Re: Abdul Alhazred again
| From: | Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 22, 2006, 16:06 |
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Hallo!
On Mon, 22 May 2006 12:42:31 +0300, Isaac Penzev wrote:
> Sorry to open a new thread - I'd already deleted the original messages, when
> an idea came to my mind.
> I thought I heard a word sounding similar to Alhazred. I looked into a
> Turkish dictionary. Gotcha! _hazretleri_ means 'His Highness' or similar
> noble title (don't know them in English). Then I looked into a Persian
> dictionary, and found a word _hazrat_ (of Arabic origin) meaning the same.
> The root _hozur_ (spelt حضور - HuD`ûr) means 'presence (of an eminent
> person, like king, G-d)'. Can it be the name we are looking for? To confuse
> _d_ and unaspirated _t_ is easy, isn't it?
Yes. So he would have been _Abd al-Hazrat_ 'Servant of the Eminent',
somewhat blasphemous as _al-Hazrat_ is none of the 99 Names of God, but
who asks about blasphemy in a follower of *Cthulhu*, anyway?
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