ON THE LEXICOGRAPHY OF HORSES IN MEDIAEVAL ARABIC SOURCES.

The article presents an examination of the description of horses and horse body parts found in Arabic literature during the period between the 8th and 15th centuries. It examines works by various Arabic authors during this period including Abū 'Ubayda, al-Asma 'ī, Ibn Ṣīda and Ibn Qutayba. It explores how the meaning behind various aspects of horse terminology changed during this period, examines how language illustrates the relationship between the horse and the rider and discuses the words for specific body parts including the croup, forehead, hock hoof, thigh, thorax and tibia.