Damascus Diary, Mehraba!
Deepak Sapra January 18, 2005
#1 Posted by ana on January 18, 2005 11:25:08 am
deepak,
have not read the entire article yet, but would just like to comment on the title at the risk of being a nitpicker like some of the folks here:
is ``mehraba`` here used as the greeting exchanged between arabs? if it is the case, i know that transcribing into roman arabic or urdu/hindi is not always held to a standard, but it does tend to change the meaning of the word if it`s not close to how the word is vocalized. if ``mehraba`` is indeed the greeting exchanged between arabs, it`s more approximate to the spoken to write it as ``marhaba``, or even ``merhaba`` if one must.
if it isn`t used as such, then just ignore this post. thanks!
have not read the entire article yet, but would just like to comment on the title at the risk of being a nitpicker like some of the folks here:
is ``mehraba`` here used as the greeting exchanged between arabs? if it is the case, i know that transcribing into roman arabic or urdu/hindi is not always held to a standard, but it does tend to change the meaning of the word if it`s not close to how the word is vocalized. if ``mehraba`` is indeed the greeting exchanged between arabs, it`s more approximate to the spoken to write it as ``marhaba``, or even ``merhaba`` if one must.
if it isn`t used as such, then just ignore this post. thanks!
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#4 Posted by rahulmal on January 19, 2005 6:55:36 am
Deepak,
You surely are enjoying life, wish I had such a job....
You surely are enjoying life, wish I had such a job....
#5 Posted by nikki7777 on January 20, 2005 9:54:02 am
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