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 Post subject: Afridhi Naming Traditions
PostPosted: Aug 22, 2011 2:09 pm 
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These are the known Afridhi from DA4:

Toska Rusa
Dost Suwat
Gul Hadda
Sher Yakub

Is there any pattern here? Do these names sound Persian at all? Or something else? Liguists, speak up? :)

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 Post subject: Re: Afridhi Naming Traditions
PostPosted: Aug 23, 2011 10:54 am 
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Arabic sounding except "Toska" and Dost

Rusa in Arabic means rice.

I think they are copycat sounds of middleasternish aura, rather than being really drawn on a particular language.

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PostPosted: Aug 23, 2011 2:11 pm 
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As I noted in a previous thread the name Afridi comes from Afghanistan. The Khyber Afridis were perhaps the most famous of the tribes encountered by the British in the First and Second Anglo-Afghan Campaigns of the 19th century. The language of that place is Pashtu/Pakhthun/etc. If I were to develop those peoples more in my campaign I would turn to works that detail the Pathân tribes of Afghanistan.



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