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Episode 1383: Tabina the Indispensible

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I don’t speak a word of Arabic, but I did my best to do enough research to have at least somewhat of an idea regarding what’s being sung in the second and third panel.  The Japanese version in the second panel contains the katakana for Saada Taaro, Saada Taaro, while the third panel reads Taaro Masiiru, Taaro Masiiru.  Taaro is the Japanese name for Tahar Island, but I believe it may also be a transliteration of the Arabic word tahir, which means “perfect”.  My best guesses for the other words are that saada is meant to be the Arabic word sa’ada, or “happiness”, and that masiiru is meant to be masir, or “destiny”.  Put together, this would make the two phrases translate as “perfect happiness” and “a perfect destiny”.

Episode 1380: My Beloved Tabina

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Tabina’s name is a bit of an oddity, comparing the Japanese and the English versions of her name.  I imagine that part of the localizers’ decision to put a B in her name is that the V sound does not exist in Arabic, and that “Tabina” is indeed an Arabic name - however, her name in Japanese is specifically タヴィーナ, not タビーナ, which would suggest that the Japanese authors intended her name to be “Tavina”.  Japanese doesn’t have the V sound either, so historically, the B sound has been used as an approximation thereto - e.g., the Japanese word for “event” is ibento - but in modern days, the character ヴ (pronounced bu, same as ブ) has begun to be used as a way to differentiate between words intended to have a V versus words intended to have a B.

Episode 1378: Attiyah’s Debut

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