2/20 Adios, Fidel; khuda ha-fiz, Pervez; zdravo, Belgrade.
Tzai chien, Beijing? Do svidanya, Moscow?
\- re: "ha-fiz", do you write "pro-tection"?
\_ Would it be more correct to write it "hafiz"? I don't actually
speak Urdu.
\- hafiz, from arabic word for protection. urdu is basically
hindi written in arabic script. urdu speakers in practice
use more middle eastern than sanskrit words. big con-
troversy in some places over allah hafiz replacing khuda
hafiz.
\_ You know, this is really interesting. Thank you for posting
about it.
\- shukria/dhanyabad. |