Arabic-L:TRANS:word for Al-Ighraab

[Dilworth Parkinson]

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Date: 27 Oct 2008
From:baudouin joseph <legrandbosra at yahoo.fr>
Subject:word for Al-Ighraab

we can say "singular or peculiar",
See you.
JGB.

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Date: 27 Oct 2008
From:Abbas Al-Tonsi <tons at aucegypt.edu>
Subject:word for Al-Ighraab

I think al-lghraab comes from aghraab which means gurabaa' ..ghariib  
is used as opposite of qariib"relative" or aHbaab (lovers) it is  
commonly used in this meaning in folk poetry
alighraab means defamliariztion ,using unfamilar language

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