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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

Akbar is an emphatic form of the word for great (kabir). It’s like our comparatives and superlatives (eg, bigger and biggest, for the word big). So it’s translated “most great” or “greatest.”


27 posted on 05/10/2011 6:15:00 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Bad posters drive out good; don't post and drive!)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast; MrB; Jack Hydrazine

Thanks all - that’s just what I thought.


56 posted on 05/10/2011 8:44:55 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten (Welcome to the USA - where every day is Backwards Day!)
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