Nassif Mallouf
Born:1823-03-20|died:1865-05-14|; Maʿlūf, Nāṣīf ibn Ilyās Munʿim al- 1823-1865; Mallouf, N. 1823-1865; Mallouf, N. (Nassıf), 1823-1865; Nāṣif Maʿlūf 1823-1865; Mallouf, N. (Nassif), 1823-1868 o 9
About Nassif Mallouf
Lived 1823 – 1865 (aged 42). Nassif Mallouf was a Turkish lexicographer, translator, interpreter, diplomat and writer.
Nāṣīf ibn Ilyās Munʿim al-Maʿlūf (; 20 March 1823 – 14 May 1865), commonly known in the West as Nassif Mallouf, was a Lebanese lexicographer. He was a member of the Société Asiatique, a professor of Eastern literature at the Collège de la Propagande at Smyrna, and Secretary-Interpreter to the irregular Anglo-Ottoman cavalry. Besides Arabic, his mother tongue, he was learned in Persian, Turkish, English, French, Modern Greek and Italian.
Life Mallouf was born in the village of Zabbougha, then in the Ottoman Empire.
As worded by Charles Malouf Samaha, after Lord Raglan's death in 1855, he was a dragoman under General Beatson.
Publications Liçani turkinin anakhtaridir ou Clef de la langue turque, 1848 Dictionnaire de poche français-turc, ou, Trésor de la conversation, 1849 "Fevaydi-charqiyè", ou Abrégé de grammaire orientale turque, arabe et persane, expliquée en langue turque, 1854 Dictionnaire français-turc: avec la prononciation figurée, 1856 Nouveau guide de la conversation en quatre langues: italien, grec-moderne, français et anglais, 1859 Plaisanteries de Khodja Nasr-ed-din Efendi, 1859 Guide en trois langues : française, anglaise et turque, 1860 Grammaire élémentaire de la Langue Turque suivie de dialogues familiers avec la prononciation figurée et d'un petit secrétaire ou modèle de lettres avec la traduction française en regard, 1862 Dictionnaire turc-français: Avec la prononciation figurée. II - Volume 2, 1867
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Who was Nassif Mallouf?
born:1823-03-20|died:1865-05-14|; Maʿlūf, Nāṣīf ibn Ilyās Munʿim al- 1823-1865; Mallouf, N. 1823-1865; Mallouf, N. (Nassıf), 1823-1865; Nāṣif Maʿlūf 1823-1865; Mallouf, N. (Nassif), 1823-1868 o 9
When was Nassif Mallouf born?
Nassif Mallouf was born on 20 March 1823 in Zabbougha.
When did Nassif Mallouf die?
Nassif Mallouf died on 14 May 1865 in İzmir.
What was Nassif Mallouf's occupation?
Nassif Mallouf was a lexicographer, translator, interpreter, diplomat and writer.
What nationality was Nassif Mallouf?
Nassif Mallouf was Turkish.
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