[Andalusi Studies] Andalusi_Studies Digest, Vol 11, Issue 4

Tue Mar 17 14:05:27 PDT 2015

Dear Isaac,

al-Qirqisani and Sa'adya Gaon also render shafan by the Arabic wabr. See Michael Cook, "Early Islamic Dietary Law", Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam, 7 (1986), pp. 217-277, at p. 261. Shem Tov ben Isaac of Tortosa, like Ibn Janah, translates 'shafan' = 'qunilya': Medical Synonym Lists from Medieval Provence: Shem Tov ben Isaac of Tortosa. Sefer ha-Shimmush, Book 29, Gerrit Bos, ed. (Leiden, 2011), p. 510.

See also F. Vire, "Hare", in Food Culture and Health in Pre-modern Islamic Societies, David Waines, ed. (Leiden, 2011), pp. 97-100, for other Arabic terns; al-Jahiz, al-Kitab al-awwal: al-Hayawan, 'Abd al-Salan Muhammad Harun (Cairo, 1965-1969; sec. ed.), 6:351-352 ('wabr' here appears in the section on the 'arnab'), and check the index vols., s.v. "wabr".

Best,

Liran
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   1. qunilyah = rabbit, wabr = ? (Isaac Betech)
   2. Re: qunilyah = rabbit, wabr = ? (Antonio Gim?nez)

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:29:32 -0600
From: Isaac Betech <isaacb at tovnet.com<mailto:isaacb at tovnet.com>>
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Hello!
Many thanks to everyone who answered my previous question regarding "rabbit" in Andalusi Arabic, I appreciate very much your help.
According to your answer and later on I found also an additional confirmation at: Discursos le?dos ante la Real Academia Espa?ola en la recepci?n de D. Francisco Codera, Madrid 1910 p.71-72, the conclusion is that qunilyah = rabbit.

My new question is:
Of course I agree that qunilyah = rabbit, but I found in:
The Book of Hebrew Roots by Abu`l Walid Marwan Ibn Janah. Oxford, 1875 by Ad. Neubauer. Root "sh-f-n"

The following:
English translation:
?And the shafan?. It is the ?wabr?, an animal the size of a cat, which is found [only] a little in the East, but is abundant among us [in Spain]. Nevertheless the masses do not know it by that name, but by the name ?conilio?, a Spanish name [for rabbit]?.

My question:
Is anyone aware of the meaning of "wabr" in Andalusi Arabic?
 From Ibn Janah it seems that "wabr" is a synonym of rabbit, but in many countries in modern Arabic it is the common name for the hyrax (Procavia capensis).
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Best regards
Isaac

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According to Federico Corriente (A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic, 1997,
p. 556), 'wabr' (???) meant "(thick) hair (of camels, goats, etc.)", as
it does in Moroccan Arabic ('wber').

 From Ibn Janah's entry
(https://archive.org/stream/bookofhebrewroot00marwuoft#page/370/mode/1up) we
may infer that 'QNLYH' (?????) was used in Al-Andalus for both rabbits
and hyraxes, because of their mutual resemblance, but it does not follow
that 'wabr' is, or ever was a synonym of rabbit.

Best regards,

Antonio

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