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Orientalia

Orientalia

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A journal that prints articles about the languages, history, and cultures of the Near East and Asia
  • proper noun
  • Formal
: Orientalia
  • Researchers benefit greatly from the articles published in Orientalia, as they cover diverse topics related to Asian studies.
  • Orientalia Christiana
  • Orientalia Christiana Analecta

Examples

  • The figure from Bassetki was published in Sumer, XXXII, 1976, 63-76, and discussed by W. Farber, Orientalia, LII, 1983, 67-72.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Many scholars submit their research to the journal Orientalia, which focuses on the languages and cultures of Asia.

  • The academic community highly regards Orientalia for its rigorous publications on Near Eastern history.

Surface Forms

Orientalia main

Morphology

Orientalia = oriental (semi-transparent) = oriental + ia

The adjective 'oriental' supplies the clear semantic core ('relating to the Orient'), but the Latin-derived ending '-ia' as a collection/title-forming suffix is not productive or fully transparent to typical learners.

Etymology

The word Orientalia comes from the Latin oriens, meaning 'rising' and used for the 'east' where the sun rises, and you can see the same root in the English word orient. The ending -alia means 'things about', so Orientalia is a fitting title for journals that collect articles about the languages, history, and cultures of the East.