The image below shows an African gazelle as depicted in an 18th-century book of natural history:
This image is a 5th-century alabaster carving from South Arabia:
Friday, February 8, 2013
Arabic Word in English: Gazelle
The English word GAZELLE comes from French gazelle, and ultimately from the Arabic ghazāl. This Arabic word for the animal, ghazāl, is very similar to the word for a famous type of love poetry: the ghazal.
The image below shows an African gazelle as depicted in an 18th-century book of natural history:
This image is a 5th-century alabaster carving from South Arabia:
The image below shows an African gazelle as depicted in an 18th-century book of natural history:
This image is a 5th-century alabaster carving from South Arabia:
