Onomatopoeia in Arabic
I love onomatopoeia in English. Zap, Bang! Arabic has this linguistic phenomenon as well. Here is an example: غمغم /ghamghama/, which means to mutter or murmur (murmur is onomatopoeia in English!). The verb تمتم /tamtama/means the same and I think it is also an example of onomatopoeia.
Just an FYI...
posted by Jeremy Palmer @ 21:23
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It seems to be prevalent in the quadraliterals, tarufruf - to flutter, flap like a flag...i think more should be done with the quadraliterals, I too am fascinated by them...bs
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Check out the name for frog: difda' and try ribbiting it, or the word for drowning gharaqa, with the proper pronunciation it is just scarily powerful.
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