<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Arabic-L: Fri 15 April 2011<br>Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dil@byu.edu">dil@byu.edu</a>><br>[To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l@byu.edu]<br>[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to<br><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:<br> unsubscribe arabic-l ]<br><br>-------------------------Directory------------------------------------<br><br>1) Subject: etymology of Zaabalawi<br><br>-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------<br>1)<br>Date: 15 April 2011<br>From: "Al-Absy, Karima A." <<a href="mailto:KarimaAl-Absy@creighton.edu">KarimaAl-Absy@creighton.edu</a>><br>Subject: etymology of Zaabalawi<br><br><div>Some of you may be aware of a short story by Naguib Mahfouz entitled "Zaabalawi," which is about a mystic of that same name. I'm particularly interested in the etymology of the name Zaabalawi for a project I am doing.</div><div><br></div><div>I've heard that it can be used as a nickname or a surname, but I am curious about its origins. If anyone had any insight to share, I would be extremely grateful.</div><div><br></div><div>Karima Al-Absy</div><div><br></div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>End of Arabic-L: 15 April 2011</body></html>