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The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. Independent Premium. {{#sender.isSelf}} will be published daily in dedicated articles. by Wikipedia.com The Gelet and the Judeo-Iraqi varieties have retained features of Babylonian Aramaic. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Muqtata (مقطاطة) – Iraqi school kids didn’t ask for pencil sharpeners, they’d ask for “Maqtata’s” instead. {{#replies}} Here I will focus on funny or unusual borrowings but first I will start with one in English.Back to 1999, in a poetry lecture at al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, I still remember how thirsty I felt when I heard Professor al-Wasiṭṭi, while reading Eliot’s poem “Journey of the Magi”, pronouncing the word “sherbet”.He looked at us while we stared when we heard that word. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post try again, the name must be uniquePlease try again, the name must be unique Colonial occupation of cities such as Basra in the early 20th century led to some intriguing language swapsBut the large number of English “loan words” in the Iraqi However, while I can clearly identify many words as English in origin – for example, English loan words in the Iraqi dialect are found in almost all the aspects of daily life. The strange tales behind how some English words found their way into the Iraqi dialect of Arabic TS Eliot’s ‘sherbet’. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. The most insightful comments on all subjects “It is our sherbet.” The poem was published in 1927 when the British were in Iraq, but the word came to English via the Ottomans in the 17th century.The Iraqis could have borrowed the word from Turkish (or from English after 1914) but the word itself originally came to Turkish from Arabic Iraqi porters used to hear British soldiers telling them to carry the sacks of “Ten Men” (assimilated into It is widely known in Iraq that the name of a town called Again, while the two English words seem to be apt for the nature of the place, there is no clear evidence to support this hypothesis.In 2007, while I was translating a formal document about architecture in the Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, I came across a word that took me three days to identify. I told him we call it The question, however, remained: what does it mean in English? the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. They’re some of the most important words you’ll learn in Iraqi Arabic. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies Back to 1999, in a poetry lecture at al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, I still remember how... Fuṣṣ Glāṣṣ. They’re some of the most important words you’ll learn in Iraqi Arabic. There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts {{#sender.isSelf}} real-world solutions, and more. By continuing to use our site, you give your consent. Here you'll find Iraqi Arabic lessons designed to help you learn how to speak and communicate with Iraqi Arabic speakers. try again, the name must be uniquePlease There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts