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Thread started 08/19/06 9:58pm

DMSR

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What's the story of "Hababi?"

Whats this all about?
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Reply #1 posted 08/19/06 10:05pm

christos7

Habib
Muslim and Jewish (Sephardic): from an Arabic personal name based on habib ‘beloved’, ‘friend’, used by both Muslims and Jews. Habibullah ‘beloved of Allah’ is an epithet of Mohammad.

Name History and Origin for Habib(i) courtesy: www.ancestry.com

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Reply #2 posted 08/19/06 10:08pm

DMSR

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Wasn't this the name of Prince's guitar, or was it a song? I cant remember..
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Reply #3 posted 08/19/06 10:55pm

missmad

habibi

an arabic word for babe, friend etc
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Reply #4 posted 08/19/06 11:05pm

MickG

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This is about Prince's Guitar Named Hababi? I didn't know that retarded angel was that cool. Guess we learn something new daily. smile
News: Prince pulls his head out his ass in the last moment.
Bad News: Prince wasted too much quality time doing so.
You have those internalized issues because you want to, you like to, stop.
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Reply #5 posted 08/20/06 12:59am

JohnTheBomb

His guitar IS named Habibi AND there is a song called Habibi, which is Prince's version of Machine Gun, very jammy.
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Reply #6 posted 08/20/06 4:16am

PurplePower

Habibi is probably the most commonly used word in Arabic songs and does indeed mean "my love" or "beloved". It's used sort of like "baby" in English. Unlike English however, Arabic is not a gender neutral language and Habibi actually is the masculine reference. The intersting part though is that traditionally all songs and poetry were in the masculine whether written/performed by a male or female artist. Even today it is very rare to find a song using "habibti", the female reference.
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