Arabic-L:LING:Abu fulaan names

[Dilworth Parkinson]

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Date: 26 May 2003
From: dwilmsen <dwilmsen at aucegypt.edu>
Subject:Abu fulaan names

I think rather that as "abu" in this sense functions like the 'dhu' of
written
Arabic, that
abu laHya means "bearded"

David Wilmsen

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Date: 26 May 2003
From: SadokM at aol.com
Subject:Abu fulaan names

More on ABU: Those who are interested in the many uses and meanings of
Abu in
Iraqi Arabic may refer to Sadok Masliyah's article: Abu and Umm in the
Iraqi
dialect, JSS Vol. 43, No. 1, 113-129.
SM

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