[Oman-l] Hoti Cave

[Malik]

Isn't Hooti a tribe in Oman. Hoot with a heavy H ( as if you pronounce 
Hasan in Arabic) means Whale but not Hoot with a light H.
Is  Al-Hooti cave with a light H or Heavy H (In Arabic)?!




At 08:19 PM 5/1/01 +0200, you wrote:
>a) meaning
>As I could not find the spelling in Arabic script, I am hesitant to
>speculate about the meaning of hoti (hota) and of  falah (or fallah ?).
>"Hoot" is indeed the Arabic word for whale.
>Unless it is a local name, "falah" derives certainly from the root falaha,
>hence also the word fallah (second "a" a long vowel) = peasant, farmer.
>The word "falih" from the same root, with long a and short i, means
>indeed lucky, successful.
>
>b) sources
>Al-Hota / al-Fallah caves are described in "Caves of Oman" by Sanir Hanna
>and Mohamed al-Belushi, SQU 1996, pp. 49-61. They are also dealt with in
>some of the travel guides for Oman, such as Peter J. Ochs's "Maverick Guide
>to Oman", 2nd ed. 2000, pp. 277-78.
>
>c) fishes
>The fish from this cave are Garra barreimiae, Fowler & Steinitz, 1956. They
>are described, and earlier articles about them are quoted, by Keith Edward
>Banister and Margaret Ane Clarke in their article "The Freshwater Fishes of
>the Arabian Peninsula", in: The Scientific Results of the Oman Flora and
>Fauna Survey 1975 (Journal of Oman Studies Special Report; 1), 1977, pp.
>111-154.
>
>Joachim Duester
>
>
>
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