Proverb from Iraq

Iraqi Arabic

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Meaning

Say what you mean plainly, without beating around the bush. Weissbach: “Rede ohne Umschweife!” (speak without detours).

Source

F. H. Weissbach, Beiträge zur Kunde des Irak-Arabischen (Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 1908), proverbs, no. 7, p. 166, on archive.org

Weissbach prints Baghdad Arabic only in transcription. The Arabic script is the standard spelling of the same words; ǧ is the local pronunciation of q.

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