Avani (uhv-nee)

@avaniofthedesert.bsky.social

Third culture kid, Unitarian Universalist, aspiring scientist, zillennial, lover of art and languages, raging feminist, homebody, and cat lady. Chronic reskeeter. Usually sparkles in sunlight.

so in English we call the digits 01234... "Arabic numerals", right except they're not primarily used by Arabic speakers, who use ٠١٢٣٤... well I just discovered that in Arabic *those* numbers are often called الأرقام الهندية, i.e. "Hindi numerals" except Hindi uses ०१२३४...

meme of three different spidermen pointing at each other

btw I don't think the dogs or cats care one way or another about being misgendered but I am bothered that our culture feels SO strongly about cat behavior being girl and dog behavior being boy that we're willing to overlook their actual gender haha. says stuff I don't like about gendered assumptions

Just found this cool infographic illustrating how this works, using one of the more common root examples: ك + ت + ب Add an ١ and you get كتاب (book) Add an م and you get مكتب (office) Add an م AND an ة and you get مكتبة (library or bookstore)

Infographic Fun: Arabic Roots — Arabizi Translations

I decided to depict one the reasons why I like Arabic: its root system! I like patterns and this is an interesting and complex grammar pattern.

arabizitranslations.com

Side note from studying Arabic in college: if your brain is wired for pattern recognition + systems thinking, it's a particularly cool language to learn because of its organized structure. Like Hebrew, it uses a 3-letter consonant root, which you then build off to create related words.

Semitic root - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Andrew Thrasher@tituslegaldesign.com · 4d ago

Inshallah is one of the first words you learn in Arabic 101, largely because of its prevalence and broad application across just about any conversation in the language.

Drained, Chester sat down and waited for the police to arrive. Staring at Alan’s still-warm body laying among the empty shells, he felt no remorse. There were two sacred rules. You didn’t touch another man’s wife, or another man’s nuts. His ears perked up as the sound of sirens rose in the distance.

A squirrel holds a butter knife covered in a red substance, likely jelly.