Euphemisms in Arabic Language and their representation in the Arabic linguistic tradition

https://doi.org/10.20339/PhS.3-18.029

Blinov Andrey A.,

PhD, Senior Research Scientist,

Department of Languages of Asian and African Peoples,

Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.

e-mail: progrock1@yandex.ru

This paper describes different types of euphemisms as a special phenomenon in the Arabic language, which has been registered for the first time in the Quran, a sacred book of all Muslims. Besides, it also examines the peculiarities of Arabic terms for denoting euphemisms (both in the medieval period and nowadays) and reviews their definitions in modern Arabic linguistics based on the analysis of works of largest Arab scientists in this area. Most examples of literary language use are accompanied with illustrative extracts from newspaper materials, in addition, popular colloquial euphemisms from Arabic dialects are provided.

Keywords: Arabic language, euphemisms, Arabic euphemisms, Quran, Arabic linguistics.

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