Arabic-L:LING:hindi

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1) Subject: hindi

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Date:  24 Jan 2002
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: hindi

In Egypt, in school, the expression I am familiar with went something like:

   huwwa nta fakir-ni hindi ?
   huww ana 9ala raas-i riisha ?

   do you think I'm a hindi?
   (or) is there a feather on my head?

It's the riisha part which suggests to me that the hindi in question
is the 'aHmar
one.

During that time, India was perceived as being an ally of Egypt, along
with Yugoslavia, during the days of Positive Neutrality (al-Hiyaad
al-'iygaaby).

Waheed

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