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أبجد هوز
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(abjad hawz)Alphabet
أبجدية ج أبجديات = ألفباء = حروف المعجم= هجاء = Don't laugh (ه) at my "abjad" (Grandma Abby) because she was a "hawz" wife. In her day, most women didn't even know the alphabet. |
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حروف المعجم
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(Huruuf al-mu'jam)Alphabet
أبجدية ج أبجديات = أبجد هوز = ألفباء = هجاء = Without the diacritics, the Arabic Alphabet which incomprehensible. See: معجم ج معاجم, معجمات (mu'jam, mu'aajim, mu'jamaat) Incomprehensible, unintelligible, obscure, dotted, provided with a diacritical point. The guys from the Mars Volta had a vision in which Einstein (ع) came down and explained things to them. From that point, they understood, the "mu'jam" (the more I jam) the more incomprehensible more lyrics get, like Arabic without diacritical marks, and the "mu'aajim" (more I go to the gym) the more I look like a rock star. The "mu'jamaat" (more I jam at) the drive in, the more incomprehensible my lyrics get. |
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أتقن, يتقن, الإتقان
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(ataQana, yutaQin, al-itiQaan)To bring to perfection, master, know well, be proficient, skillful (in sth). "AtaQana" (I am taking a) course on brewing beer so that when "itiQaan" (it's a can) of my beer you drink, you won't cough (ق) and get sick, but realize, I have reached perfection in brewing.
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سامي ج ساميون
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(saamy)Semitic
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ناخب ج ناخبون
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(naaKHib, naKHibuun)Voter, elector, constituent. Arab-Israeli political groups, you need to "naaKHib" (knock if, as in knock on doors to get people to vote for you) if you want to get Israeli (خ) voters of your "uun."
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إقتراع ج إقتراعات
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(iQtiraa', iQtiraa'aat)Vote, balloting, recruitment, draft, elections. Masdar from أقترع (aQtar'a). Tara (girl I went to high school with) tried to get everyone to vote for her in the class elections, but they were like "iQ" (ik) because of her face, causing a "tiraa'" (tear) to run down her face.
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جنية ج جنيات
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(jinniya, jimmiyaat)Female demons
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ضم, يضم, الضم
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(damma, yadummu, damm) To include, join together, bring together, envelope. If you are "damma"ed to hell, you will be included with, joined together with all the other bad people and "yadummu" (you're doomed) to be "damm" (damned) forever. I'll prbably be there, and really miss my Dad (ض) because he won't.
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تصانيف
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(taSaaniif)Literary works, classifications, compilations, writings. Plural of تصنيف (taSniif). The process by which we decide the classifications, categorizations in US foreign policy is like we just "taSaaniif" (toss a knife) at a map.
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