Arabic-L:TRANS:'common sense'

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Date: 06 Apr 2010
From:"Uhlmann, Allon" <uhlmanna at umsl.edu>
Subject:'common sense'


Many suggest بديهي and its cognates as a translation for commonsensical and commonsense.  But doesn’t بديهي denote that which is intuitive or axiomatic, i.e. goes without saying?  Isn’t this, then, a little bit different from commonsense?
 
Allon J. Uhlmann
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
University of Missouri - St. Louis
http://www.umsl.edu/~uhlmanna/

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Date: 06 Apr 2010
From:Adel AbdelMoneim <adelabdelmoneim at gmail.com>
Subject:'common sense'

Dear all,
 
In all Arabic books about philosophy it tanslated as, الحس المشترك
 
Adel Abdel Moneim

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Date: 06 Apr 2010
From:f.leggio <f.leggio at email.it>
Subject:'common sense


According to Merriam Webster online dictionary:
Main Entry: common sense
Function: noun
: sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or fact
 
On the other hand, البديهة is surprise or suddenness, or acting or speaking without caring about thinking.
Therefore I think that one can translate common sense as بداهة in very special contexts only, provided that for a wider range of contexts some derivations from  رشد or عقل could be more adequate.


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Date: 06 Apr 2010
From:drissmarjane at YAHOO.COM
Subject:'common sense


Dear All,





One Arabic translation that has been suggested for “common
sense” is “badiihi”.  Below, you will
find what my Arabic dictionary gives for the different word forms and the
English translations provided by Hans Wehr Arabic-English dictionary. I wonder
if that gives a good translation for common sense.

بَدَه: بدأ الكلام
و فاجأ 

Badaha: to come, descend suddenly, befall unexpectedly, to surprise
(with s.th)

بدّه: أجاد القول
على البديهة.

ابتده: ارتجل
القول 

Ibtadaha: to extemporize, improvise, do offhand, on the spur of the
moment

البداهة: أول كل شيء
و ما يُفاجأ من الأمر، وفي الفلسفة هي وضوح الأفكار و القضايا بحيث تفرض نفسها على
الذهن.

البديهة/البداهة:
الابتداء

البديهة/البداهة:
سداد الرأي

Badaaha: spontaneity, spontaneous occurrence, impulse; simple natural
way, naturalness, matter-of-factness

Badiiha: sudden or unexpected; improvisation; impulse, inspiration,
spontaneous intuition, intuitive understanding or insight, empathy, instinctive
grasp, perceptive faculty.

بداهة المعرفة:
يجدها الإنسان في نفسه دون إعمال الفكر، ولا علم بسببها.

Badihi (adj): intuitive; self-evident; a priori

بديهية: قضية اعتُرف
بها، ولا يُحتاج في تأييدها إلى قضايا أبسط منها.

Badiihiya (noun): an axiom, a fundamental or self-evident truth; truism,
commonplace, platitude

المِبده/حاضر
البديهة: السريع البديهة الحاضر الجواب

Mibdah: Quick-witted, quick at reparteeYours,

Driss Marjane
Professor of General Linguistics
Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fès


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