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Cabaret

What is the linguistic origin of "CABARET"? The Persian KHARABAT -- "temples of ruin" where men went to get drunk, high or laid. It was later picked up by European travelers of the Enlightenment.
Winner: Nazy Kaviani. 100 Afarin!

from Shahrnush Parsipur
03-Nov-2007
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I agree with critic

by BN (not verified) on Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:19 AM PST

an etymological link between "cabaret" and "kharabat" is strained at best. I'm not convinced. Remember the scene in My Big Fat Greek Wedding where the father says..."Kimono...comes from the Greek word "himona" meaning winter...the Japanese learned it from the Greeks..."? This is the same nonsense.


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Utter nonsense!

by Critic (not verified) on Mon Nov 05, 2007 08:17 AM PST

Only Shahrnush Parsipur can come up with such a preposterous link between cabaret and kharabat and another blind follower like Kaviani to regurgitate the same nonsense. The etymology of cabaret is distinctly French which has it roots in Chambrette (small room).
As for Kharabat as referred to in Hafez, it was in origin Khoor Abad , meaning the place where the sun shines on it in which the Zoroasterian priests used to worship. It has NOTHING to do with brothels and places of entertainment.
Only a bunch of beesavads in America would come up with the nonsense as mentioned by Parsipur and Kaviani.


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