Dear George,
Etymology is an interesting subject, and, besides its academic value, it is an entertaining hobby trying to find the origin of common words. I do that sometimes. And it is perfecttly okay, in my opinion, for others to do so. My objection is that, we Copts, have been overdoing it, always trying to prove that commonly used words in Egypt have some Coptic origin sometimes with rediculous attempts (I gave the example of 'sham al naseem' before). This is what I call juvenile attempts because it tells of a lack of confidence in one's language and identity. Regards. Imad -----Original Message----- From: George Ghaly, DDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: RemEnKimi@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 12.06am Subject: RE: [RemEnKimi] Re: Coptic word Imad, what exactly is the problem? Etymology is a respected linguistic science applied to all languages, including Coptic. In fact, there is an entire Coptic Etymological Dictionary that traces words to Demotic, Greek and Heiroglyphics. It actually proves a language is alive. I don’t see how the conversation is juvenile and I don’t see what your objection is. Can you please ellobrate? George From: RemEnKimi@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 5:58 AM To: RemEnKimi@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [RemEnKimi] Re: Coptic word I am afraid incorrect historically. Again please all abandon this juvenile attempt to grow confidence in our language by trying to find words in other languages that look similar one way or the other (sometimes with a very stretched imagination) and then claiming that these words were taken from Coptic. With all due respect to Lilian and the rest of the members. Imad Boles -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: RemEnKimi@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12.23pm Subject: Re: [RemEnKimi] Re: Coptic word The number of Turkish people who were in Egypt is comparatively very small compared to the whole population of Turkey. This makes very hard to be picked and then prevail by very few. But there very important fact that we are not taking into consideration is that the Turks in their nomadic life before settling in Asia minor traveled through the Persian provinces. I found so many words in the Coptic language that resembles the Persian words, and Persia occupied Egypt at a time when Egypt was at its peak of civilization during the new kingdom. If this same word exists in the Persian language, it is possible that it was picked by the Turks during their movement from central Asia to Asia minor. All this is theoretical talk but I find very interesting. Lilian Nawar See what's free at AOL.com. Get a FREE AOL Email account with 2GB of storage. Plus, share and store photos and experience exclusively recorded live music Sessions from your favourite artists. Click Here for more information. ________________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE AOL Email account with 2GB of storage. Plus, share and store photos and experience exclusively recorded live music Sessions from your favourite artists. Find out more at http://info.aol.co.uk/joinnow/?ncid=548.
