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I wonder how many of you know it. The word SAFARI comes from the Arabic word SAFAR. SAFAR means travel in Arabic. The I Was added in its translation to Swahili. A language that has many Arabic words. | ||
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I thought that I knew that "Safari" was translated as journey in one of the African languages. I didn't know the Arabic root. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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If it wasn’t for us you wouldn’t know mathematics! You are using Arabic numerals. Imagine doing maths with Roman numerals!  | |||
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So the safari is actually getting to the concession… I guess that makes the actual safari quite a bit cheaper! Unfortunately the word Safari is pretty bastardized from what it originally meant.. | |||
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Safari is an African trip. Shikar is an Asian trip. Formally Bwana1. | |||
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Swahili follows many of the same rules as Arabic because it was developed as a language of trade. By the way Saeed, one of the biggest problems I have is that the plural involves a change to the beginning of the word, not the end. Lodging a formal complaint there. :-) | |||
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Probably came about because hunts in the past took several months, and travelled quite a lot. | |||
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The most important defining element of a safari, at least historically, is that a safari is not just a journey or a trip. Fundamentally, a safari has not been just a trip; rather, it has always been understood as a hunting trip, in pursuit of African big game, including dangerous game. Nowadays, however, that part of the definition has been lost. Nowadays, if you’ve ever sat in a Toyota on a dirt road anywhere in Africa, you’ve been on safari. I miss the old days and the old definitions. Unless you had a rifle in your hands, no matter where you were, you were not on safari. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Thank you Saeed. I always enjoy the little tidbits you teach us. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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+1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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I had a physics teacher demonstrate exactly that. What a mess. | |||
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I've always understood "safari" to mean a journey. It's come to mean a hunting "journey", but the way I look at it, we are all on a safari that is our lives. | |||
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in the pf it means long talk | |||
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SAFAR in hindi or urdu also means a journey. There are a lot of Indian words in Swahili | |||
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