User talk:96.246.220.116

July 2018
Hello, I'm Donner60. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Cabal, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 02:15, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
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Donner60,

Thank you for reviewing my changes to the article about Cabal although I totally disagree with your definitions. My changes were based on common knowledge of several languages namely Persian, Arabic, Spanish and English. For the etymology of Cabal, it makes sense to first look at similar or close words like Caballero, Cavalry, Chevalier than to fetch far for words like Hebrew Cabalah and then try to justify the choice by out-of-context references or "folk etymology". Here are interesting connections that give us a clue to the fact that Cabal by no means had a negative connotation and had nothing to do with secrecy or conspiracy: 1) Cabal in Spanish is used to refer to an honest/upright/worthy person as in: Hernández es un ciudadano cabal y jamás cometería un delito. Hernandez is an upright citizen and would never commit a crime. (reference SpanishDict) 2) Cabal in EL Salvador means "Great" as in: Q: "Hola, como estas?" A: "Cabal" (reference same) 3) Kabaar in Arabic means "High status, noble, senior" (reference Google online Arabic dictionary) 4) Caballero, Cavalry, Chevalier also mean the same with or without connection to horsemanship. 5) Sawaar/savaar in Persian means "noble horsman". Interestingly, the new Persian word Savaar was derived from middle Persian/Armenian word Waspora/Waswora meaning knight or chevalier on horse (Asp/Asb in old and new Persian means horse). In plural form it was Wasporagaan/Vasporakaan that after Arab conquest of Iran initially changed to Asparaan/Aswaraan. Upon transformation of W to V or B in Iranian Persian the plural form of word has transformed to Savaaraan since at least a 1000 years ago. Savaar is the singular form and means "person on horse, noble".

Savaar is also the origin of Arabic word Kaber (meaning noble) that in plural form becomes Kabar. The European variations of Cabal, Cavalry, Caballero, Chevalier, etc. are all derivatives of Arabic Kabar.

Artawaan