October 13, 2006

Speaking of animals

"Jaaddeye maal-ro" is an unpaved road suitable for travel with animals. Are MAAL and ANIMAL linguistically related?
No, "maal" is from the Arabic and actually means property/mechandize. Domestic animals were major property in olden times and the term "maal" to refer to domestic animals has stuck. "Maal" can refer to women in the sense of "babe" or "chick", for example, "oon dokhtare bad maali nist..."

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