From: draqonfayir@juno.com
Date: Mon Jun 09 2003 - 04:38:47 EST
On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 05:11:00 -0700 (PDT) Padraic Brown
<elemtilas@yahoo.com> writes:
> --- Adam Walker <carrajena@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Okay, from the _Breve Diccionario Etimolo'gico
> > de la
> > Lengua Espan~ola_ by Guido Go'mez de Silva:
> > usted, pronombre que usa para referirse a la
> > persona a
> > quien se habla si no se la tiene familiaridad,
> > probablemente del a'rabe _'usadh_ 'artesano
> > experimentado; maestro;
> Makes sense at least. Any ideas where the T comes
> from?
> Padraic.
-
When i learned it as the Arabic word for "professor", it was |'ustaadh|.
attempting Arabic:
?????
-Stephen (Steg)
"alSayf kasayf 'abyaD..." (summer as a white sword...)
~ sally caves
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