From xod@sixgirls.org Fri Jun 01 07:44:39 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@reva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 1 Jun 2001 14:44:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 91264 invoked from network); 1 Jun 2001 14:44:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l8.egroups.com with QMQP; 1 Jun 2001 14:44:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (64.152.7.13) by mta3 with SMTP; 1 Jun 2001 14:44:34 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.11.3/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f51EiYo09850 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:44:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:44:33 -0400 (EDT) To: Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: the muezzin's cry In-Reply-To: <3B177257.E6C9A87C@bilkent.edu.tr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Robin wrote: > Particularly in the case we've been looking at, which involves > word-play. "Ilahi" derives from "lah"; "Allah" is, of course, just > "lah" with a definite article, so a transliteration would be "There is > nothing to be worshipped except that which is worshipped." Was this word in existence before Islam though? ----- We do not like And if a cat those Rs and Ds, needed a hat? Who can't resist Free enterprise more subsidies. is there for that!