Vortaro de Esperanto
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The Vortaro de Esperanto ("Dictionary of Esperanto"), published by Kazimierz Bein
in 1911, was the first monolingual dictionary ever published for Esperanto
.
It is considered the predecessor of the Plena Vortaro de Esperanto
, published in 1930, and of the current Plena Ilustrita Vortaro, whose last edition came out in 2005.
The first edition of the Vortaro de Esperanto was published in 1911, the second in 1922 and the third in 1925 (they were, in truth, merely reprints). Overall 8500 copies of the dictionary were printed; the book was 175 pages long.
The only Esperanto dictionary published previously had been the Plena Vortaro, an Esperanto–Esperanto and Esperanto–French dictionary published in 1909 by Émile Boirac
; nevertheless, it contained somewhat imprecise definitions in its monolingual section.
The Vortaro de Esperanto is considered by scholars of esperantology
a valuable source of information about the Esperanto of the early 20th century, given the presence of many archaism
s and old-fashioned meanings of words.
.
The structure has remained essentially the same throughout the Plena Vortaro of 1930 and in the modern Plena Ilustrita Vortaro.
Kazimierz Bein
Kazimierz Bein was a Polish ophthalmologist, the founder and sometime director of the Warsaw Ophthalmic Institute ....
in 1911, was the first monolingual dictionary ever published for Esperanto
Esperanto
is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...
.
It is considered the predecessor of the Plena Vortaro de Esperanto
Plena Vortaro de Esperanto
La Plena Vortaro de Esperanto is a monolingual dictionary of the Esperanto language first published by the Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda in 1930, largely considered the first truly comprehensive dictionary written entirely in Esperanto.-History:...
, published in 1930, and of the current Plena Ilustrita Vortaro, whose last edition came out in 2005.
The first edition of the Vortaro de Esperanto was published in 1911, the second in 1922 and the third in 1925 (they were, in truth, merely reprints). Overall 8500 copies of the dictionary were printed; the book was 175 pages long.
The only Esperanto dictionary published previously had been the Plena Vortaro, an Esperanto–Esperanto and Esperanto–French dictionary published in 1909 by Émile Boirac
Émile Boirac
Émile Boirac was a French philosopher, parapsychologist, promoter of Esperanto and writer.-Biography:...
; nevertheless, it contained somewhat imprecise definitions in its monolingual section.
The Vortaro de Esperanto is considered by scholars of esperantology
Esperantology
Esperantology is a special Esperanto linguistics whose subjects are word construction, word assembly, word introduction and transcription of umbrella terms and proper names. Esperantology principles of word construction are exemplary of the principles of necessity and sufficiency which postulate a...
a valuable source of information about the Esperanto of the early 20th century, given the presence of many archaism
Archaism
In language, an archaism is the use of a form of speech or writing that is no longer current. This can either be done deliberately or as part of a specific jargon or formula...
s and old-fashioned meanings of words.
Structure
The definitions, brief but clear, contain example phrases. However, the dictionary lacks any etymological references to the first use of a word and does not mention whether or not if a word was personally introduced to the language by Zamenhof, or possibly even mentioned in his Fundamento de EsperantoFundamento de Esperanto
The Fundamento de Esperanto is a book by L. L. Zamenhof, published in the spring of 1905. On August 9, 1905 it was made the official source for the language by the fourth article of the Declaration of Boulogne at the first World Congress of Esperanto in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France:It is considered...
.
The structure has remained essentially the same throughout the Plena Vortaro of 1930 and in the modern Plena Ilustrita Vortaro.
See also
- Plena Vortaro de EsperantoPlena Vortaro de EsperantoLa Plena Vortaro de Esperanto is a monolingual dictionary of the Esperanto language first published by the Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda in 1930, largely considered the first truly comprehensive dictionary written entirely in Esperanto.-History:...
- Plena Ilustrita Vortaro