The article analyzes the features of the use of borrowed Arabic vocabulary in the “Poem on the Hidden Meaning” (“Mathnawi Ma’navi”) by Jalaliddin Rumi and the methods of their translation into English.By comparing lexical units from the original and from the translation of the poem into English, their common and distinctive features are indicated. It is emphasized that in most cases the translation is adequate.It has been established that some Arabic borrowings in “Mathnawi Ma’navi” are used in one meaning, but most of these borrowings are polysemantic words. The translator sometimes conveys them in one word, and sometimes using several English lexical units. This fact indicates the wide possibilities of Arabic borrowings available in “Mathnawi Ma’navi” to convey the meaning of the poem.
Jalaluddin Rumi, Mathnawi ma’navi, Arabic borrowings, English language, meaning, polysemanticity, English translation
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