Bung, ini separuh tebak2an yah :-) Kalau punya kamus Arab-Inggris, coba periksa kata yang komponennya berturut2: Mim Ra' dan Dhal. Siapa tahu ada "jejak" Mardi di situ. AH Sent from my BlackBerry®powered by Sinyal Kuat INDOSAT -----Original Message----- From: Waruno Mahdi <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 16:26:50 To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: etymology of the name (Su-)Mardi Dear all, I urgently need to find out the etymology of _Mardi_ that appeared in the name of various organizations in the 20th century, and also in personal names, in the latter case often with additional prothetic _Su-_. The first mentioned organizational names were typically Javanese, and I assume that the personal name too, particularly when augmented to _Sumardi_, is Javanese. However, the name appears all over the Archipelago, also in Malaysia (particularly in Sarawak). I haven't found _mardi_ in either New or Old Javanese dictionaries. Could it be cognate with _Mardiyah_ that is apparently of Arabic origin? Thanks beforehand for any help. All the best, Waruno -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Waruno Mahdi tel: +49 30 8413-5105 Faradayweg 4-6 fax: +49 30 8413-5106 14195 Berlin email: [log in to unmask] Germany WWW: http://www.waruno.de/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------key:1-0.0735-11600-23.05:fhi------------------