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<p>[QUOTE="dltsrq, post: 24609129, member: 75482"]The root حمد ("praise") makes some sense. Perhaps the personal name احمد ("Ahmad", from the same root)? I recall reading that personal names are common as graffiti. لحمد ("li-hamd", strokes connected) would be "to praise" in the sense of 'toward' (rather than the infinitive), but an unusual usage I think. Fun to speculate! A bit like medieval Wordle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dltsrq, post: 24609129, member: 75482"]The root حمد ("praise") makes some sense. Perhaps the personal name احمد ("Ahmad", from the same root)? I recall reading that personal names are common as graffiti. لحمد ("li-hamd", strokes connected) would be "to praise" in the sense of 'toward' (rather than the infinitive), but an unusual usage I think. Fun to speculate! A bit like medieval Wordle.[/QUOTE]
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