Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Verginius Rufus
"According to Richard Frye, qasr is an Arabic term for the fortified inner residence of a ruler."

Excellent. I suppose like castle in English, huh?

15 posted on 02/18/2006 3:13:22 PM PST by blam
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies ]


To: blam
Actually, qasr seems to be more specific than English castle...it would be the inner part.

There are different words for citadel, qal'a or hisar in Arabic, kuhandiz or diz in Persian.

Turkish has a word hisar meaning fortress or castle, obviously taken from Arabic.

The site in Turkey which has been identified as ancient Troy since the time of Schliemann's excavations is known as Hisarlik. I don't know Turkish so I can't say what the -lik suffix means, but it could have gotten the name from looking like a fortress--as it in fact had been in ancient times.

17 posted on 02/18/2006 4:20:45 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson