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Meaning of orientalist | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

ˌɔɹiˈɛntəlɪst

Definitions

A scholar who studies the Orient; a person interested in the Orient.

Equivalents

العربية مستشرق

Azərbaycanca şərqşünas

Català orientalista

Čeština orientalista

Deutsch Orientalist Orientalistin

Ελληνικά ανατολιστής ανατολίστρια

Español orientalista

Suomi orientalisti

Français orientaliste

हिन्दी प्राच्यविद् प्राच्यविद्याविद् प्राच्यवेत्ता

Magyar orientalista

Հայերեն արեւելագետ

Italiano orientalista

Polski orientalista

Português orientalista

Русский востоковед восто́чник

Svenska orientalist

Türkçe oryantalist şarkiyatçı

Oʻzbekcha sharqshunos

Examples

“1684, George Bright, preface to The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D. Which is rendred somewhat more probable by that very learned Orientalist Dr. Pocok, who tells us the Arabick verb Hausch answering to the Hebrew חיש signifies three things, viz. to hast, to fear, to be ashamed.”

“If, however, Orientalists be right in their interpretation of the name of Artaxerxes' queen, Parisatis, as Pari-zadeh (Peri-born), the Peri must be coeval with the religion of Zoroaster.”

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