Re: [nukkad] Lost in translation

["Rohit Mansukhlal" <>]

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> The original Hebrew version said "Jerusalem. There is no city like
> it!". The English translation?
> "Jerusalem. There is no such city!"
>
> - Harshal


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Jerusalem is the anglicized version of old Hebrew ' Dar Ul Salaam ' , Dar
meaning house and salaam meaning peace. Also Jerusalem became popular as
late as only ninety years ago when the British defeated Ottoman Turks in the
First WW. In Arabic too the city is called Dar Ul Salaam and it's meaning
too is the same. Conjunction of two words is permitted in Arabic, very much
like in Sanskrit and thus Dar Ul Salaam reduces to Dar ussalaam, the sound
of L in Ul becoming redundant.

When the Arabs captured the countries of the east coast of Africa, they
founded another city by the same name which until today remains Dar-e-salam.

Rohit Zaveri.

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