Arabic-L:LING:'hair' etymology response

[Dilworth Parkinson]

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1) Subject:'hair' etymology response
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Date: 08 Apr 2008
From:"Ola Moshref" <omoshref at gmail.com>
Subject:'hair' etymology response

salaam

I don't know of a scientific reference for this. But my own native  
insight
is that because 'a hair' is so fine and delicate, and 'the feeling'  
senses
the slightest unseen facts, so both are essentially characterized by the
qualities of fineness and delicacy.

Ola Moshref
TA- UIUC

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Date: 08 Apr 2008
From:"David Wilmsen" <david.wilmsen at gmail.com>
Subject:'hair' etymology response

Hair is a sensory organ.

David Wilmsen

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