Re: Of Tenderness and Henna
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Posted by Kenzi on May 12, 2000 at 21:15:40:
In Reply to: Of Tenderness and Henna posted by Babaganooj on May 12, 2000 at 20:21:32:
Well, I can't speak for Catherine....I only speak for myself when I say "coooooool". I am student of Arabic and have always been fascinated by linquistics and etymology of words, especially the crossover from one language to another. One of the reasons that i find Arabic so fascinating and satisfying is this concept of the three root letters and the words that grow from this root. And then to find that the root of henna is "tenderness"...very, very interesting. And then to cross over into english, I would assume that the english name "Hannah" probably has Semitic roots, specifically HNN. Thank you so much for sharing your particular insight on this. And keep it coming.
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