Arabic-L:LING:Etymology of barnaamaj responses

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Date: 26 Jun 2003
From:Frank Lewis <flewis at emory.edu>
Subject:Etymology of barnaamaj responses

Re: Arabic  *barnaamaj* - this is indeed a borrowing, from Persian
*bar-naama* still meaning "program, plan."  The Middle Persian
and early Islamic form of the word was *bar naamag* - hence the
final *jim* in Arabic.
    - Frank Lewis

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Date: 26 Jun 2003
From:Roland Laffitte <laffitte at noos.fr>
Subject:Etymology of barnaamaj responses

Hi,
It semms to me that "barnaamaj" is a persian word.

Best reagrds
Roland Laffitte
33 (0)1 42 0 00 61 67
142, avenue Jean-Jaurè
75019 Paris

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