A famous companion of the Prophet Muhamed (PBUH) was nicknamed Abu Hurairah (أبو هريرة, Father of a Kitten) because he had a cat, and loved raising them.
There're more local names for "cat" in the Arab world i.e in Sudan, Tunisia...etc
Lol, Ash - what happened to going to bed?? HA HA HA HA :-D Well, if it makes a difference my new pussy is much better than yours! O, do you own a cat? Forgot to ask, sorry!
Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe and Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass.
Children's author Shirley Hughes always has distinctive names for the animals in her stories, one we liked was a cat called "Boots". Note to Tallg - her books are wonderful for little ones, with beautiful illustrations.
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Shelly I was acknowledging your sarcasm.... and was being a bit more poigniant before everyone started on the less subtle approaches, but thanks for the cupcake clarification. Believe it or not I am not that thick ;)
My son named Puss-Puss, not sure how original it is lol.
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I'm still laughing from all your comments! :-0 I like Zeus!Thanks Angel! What is kharouf NFH? Its a whitish cat with dark points (ears, nose and tail) I owned a ginger cat a long time ago and his name was Chat, also had a cat called smokey! He died of Feline aids :-( You have all been very helpful and funny! Thank you. You are a good bunch of people.
Ummmmmmm.........I think Zeus it is!!!!
Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe and Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass.
Just adopted 2 male kittens myself, one is a ginger colour and the other a grey colour. So I called them Sandy and Dusty after the country they were born in :)
I named my kitten Wali . I was actualy inspired by the animation film called "Wall-e" that came in when i was searching for the name. and Wali in arabic means protector/guardian. Sounded really kool to have this name for my kitten. I miss my cat so much now, its back in bangkok ,i gave it to one of my friends.:'( *sobs*
novi - it's just that Gypsy mentioned naming cats after a cuisine of the country you get them from. She said she didn't like any arabic names. I suggested Baba Ghanoush.
I'm working on convincing the wife to let me name our sprog that.
we 'adopting' kitten in our garden. My son call him 'Jack'.
Tallg what the story behind 'Baba Ganoush' that you always so keen on it ... If you cant find anybody to name their pet with this name I am worry you will name your offspring with 'Baba Ganoush'. :-)
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demet
call him titi
Cat is a carpenter like Joseph was, does little jobs around the house for me....
Ignorance is bliss
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3rd try:
Draccy...
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pleeeeaaaaazzzzzeeee!
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In modern standard Arabic a "cat" is:
قط = cat (qitt)
قطة = female cat (qittah)
In formal original Arabic it is known as:
هر = cat (hirr)
هرة = female cat (hirrah)
هريرة = kitten (hurairah)
A famous companion of the Prophet Muhamed (PBUH) was nicknamed Abu Hurairah (أبو هريرة, Father of a Kitten) because he had a cat, and loved raising them.
There're more local names for "cat" in the Arab world i.e in Sudan, Tunisia...etc
Salam
have you got a name already?
siomai ... or snoop
"HUGO" or "MIMING" hehehe
"Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies."
How's that? for a cat's name?
baba ghanoud
anter / basboza/namlot.
call DOG lol
I've got a kimchi, a mimi and soon a kitty tikka masala.
hi angel16,my real name is zeus....:)
yey! i won....BTW its such a good name for your cat...take care of him lilbo....
Zeus.... decided...
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out of all the names given here, have you actually decided on what to call your cat?... :)
LilBo - Good Morning
Na... I don have any... recently came to Doha...
And as a Bachelor... you know... Taking responsibility of your own Life is difficult... can't take risk of spoiling another... :)
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Lol, Ash - what happened to going to bed?? HA HA HA HA :-D Well, if it makes a difference my new pussy is much better than yours! O, do you own a cat? Forgot to ask, sorry!
Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe and Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass.
lol..... there you start it.... :)
This is not Faith... So Hope nobody starts with My Pussy CAT is Better than your Pussy CAT .... :)
the "CAT" was necessary there....
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Unfortunately ash, all ur dirty minded buddies weren't here tonight - only us clean mined people, discussing names for pussy's!
Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe and Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass.
Children's author Shirley Hughes always has distinctive names for the animals in her stories, one we liked was a cat called "Boots". Note to Tallg - her books are wonderful for little ones, with beautiful illustrations.
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"There's this thing called being so open-minded your brains drop out". - Richard Dawkins
I tried my level best in decent ways to take it out of hand..... :) But to hell with you smart people out here... lol
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I understand. The "puss puss"comments could have got a bit out of hand in here!!
Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe and Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass.
Amoud! DAMN, I believed I had you going :-(
:-)
Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe and Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass.
in palestinian the cat called BESSEH
Shelly I was acknowledging your sarcasm.... and was being a bit more poigniant before everyone started on the less subtle approaches, but thanks for the cupcake clarification. Believe it or not I am not that thick ;)
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Amoud cupcake.........I was being sarcastic! :-P In the sweetest way!
Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe and Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass.
Amoud - Connect the Puss and ssy.... It says CAT in American English... or British... either of the one....
Drac don you have a life in mornings???
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My son named Puss-Puss, not sure how original it is lol.
Forgive me for my ignorance ashwin, but what the skyflakes is that suppsed to mean? Can you give me the pronunciation. ____________________________________________________
"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock - Will Rogers"
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stay on line,ashwindoke
i was first!
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lilBoPeep, i can wait till friday,15.05.2009.
QAWS it's still open .. n:)
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Amoud -
Next one Ma'm Ssy Ssy...lol
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Thanks Amoud. Puss-puss is very orginal!
Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe and Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass.
Drac! I SAID NEXT ONE!! Lol....
Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe and Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass.
I have a cat named Sir Puss-Puss, and my previous cats name was Mish-Mish
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"Zeus", huh?
OK,OK..take 5 QR back! :)
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HUH Drac?
Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe and Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass.
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so glad,lilBoPeep!
now...where's my 5 QR? :p
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hashu786....... thanks, but I did decide on Zeus! Angel WON 1ST prize!!
Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe and Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass.
Aaralyn
Aarushi
Aaylah
Abbigale
Who likes him? His mum? Only a mum could love a Drac.
I'm dang SCARED of vampires.
Lol..Drac, next one I get - will call it Draci. Actually like it! Someone harrass you - NEVER!!! :-)
Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe and Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass.
She likes you Draci
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Mum?!
Muuuuuuuum!
notfromhere again is harassing me...:(
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BE HAPPY
Or Sucky.
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Second try:
" Draccy" ???
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lilbopeep you can copy the name of my CAT, she's a persian white cat named KUSH-KUSH! cute name right?
...Love is not in the desire to lay with SOMEONE, but in the need to sleep next to SOMEONE...
-hal ko-
lilBoPeep, ok maybe next you can get a real kharouf (it's a sheep)
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Ash....Lol. Thats why I posted! Thanks
Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe and Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass.
Zeus.... Aiwa..... Mazboot.....
Nice Pick lilBoPeep .....
Don mind... SMOKE died of AIDS..... sorry to hear tht...
but SMOKE DIED OF AIDS...... SMOKE...you better READ this..... lol....
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I'm still laughing from all your comments! :-0 I like Zeus!Thanks Angel! What is kharouf NFH? Its a whitish cat with dark points (ears, nose and tail) I owned a ginger cat a long time ago and his name was Chat, also had a cat called smokey! He died of Feline aids :-( You have all been very helpful and funny! Thank you. You are a good bunch of people.
Ummmmmmm.........I think Zeus it is!!!!
Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe and Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass.
What have you named your CAT finally???????????
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Just adopted 2 male kittens myself, one is a ginger colour and the other a grey colour. So I called them Sandy and Dusty after the country they were born in :)
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"Every adult of sound mind, should be able to choose to do whatever they want, as long as they cause no harm to others".
Be different.
I will hoist that up the flag pole and see who salutes it!!
what is the color of the cat..it might have helped!!!!
In Palestine, male cats are biss, female are bisse.
Mandi
I once had a talking cat and her name was MEOW. Believe me she was actually able to tell her name when asked...
Everything's gonna be alright!!!
Call it Sanoor or Sanoora which is what they call a cat here in the villages in Bahrain.
As its a male it would be Sanoor !!!!
Pussy pussy is nice smoke. Nice to stroke its soft fur at night
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Aww smoke, I thought of Smokey. I used to have a cat named Smokey :-)
mafi grrr!grrr!grrr!.thats why i sell my cat...
My Kat is called King Kat and together we rule the Kitty Kingdom.
Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)
_[]~SMoKE~[]_
Ask Smoke what name he call his cat that wobble its butt...my pussy pussy cat?
try "smoke beef"....
Get2 and call them Branston and Pickle
Keep Smiling :-) you never know who is looking
I'm very disappointed that no one thought about SMOKEY! :(
Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)
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RamBO
Terminator
Baba Samfoor
Kittu
Garfield
Transformer
Angel
etc.etc....:)
I named my kitten Wali . I was actualy inspired by the animation film called "Wall-e" that came in when i was searching for the name. and Wali in arabic means protector/guardian. Sounded really kool to have this name for my kitten. I miss my cat so much now, its back in bangkok ,i gave it to one of my friends.:'( *sobs*
Thats WAll-E on the left..
and This is my beloved cat
فـــاطمــة
Zeus is good
"Abdul Baari" - Servant of the Creator
"Aayan"-it means Gods gift....
Name the cat Kiki. :)
Just like Hawaiian names.
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Lil Bo Peep is a nursery rhyme character who lost her sheep, so I'm sticking with kharouf :-D
hello KITTY!:D
kharouf!! EWWW so call him baqara since we are here lol
goofy.
Well it will be like Sheikh Kharouf :D
Well I have just been watching Knight Rider so I would have to say "Kit"
Well, since you are lilBoPeep, how about kharouf?
lollipop
taj_blr it's a gay :D
DULL "D" BAHADUR...
its male or female....
or droopy
Felix
"Ali Baba and 40 thieves" are now "Ali Baba and 30 thieves" ; 10 were laid off.
call him snoopy lol :P
hahaa nice name lol ;)
Panda, I know :-P
HOW ABOUT "KUMAR"
NFH!! kalb is a dog :/...:)
kalb :-)
novi - it's just that Gypsy mentioned naming cats after a cuisine of the country you get them from. She said she didn't like any arabic names. I suggested Baba Ghanoush.
I'm working on convincing the wife to let me name our sprog that.
Being from Texas, I'm partial to Bubba or Billy Bob!
Cat in French in Chat ... so call him Warma is in Chawarma,,lol...
kit ...kit kat ...lol
call him "pajju"
call him MALTESE
"GIVING WILD TIGERS A FUTURE"
http://www.21stcenturytiger.org/index.php?pg=1
we 'adopting' kitten in our garden. My son call him 'Jack'.
Tallg what the story behind 'Baba Ganoush' that you always so keen on it ... If you cant find anybody to name their pet with this name I am worry you will name your offspring with 'Baba Ganoush'. :-)
Call it 'Baba Ghanoush'
cat= qit or herr
jerry!
billy
Tom.
call him "zeus"...