The Arabic term for politics was created by borrowing the European word âpoliticsâ.
Evidence
The study of this science, the general discussion of it, debate and discourse upon it in councils and assemblies, and its examination in the newspapers, all this is known as âPoliticsâ (bulitiqiyya), that is, government (siyasa), from which is derived the adjective âpoliticalâ, meaning pertaining to government. Politics is everything connected with the state (dawla) and its laws, treaties and alliances. â Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 337
Categorization
- DEFINE: Documents how the modern Arabic notion of âbulitiqiyyaâ/âsiyasaâ was defined via the European term.