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I've found Sadira. According to this page, it means "ostrich returning from water" in Arabic.
Never thought ostriches coming back from water were so important as to need their own noun for it. o_0
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*thinks about it* And Sadira has never been by water, either  |
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Maybe they were flipping through a name book and thought it looked cool.
Personally, I think they plucked it from the name book because it looked a bit like "seduce" and sounded right. 
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Ahmed - Arabic for "most highly adored"
Aladdin is a real name; I know someone named Ala Adin. He changed his name to "Alex" when he moved to America. (You want ironic? His wife's name is "Jasmine." I think Aladdin means "little hero," but I can't remember.
Jasmine... duh... Jasmine is a flower. There are also many variations of Jasmine that have semi different meanings like "olive plant" etc.
For Cassim, all I could find was:
___Casimir, which is Slavic for "peacemaker."
___Kasim, which is African for "Controller of anger." |
Is there another characther named Ahmed? Or do you mean like Jasmine's suitor who threw Aladdin in the mud? I can't imagine anyone adoring him. Well, maybe his mother, who was probably just as snobby as he was. Hmm, if so, they probably didn't look up the meaning of the name, to see how it would fit the character.
A real Aladdin and Jasmine? That is ironic.
A very beatiful flower, too. They smell very nice. We have quite a few of them right outside my front door. They smell nice, you put their scent on love letters.
Well, I don't think Cassim looked like he controlled his anger very well, or made peace. I found a site that that said Cassim meant "one who divides goods among his people". Well, he did divide among the forty thieves. Even against Iago's advice, he still wouldn't cut his men out of a deal. |
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Oops.  |
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| So then who is Ahmed, anyway. |
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| Oh, that's why I got confused. |
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Syera
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Actually, "Ahmed" and "Achmed" are the same name, "Achmed" being a corruption. (The H is aspirated, making it similar to the CH in 'loch.')
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| So, then if that's so, then I'm at a loss to know why they gave him a name that doesn't go with this personality. |
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| So, then if that's so, then I'm at a loss to know why they gave him a name that doesn't go with this personality. |
Probably it summons up thoughts of the first animated film, "The Adventure of Prince Achmed". Also, it's works for Prince Achmed as, I don't now, irony.
*pauses*
Am I even on the right topic?
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