arabesk

English

Noun

arabesk (plural arabesks)

1. Rare spelling of arabesque.
   • 1994, Islam, Globalization, and Postmodernity, Routledge, page 26:

     Öztuna therefore understands arabesk very much in terms of a bastardization of the classical genre, and draws a direct line from the popularized art music forms of the late nineteenth century, through art-music-educated composers of film music in the 1930s (such as Sadettin Kaynak) to the arabesk of the seventies (1987: 50-1).

   • 1997, Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey, University of Washington Press, page 223:

     The role gender plays in the formation and popularity of arabesk music is a complex question. Orhan Gencebay, who implied in his arabesk that suffering would one day end, retained his image of sedate manliness.

   • 1997, Environment & Planning A., Volume 29, Pion Limited, page 1944:

     Last, our third, and arguably most significant, example of culture in the periphery is that of popular music, and specifically the music known as arabesk.

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “arabesque”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French arabesque, from Italian arabesco.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Sweden (Stockholm)):

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Noun

arabesk c

1. arabesque

Declension

Declension of arabesk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	arabesk	arabesks
	definite	arabesken	arabeskens
plural	indefinite	arabesker	arabeskers
	definite	arabeskerna	arabeskernas

Further reading

• “arabesk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)