Английская Википедия:Hans Wehr

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox academic Hans Bodo Wehr (Шаблон:IPA-de; 5 July 1909Шаблон:Snd24 May 1981)Шаблон:R was a German Arabist. He is best known for his Arabic dictionary and the system of transliteration used in it.

Life

Wehr was born in Leipzig in 1909. He attended a gymnasium in Halle, and then studied at universities in Halle, Berlin, and Leipzig. He received his doctorate in 1935 and his habilitation in 1939.Шаблон:R

He joined the Nazi Party in 1940, and wrote an essay arguing that Germany should ally with the Arabs against England and France. He had begun work on an ArabicШаблон:NdashGerman dictionary, and the project received funding from the German government, which intended to use make use of the dictionary in translating Mein Kampf into Arabic. For a time, Wehr was assisted in his project by Hedwig Klein.Шаблон:R

His dictionary, entitled Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart, was eventually published in 1952. An English version, edited by J Milton Cowan and entitled A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, was published in 1961.Шаблон:R The dictionary used a new system of transliteration, which is today known as Hans Wehr transliteration.

Wehr was a professor at the University of Münster from 1957 until his retirement in 1974. He died in Münster in 1981.Шаблон:R

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