Arabic-L:LING:Acronyms

[Dilworth B. Parkinson]

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1) Subject: Acronym refs query
2) Subject: More Acronyms
3) Subject: Alternate meanings of Acronyms

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Date:  08 Oct 2001
From: Kirk Belnap <rkb at email.byu.edu>
Subject: Acronym refs query

I'd be curious to know if anyone could recommend any work done on Arabic
acronyms.  I'm asking for a colleague.
Best,
Kirk

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2)
Date:  08 Oct 2001
From: "Schub, Michael" <michael.schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject: More Acronyms

How about, for an example in the Qur'aan,  Suura[t]  Taa'  haa'
for Suurah #20.                  --Mike Schub

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3)
Date:  08 Oct 2001
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: Alternate meanings of Acronyms

>qaaf, 3ein          qiTaa3 3aam (public sector),

I would like to add, as a bit of background information,
that, for some, qaaf 3ein, which used to be a plate that
was affixed to automobile license plates, also signified qat3an 3arS

There are other such instances.  For example,
there was a soap called G 11 (giim HidAshAr).
One interpretation of that G 11 was
gawa3tuuna waaHid waaHid

Waheed
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