Re : [nukkad] A new member

[zaverirm <>]

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Min Arya, wa killo nafarein min hinna. [From Arya and all at Nukkad].
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Aryaji,
Nafarein is used to express 'dwi vachan'. The word that suits here is
'nafarat', which is plural.
Anyway, do you know what is the meaning of this commonly used Arabic word
??? Perhaps if you know you may not use it again. These days even Arabs do
not use this word  any more.
Its meaning is worse than English 'vernacular'.
'Nafar' means SLAVE, SERF etc. One Arab never used this word against another
Arab. It has always been used for Africans, Hindi slaves in the olden days.
In twenty five years I am seeing this word getting fast out of use in Arab
societies.

Rohit Zaveri.



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