[Lexicog] Re: Figurative expressions for "courage" in different language

[Peter Kirk]

On 19/02/2005 19:59, Fritz Goerling wrote:

> ...
>
>
> A common figurative expression for "courage" in many languages
> corresponds to "manliness",
>
>    Can you give examples? I would assume a  woman can be as courageous.
>
Of course women can be as courageous, but that hasn't stopped men
stereotyping them as cowardly. Examples:

English: manly, manliness
Russian: muzhestvo - from muzh "husband", muzhchina "man"
Azerbaijani: mard, mardlik - from Persian mard "man"

And what about German: männlich, Männlichkeit - don't they have this
connotation?

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