Contributions of German Orientalists to the creation of Arabic dictionaries (August Fischer)

Abstract

Summary:

      German orientalists provided great services to the Arab linguistic heritage by presenting Arabic dictionaries in the best form. Perhaps the historical dictionary of the orientalist August Fischer (1865 AD - 1949 AD) was the most prominent of these dictionaries because of the foundations and linguistic sources on which it was based that contributed to the search for the origin of Arabic linguistic vocabulary throughout its historical path On this basis, Fisher began his work, taking advantage of the shortcomings that surrounded the ancient Arabic dictionaries, which added to his dictionary a period of accuracy, depth, and coordination, although Fisher only added to the hamza in the dictionary - due to not going beyond the dictionary..

Keywords: German Orientalists, August Fischer, Historical Dictionary, Heritage.