Arabic-L:LING:Arabic concepts non-lexicalised in English

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Date: 23 Feb 2010
From:Mai Zaki <maizaki at gmail.com>
Subject:Arabic concepts non-lexicalised in English

Dear all, 

I was thinking about examples of concepts in Arabic which are non-lexicalised in English.. the example I have in mind now is the concept expressed in Arabic by the word "عقبالك" which means something like "i wish you will have/do the same in the future" typically said after congratulations for anything.

Could you help me find other examples like this? esp. from Standard Arabic.

Thanks a lot in advance..

Mai

Mai Zaki
Lecturer in Arabic and Translation Studies
Middlesex University

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