Yalla is an Arabic word through and through, perhaps corrupted by the Turks.
Stop trying to see a Coptic background in every daily used word in Egypt. It
does it make our language pride if all daily used words in Egypt are Coptic in
origin. I know there are many Coptists and Cotic linguists try to do this sort
of thing. They may be right in some words but I have seen several ridiculous
attempts made.
-----Original Message-----
From: maryame_georgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: RemEnKimi@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 24 May 2007 11.13am
Subject: [RemEnKimi] Coptic word
Hello,
I wanted to ask if the word "YALLA" used in the Egyptian dialect( it
means let's go) has any coptic backgrounds. If it does, what does it
really mean and is it used correctly until now?
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