2008/07/23

Zhanawar -扎纳瓦尔-

Zhanawar is the 'pinyin of a Turkish word' :) .  
A rush question: Does Turkish language have Chinese pinyin romantization?
A rush answer: Of course not! The original word for Zhanawar in Turkish is "Canavar" which has the pronunciation similar to the pinyin 'zhanawar'.
Meaning: Canavar means 'monster'. But interestingly the first three letters of this word literally means 'life' and is very popular in names in Turkey in this decade. 'Can' is also involving the meanings as soul, lively, lovely... 'Interestingly', because in either structural or semantic point of view 'can' has nothing to do with 'canavar'. But since there is a pronun ciational relevance, i always had very pretty feelings about this turkish word for monster.  

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