RE: [HCDX] what does "sawa" mean
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RE: [HCDX] what does "sawa" mean



Bob Foxworth wrote;

> I looked up "sawa" in my 4th edition of Hans Wehr Arabic-English.
> Under the s-w- root (where letter s is the "siin" form) there is a
> listing for  "  sawaa'  " which is "equality, sameness". I can't find
> any such  listing under the S-w- root (where s is the "saad" form).
> (note the long "a" form and the hamza, as well, lost in the English
> transliteration).

I don't speak Arabic either, but the official translation of "sawa" is
"together".

BTW the acronym SAWA also stands for:

Screen Advertising World Association, a worldwide trade body of screen
advertising companies, and South Asian Women for Action :-)

Andy Sennitt

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