An Etymological Study of Some Selected Names of Anatomy Science
Anatomy is one of the most fundamental sciences related to medical science. Specialized vocabularies related to this science is often made by using the vocabularies available in Greek and Latin languages. Interestingly, many of these vocabularies have the same roots with the vocabularies in Persi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
2018-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of Research on History of Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://rhm.ir/index.php/rhm/article/view/425 |
| Summary: | Anatomy is one of the most fundamental sciences related to medical science. Specialized
vocabularies related to this science is often made by using the vocabularies available in
Greek and Latin languages. Interestingly, many of these vocabularies have the same roots
with the vocabularies in Persian language. The current Persian language is a continuation
of the Middle Persian language, which is the continuation of Old Persian language itself,
and the Old Persian along with the other Iranian Languages and ancient languages of India
and the ancient European languages, all of which are rooted in the more ancient language
called Indo-European languages. In the present research, seventeen fundamental words
and their roots have been investigated, which we can see their association with the Persian
language. The words used in this Research include the root of the names of body members
such as the head, brain, eye, mouth, etc.; as the vocabularies used for composing specialized
vocabularies, which will be considered here. |
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| ISSN: | 2251-886X 2251-886X |