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<DIV>Hello dear LEXICOGRAPHERS:</DIV>
<DIV>The German word Heimat reminds me of the word <EM><U><STRONG>Kheimat</STRONG></U></EM> or <EM><STRONG><U>Khema</U></STRONG></EM> "tent". For a desert dweller, this means his home, homeland, beloved home... etc.</DIV>
<DIV>A more nationalistic word used nowadays is <EM><U><STRONG>watan</STRONG>.</U></EM><STRONG> </STRONG>( <STRONG><EM><U>t</U></EM></STRONG> , here, is an emphatic consonant).</DIV>
<DIV>A more sentimenal word is:<STRONG><EM><U> balad</U></EM></STRONG>. </DIV>
<DIV>Regards</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:Muhammadmh2002@yahoo.com">Muhammadmh2002@yahoo.com</A><BR><BR><B><EM>apa mapa <apamag@yahoo.com></EM></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>I have lived in Thailand. My language for "hometown" is "บ้านเกิด"(ba:n-kert) or "บ้านเกิดเมืองนอน" (ba:n-kert-muang-no:n). If you would like to say "home", you have to say "บ้าน" (ba:n)</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Phornpimon <BR><BR><B><I>Fritz Goerling <Fritz_Goerling@sil.org></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><TT>I am looking for equivalents in other languages for German<BR>"Heimat" in its sentimental sense. "Heimat" in German can <BR>mean one's home country, one's "fatherland, homeland" <BR>(speakers of other languages refer to their "motherland"). <BR>In its sentimental sense one can paraphrase the concept as <BR>a safe haven, a familiar, comfortable, tranquil place,<BR>a place where one feels loved." <BR>English "home" comes the closest to German "Heimat" in <BR>expressions like "home is where the heart hurts." Or<BR>"Wo ist deine Heimat?" can be translated into English<BR>by "Where is home for you?" (although German "Heim" and<BR>English "home" are also equivalents in a more concrete<BR>sense).<BR><BR>Fritz Goerling<BR><BR></TT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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