictionary was the first French-Kurdish dictionary ever published. Compiled by Auguste Jaba, a Polish diplomat in the Russian service in the Middle East, this lexical enterprise initiated an interest in the under-studied language of the Kurds. Entries are written in the modified Arabic script for Kurdish, and are provided with a pronunciation key and translation into French. Historians of the languages of Iraq and Kurdistan will find having this dictionary essential to the unfolding growth of knowledge about this region. More... | $196.25 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-996-8 | Haug, Martin. An Old Zand-Pahlavi Glossary
This historical dictionary contains an English translation of the Frahang-I Oim-evak, an antique Avestan and Middle Persian dictionary. A collaboration between Martin Haug and Destur Hoshengji Jamaspji, this rare glossary provides the Pahlavi translations for almost 900 Avestan words. Avestan is an Eastern Old Iranian language used by the Zoroastrian Avesta. It represents one of the earliest known Iranian languages. This dictionary was one of the earliest attempts to present the material to a western readership. Still considered a historic entry-point into the language, Haug’s glossary has become a rare find. Gorgias Press is pleased to bring it back into circulation as a part of our Historical Dictionary series. More... | $128.75 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-995-1 | Haug, Martin. An Old Pahlavi-Pazand Glossary
Originally compiled by Destur Hoshangji Jamaspji Asa, this historic dictionary was revised and enlarged by Martin Haug. This edition of the glossary represents the first time that the Pahlavî-Pâzand, or Saanian Farhang, was published in its ancient form and arrangement. The dictionary is of an Aramaic translation into Middle Persian, in Pahlavi script. A substantial introductory essay on Pahlavi begins the work; entries are translated into English, occasionally reaching substantial essays. A truly historic attempt to document a language far removed from many European and new world scholars, Haug has produced an indispensable historic dictionary. More... | $166.25 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-728-5 | Badger, George. An English-Arabic Lexicon
Badger’s historic English-Arabic lexicon has long been noted for its feature of rending English words into literary and colloquial Arabic. Hard to locate even in used form, this historical dictionary is now available to students of the history of language study and those interested in the history of Arabic study. More... | $600.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-572-4 | Audo, Thomas. Treasure of the Syriac Language: A Dictionary of Classical Syriac
Audo’s Syriac dictionary is a reference tool coveted by all students of the Syriac language. As a language tool it represents the Syriac known and used in the nineteenth century in the Middle East. This historic contribution to the understanding of the Syriac language is now available in a Gorgias edition with an English introduction. More... | $293.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-507-6 | Freytag, Georg. Arabic-Latin Lexicon
A standard-setting lexicon of classical languages, Freytag’s Arabic-Latin dictionary remains a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of language study or anyone seeking insight into Arabic literature. This four-volume set contains a treasure trove of information. More... | $727.50 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-549-6 | Cardahi, Gabriel. Al-Lubab
A historical dictionary between two Semitic languages, Cardahi’s Syriac-Arabic dictionary was among the first attempts to bring together the classical languages of Eastern Christianity and Islam. Consistently referred to by subsequent Arabists, this lexicon has become a well-known reference book. More... | $400.10 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-552-6 | Manna, Eugene. Chaldean-Arabic Dictionary
A historical dictionary translating Syriac into Arabic, this handy volume brings together the language of the author’s Chaldean Church and the Arabic of his contemporary culture. This scarce volume, now available in the west, is sure to be of considerable interest to scholars of Syriac and Arabic alike. More... | $198.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-553-3 | Smith, Robert Payne. Syriac Thesaurus
This massive work of scholarly erudition is an authoritative Syriac lexicon that is essential for all students of the language. Now available with an English introduction, this monumental lexicographical work is of exceptional utility. More... | $691.25 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-504-5 | Biberstein Kazimirski, A. de. Dictionnaire Arabe-Francais
The standard dictionary for the translation of Arabic into French for many years, this massive work contains all known Arabic roots. Apart from standard Arabic, the dialects of Algiers and Morocco are also included in this two-volume set. More... | $785.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-518-2 | Dozy, Reinhart. Supplement aux Dictionnaires Arabes
This massive two volume supplemental dictionary was originally intended to complete E. W. Lane’s lexicographical work, but has come to stand as an essential wordbook in its own right. Going beyond a customary dictionary, it is a wealth of information about the Arabic world. More... | $540.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-61143-506-1 | Alcalá, Pedro de, and Paul de Lagarde. Petri Hispani De lingua Arabica
A guide to sixteenth-century Hispanic Arabic, transliterated, with grammar, syntax and a prodigious word-list, this volume is translated from Castilian. It is of interest to students of Arabic and early Spanish alike. More... | $87.20 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-61143-373-9 | Archer, Paschal, and John Brand. A Dictionary English-Armenian
This is an English-Armenian dictionary, from the Mekhitaristican Society of the Armenian Catholic Church; the volume is equipped with English grammar, and a list of Armenian equivalents of English proper names. More... | $227.20 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-61143-103-2 | Buxtorf, Johann, and Johann Buxtorf. Lexicon Chaldaicum Talmudicum Rabbinicum
The massive Aramaic-Latin dictionary planned and drafted by Johannes Buxtorf, and completed by his son, another Johannes; a standard work of reference for centuries. More... | $233.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-61143-417-0 | Davidson, Benjamin. The Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon
A dictionary of Hebrew and Aramaic which does not only contain base forms, but contains every inflectional form of noun or verb which actually occurs in the Bible. More... | $217.60 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-61143-446-0 | Harkavy, Alexander. Student's Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary to the Old Testament
A Hebrew and Aramaic dictionary with a supplement for Rabbinic and modern Hebrew, compiled not long after the revival of Hebrew. More... | $234.40 | Add to Cart | |
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