Khaadimone
Welcome! edit
Welcome to Wikipedia, Khaadimone! I am Marek69 and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or by typing {{helpme}} at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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Marek.69 talk 15:48, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
re: your message edit
Hi, I've left a reply to your message on my talk page -- Marek.69 talk 01:04, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
Huge apologies to anyone that I may have offended! edit
I love languages and Arabic tops my list as the best ever! I have made changes to certain pages on Arabic Wiki to improve the information available to those using the service but it would appear that my efforts have been misunderstood by some users and I've been unfairly accused of vandalism and of having a "sock-puppet account"!
PLEASE, if you have ANY problem with something that I've done here on Wiki then assume the best, contact me politely and kindly request me to clarify why I have done such a thing. If there really has been an error and I am at fault then I am more than happy to admit to it, make the necessary reparations and say thanks for your being so kind as to point it out to me.
Finally, to clarify one specific point: the name of the capital city of Spain in the Arabic language is: مجريط (majrīṬ)- as evidenced in many classical works, including Al-Idrīsi's "Nuzhat al-Mushtaaq" and Yāqūt al-Hamawiy's "Mu`jam al-Buldān". The pronunciation of the place name was corrupted gradually (by the Mudejars المدحنين) and then by the Castilian Spaniards until it became Madrid مدريذ (the final "d" being pronounced as the "th" in the English word "this" = ذ). This was then further corrupted through Anglicization into Madrid (pronounced as spelt, with stress falling on the final syllable) which has given the modern 'Arabic' form of the word مدريد.
In reality, the Arabic name of the place is and always has been مجريط - the modern form of مدريد is not Arabic but is used in place of the authentic form of the word due to mass ignorance. Authentic Arabic is الفصحى NOT foreign words that are used in عامية no matter how many Arabs do not know the فصحى.
My other alterations all follow the same methodology. I was actually trying to help to improve the level of Arabic understood around the world - I'm sorry if I've unwittingly caused offense by doing so.
To the specific individuals involved, I tried to apologize on your discussion pages but Wiki was doing maintenance so I hope you'll read this here and understand.
"إنما الأعمال تالنياب وإنما لكل امرء ما نوى"
Jumu`ah Mubaarak!
--khaadimone 03:06, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
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