[Lexicog] Equivalents for German "Heimat"

[Fritz Goerling]

Hans Muhammad,

Your name is most interesting: German and Arabic.
So is what you say about Kheimat. Only I would be very surprized if there
were any
connection between Arabic Kheimat and German Heimat.The origin of the German
word
is according to Grimm's dictionary:
Heimat; Old High German. heimoti; Middle High German. heimôte, heimote,
heimôt, heimuôt
The Staatslexikon (Herder-Verlag; Sp. 1235) points to the common germanic
root heim
(see related engl. home); word stem: heimüete, heimot


Fritz Goerling








  Hello dear LEXICOGRAPHERS:
  The German word Heimat reminds me of the word Kheimat or Khema "tent".
For a desert dweller, this means his home, homeland, beloved home... etc.
  A more nationalistic word used nowadays is watan. ( t , here, is an
emphatic consonant).
  A more sentimenal word is: balad.
  Regards
  Muhammadmh2002 at yahoo.com

  apa mapa <apamag at yahoo.com> wrote:
    I have lived in Thailand. My language for "hometown" is
"ºéÒ¹à¡Ô´"(ba:n-kert) or "ºéÒ¹à¡Ô´àÁ×ͧ¹Í¹" (ba:n-kert-muang-no:n). If you
would like to say "home", you have to say "ºéÒ¹" (ba:n)

    Regards,
    Phornpimon

    Fritz Goerling <Fritz_Goerling at sil.org> wrote:
      I am looking for equivalents in other languages for German
      "Heimat" in its sentimental sense.  "Heimat" in German can
      mean one's home country, one's "fatherland, homeland"
      (speakers of other languages refer to their "motherland").
      In its sentimental sense one can paraphrase the concept as
      a safe haven, a familiar, comfortable, tranquil place,
      a place where one feels loved."
      English "home" comes the closest to German "Heimat" in
      expressions like "home is where the heart hurts." Or
      "Wo ist deine Heimat?" can be translated into English
      by "Where is home for you?" (although German "Heim" and
      English "home" are also equivalents in a more concrete
      sense).

      Fritz Goerling


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