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1) Subject:proposed etymologies for ojala and Iraq
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Date: 23 Sep 2009
From:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; white-space: normal; ">Thomas Milo <<a href="mailto:decotype@gmail.com">decotype@gmail.com</a>></span>
Subject:proposed etymologies for ojala and Iraq
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; white-space: normal; "><br>This looks like a convincing explanation. It would benefit from supporting evidence that it's the Maghribi dialect, e.g., words (place names) like Quadalquivir /waad al-kibiir/ that are clearly not derived from Middle Eastern dialect (a supposed false izafet would sound /waadii l-kibiir/) and certainly not Classical Arabic with /al-waadii l-kabiir/. Modern Moroccan has /l-waad l-kbiir/ or, with a false izafet, /waad l-kbiir/. It is obvious that /waad l-kbiir/ and /waad al-kibiir/ are closest. The operative difference here is /waadii/ (Middle Eastern) versus /waad/ (North African).<div><br></div><div>Thomas Milo</div><div><a href="http://www.decotype.com/">www.decotype.com</a><br></div><div><br></div></span>
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