Lion-Hearted Girl Tattoo

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1. Nano says

   Hello i wanted a similar phrase and was looking over this one, what dialect are you using. I don’t understand the word “dhaat”. I’m Lebanese and speak Lebanese but not 100% correctly. See in my head it would be phrased “Bint yala 3anda alb el assad”
   “Girl that has the heart of a lion”. Could you please correct me if i’m wrong?

   July 27, 2010, 8:54 pm
2. Nano says

   ps doesn’t “qalb” mean dog?

   July 27, 2010, 9:01 pm
3. ArabicGenie says

   Hi Nano! Almost all of the tattoo designs I present on my blog and contained in my Arabic Tattoos ebook are based on Modern Standard Arabic (called fuS-Ha in Arabic). This is the language of the written word, the media, politicians, universities, religion etc. You’re almost right about “qalb”, as “kalb” (with a “k”-sound) means “dog”. However, “qalb” with a “q”-sound means heart. In Lebanese and many other colloquial spoken dialects, the “qaaf” is usually replaced with a glottal stop: ‘alb. Perhaps this may be the reason why you confused the two?

   July 30, 2010, 9:12 pm
4. Nano says

   Yes definitely, about the heart word. That clarifies the situation. Thank you.
   Love this website.

   August 19, 2010, 7:36 pm
5. Carlos Alvarez says

   Hi would love make me the latin phrase ‘Carpe Diem’, could you desing it for me in arabic please?¿

   Thanks!

   Carlos…
   Argentina

   September 18, 2010, 1:21 am
6. ArabicGenie says

   Hi Carlos, there are three different high-quality designs for “seize the day/carpe diem” in the Arabic Tattoos eBook.

   September 18, 2010, 10:53 am
7. Carlos Alvarez says

   Where? i couldnt see it

   September 18, 2010, 9:10 pm
8. ArabicGenie says

   Carlos, did you purchase the eBook? If so, you will find the designs in question on p.146.

   September 18, 2010, 10:43 pm
9. ceci says

   hi i wanna get a tattoo but i need the correct translation of believe do you think you can help please or creé in spanish i dont trust google translator

   April 17, 2011, 9:57 pm
10. ceci says

    sorry i forget how i want to use the word believe(in yourself)

    April 17, 2011, 10:00 pm
11. patrick says

    hello i wanna get tattoo..

    July 7, 2011, 11:33 am
12. Alexa says

    Hey I was wondering if you could translate the word ‘shine’ from english into arabic please? Thanks(:

    July 18, 2011, 6:46 pm