கிழக்கிலங்கை முஸ்ஸிம்களின் நாட்டார் பாடல்களில் அறபுமொழிச் சொற்கள் பயன்பாடு: எஸ் .முத்துமீரானின் கிழக்கிலங்கை முஸ்ஸிம்களின் நாட்டார் பாடல்கள் நூலை துணையாகக் கொண்ட ஆய்வு

Abstract

The Sri Lankan Muslim community has a unique literary tradition. Like other aspects of Muslim literature, the influence of the Arabic language is widely seen in the folk songs of Muslims, and this has become a significant topic of discussion in today's Sri Lankan culture. In Sri Lanka's political and multi-ethnic society, the Arabic language and its background in the religious, educational, artistic, and cultural aspects of Muslims have caused various debates among other communities. This study aims to find out the factors that influence the Arabic language in the language case of Sri Lankan Muslims and reveal the Arabic words found in the folk songs of Muslims and compare its ideas with Islamic Arabic literary sources. Descriptive and analytical methods were used for this. For this purpose, the researcher took the songs under 5 headings as samples for this study using a random sampling method from the book Kiḻakkilaṅkai Muslimkaḷiṉ Nāṭṭār Pāṭalkaḷ (“Eastern Sri Lankan Muslim Folk Songs”) written by S. Muththu Meeran, compared and explained the pattern of the words used in Arabic literary sources. Many aphorisms are found directly and indirectly in these songs. It is noteworthy that in some songs both terms are used