The Word SAFARI

10 September 2024, 14:09

Saeed

The Word SAFARI

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.

10 September 2024, 17:07

Fjold

I thought that I knew that "Safari" was translated as journey in one of the African languages. I didn't know the Arabic root.

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10 September 2024, 17:13

Saeed

quote:
Originally posted by Fjold:
I thought that I knew that "Safari" was translated as journey in one of the African languages. I didn't know the Arabic root.

If it wasn’t for us you wouldn’t know mathematics!

You are using Arabic numerals.

Imagine doing maths with Roman numerals!

11 September 2024, 00:11

crbutler

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..

11 September 2024, 00:41

Brec

Safari is an African trip.
Shikar is an Asian trip.

11 September 2024, 07:04

lavaca

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. :-)

11 September 2024, 07:09

Saeed

quote:
Originally posted by crbutler:
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..

Probably came about because hunts in the past took several months, and travelled quite a lot.

11 September 2024, 07:35

Michael Robinson

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.

11 September 2024, 07:42

ledvm

quote:
Originally posted by Saeed:
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.

Thank you Saeed. I always enjoy the little tidbits you teach us.

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11 September 2024, 07:42

ledvm

quote:
Originally posted by Michael Robinson:
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.

13 September 2024, 10:12

delloro

quote:
Originally posted by Saeed:
quote:
Originally posted by Fjold:
I thought that I knew that "Safari" was translated as journey in one of the African languages. I didn't know the Arabic root.

If it wasn’t for us you wouldn’t know mathematics!

You are using Arabic numerals.

Imagine doing maths with Roman numerals!

I had a physics teacher demonstrate exactly that. What a mess.

01 October 2024, 08:50

lavaca

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.