Replying Letters in Arabic: Gramatical Analysis in Terms of Usage Schemes and Information


The term of “Replying Letters” is a gramatical concept in Arabic languge refers to kind of words have a special role in speech. The “letter” means a few things when you look at the dictionary. One of them is side of mountain and the edge of something. According to Arabic grammar concept, the word letter is expressed in two different ways; al-mebânî and al-meâni. Al-mebânî refers to Arabic alphabet or word’s structure and al-meâni refers to the meaning. "Hurûfu'l-me'ânî", are kind of the Arabic vocabulary types, it covere eleven letters for replying: Na‘am, lâ, kallâ, balâ, î, inna, ajal, gaira, jalal, ithan, bajal. Each one of Hurûfu’l-me‘ânî has a different meaning. These replying letters are are consumable; According to the structure Replying Letters are divided to three sections: Thunâî, Thulâthî and Rubâî. In terms of grammatical conquest terminology all the replying letters are on the serenity except “Jayra”. The “Jayra” is the word for Fatha or Kasra. In addition to small difference between the meaning of letters such as na‘am, î, inna, acal, jayra, jalal, ithan, bajal. In this research, the replying letters are examined in terms of consumable and naho and mentioned in the Qur'an are discussed.


Keywords


Hurûf-i Meânî, Hurûf-i Mebânî, Letter, Negative, Positive, Replying.

Author : Mehmet Ali Kılay ARAZ -Mahamadou KEITA
Number of pages: 133-145
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.41877
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Turkish Studies-Comparative Religious Studies
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