The Terms of Plants in "Shams Al-Ulum" Dictionary: A Semantic and Lexical Study

Abstract

This research studies a number of plant terms mentioned in the Shams Al-Ulum dictionary. It aims to find out all about those terms, clarifying their meanings, descriptions, benefits, and places of its cultivation mentioned in the dictionary. The descriptive approach was used to analyze this topic, and this research consists of an introduction, a preface, and two sections. The preface studies the characteristics of the Shams Al-Ulum dictionary and includes a definition of plants and their classification. Then, the first section studies plant terms (tree category), whereas the second section studies plant terms (herbs and fruits category). Finally, the conclusion contains a set of results, the most important of which are: Another reason for calling the Shams Al-Ulum dictionary encyclopedic is that it includes a large number of plant terms which we chose for this study. Nashwan Al-Himyari used multiple words while defining the word “plant” (lexical entry), such as “tree,” “plant,” “juice,” and “fruit.” He indicated that some of these lexes belonged to a dialect in Yemen, but he did not mention that while explaining the other lexicons. The results and a list of sources and references have been referred to in this study.