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djinnitaur · 05-21-2016, 12:23 AM

Well, that should get y'all's attention

I found a site recently written by an Iranian journalist where he gave some good translations of Jeannie's Persian utterances in the pilot episode. The title here, for example, is what she said upon her release, proper spellings and all.

He doesn't detail that little song she sings, about her beloved (habibi means 'beloved') but does provide some great information on how Persian was the proper language for Barbara to speak and not Arabic as was so widely used in the 60s, however correctly or not (usually not.)

Anyway, have a look, and bookmark it. Maybe someone will write to him and see if he can translate her song

(Hopefully his contact info isn't out of date.)

I Dream of (A Persian) Jeannie
By Darius Kadivar

opus · 05-21-2016, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by djinnitaur

Well, that should get y'all's attention

Nicely played ...

Bonniegirl · 05-21-2016, 01:23 AM

LOL!! Till I clicked on this thread, I was thinking this was more spam!

djinnitaur · 05-21-2016, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

LOL!! Till I clicked on this thread, I was thinking this was more spam!

If you vocalize it (say it aloud) then you should recognize it if you're a fan of the show

05-21-2016, 12:23 AM	#1
djinnitaur Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 06, 2001 Location: Houston Posts: 71	“Bendeh beh goosheh farmaneh to hastam sardar.” Well, that should get y'all's attention I found a site recently written by an Iranian journalist where he gave some good translations of Jeannie's Persian utterances in the pilot episode. The title here, for example, is what she said upon her release, proper spellings and all. He doesn't detail that little song she sings, about her beloved (habibi means 'beloved') but does provide some great information on how Persian was the proper language for Barbara to speak and not Arabic as was so widely used in the 60s, however correctly or not (usually not.) Anyway, have a look, and bookmark it. Maybe someone will write to him and see if he can translate her song (Hopefully his contact info isn't out of date.) I Dream of (A Persian) Jeannie By Darius Kadivar

05-21-2016, 01:23 AM	#3
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,806	LOL!! Till I clicked on this thread, I was thinking this was more spam!