#Etymology

Brian Cortijo

briancortijo

Getting a little bit tired of the disingenuous argument that the word "phylactery" in D&D wasn't originally meant to invoke Jewish tefillin. So I'm going to go through this a

Leah Eff

9BillionTigers

The word "fetish" is very misused but I still don't quite agree with this! Here's a thread about the genealogy of sexual fetishism.https://twitter.com/daemonumx/status/1253733805334188032 1. General fetishism:To fetishize a thing is

بنت ثاقب

bintesaqib_

What did Ala Hazrat Imaam Ahmed Raza Khan رحمة الله عليه master in his lifetime 1. Principles of HadithThe science of hadith deals with both the narrating (riwaya) and

Rory Turnbull

_roryturnbull

German and English words are usually pretty similar. Maus~mouse, Milch~milk, Wasser~water, sechs~six, Vater~father. But the German word for horse, "Pferd", is nothing like English. What happened? A thread. /1 English

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Z0NE97

WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN AZERBAIJAN - a thread first i wanna start with the history, background of my country;the etymology"Karabakh" is a combination of twoturkic words "Kara" and "Bakh"which means

Archbishop Gigas 🇧🇸🇵🇷

BahamaPapa_

// Thread //...Carnival (in the Caribbean) What exactly is 'carnival'?The modern day English word carnival is believed to come from the Latin term 'Carne vale' which means 'farewell to meat'.

Jessica Price

Delafina777

if your pastor is telling you a Hebrew word has a single English meaning, they're almost certainly lying to you. (A thread.)https://twitter.com/ashleymeaster/status/1253400802305155072 (On one hand, yes, do your own research.

YHWH Yeshua The Way

YHWH_Yeshua_Way

Bible Study Discussion Thread: biblical text connections and differences between Sheol, Hades, Tartarus, the Abyss, Bottomless Pit, Gehenna, and the Lake of Fire. Even though some bibles have come to

Kwan-Yiu Marco Lam

Cyfiero

The issue of all these diverse names for 'Chinese' converging into just 1 term in English is a paramount one in the realm of Chinese, Taiwanese, and HK politics that

Brendan Schlagel

schlagetown

Thread: fascinating niche dictionaries!Prompted by this fun Antilibraries discussion—> Do you have a favorite dictionary? Do you have a reading practice with dictionaries? Have you ever considered

Bokachov

bokachov

#Thread Social distancing is so obvious in the #lockdown that even public gathering at religious places are restricted; banned. No convention is allowed. One word on which I keep stumbling

Seraph

AnakimSeraph

Aight, we gonna talk about the bible today since it's sunday.Ready? Ok, since this community likes symbolism and stories so much, let's see what this freemasonic book like every other

elizabeta ugarska

enchanteeq

You wrote a whole thread not really saying much, so I decided to make a more in-depth thread on women's rights in Islam.First and foremost, yes, there's a chapter in

Anonymous Seeker

mysql_sync

#thread#IntroductionToVedas Part 2Without wasting too much time lets take the name of Lord Ganesha & start part 2 वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटि समप्रभनिर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदावक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटि समप्रभनिर्विघ्नं

Manisha Kashyap🇮🇳

brawnymanisha

Yes "Bihar" is underratedI am not ashamed of being called myself "Bihari". I am not getting that point why to offend on being yourself, So here is a thread of

卐 Vedic Boy 卐

vedicboy

[Thread] A brief thread on Swastika (स्वास्तिक) — the history and the controversies surrounding around it....And why it remains to be one of the most sacred symbols of Hinduism despite