The glossary of Arabic toponyms gives translations of Arabic terms commonly found as components in Arabic toponyms. A significant number of them were put together during the PEF Survey of Palestine carried out in the second half of the 19th century.
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See also
- Toponymy of Maghreb
- Oikonyms in Western and South Asia
- Place names of Palestine
- List of Arabic place names
Sources
- Mann, Joel F. (2005). An international glossary of place name elements. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5040-8.
- Negev, Avraham & Gibson, Shimon (2005). Archaeological encyclopedia of the Holy Land. 4th, revised, illustrated ed. Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8264-8571-7.
- "Urban Place Names in Pakistan: A Reflection of Cultural Characteristics". Names. 29 (1): 65–84. 1985. OCLC 500207327
- Significance of technical terms in place names—a case-study of Aligarh District. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. Vol. 43. 1982. pp. 332–341. JSTOR 44141245
External links
- The intro to a 1950s gazetteer for 35,000 placenames of Arabian Peninsula and surrounding waters and islands contains a glossary of generic toponymic features