Kunzima ukucinga ukuba sinamaphi amagama ethu kwamanye amazwe
UShakespeare wabhala wathi "i-rose ngeyiphi na enye igama yayiyivumba njengokumnandi," efanelekileyo, ekuqwalaseleni ukuba ulwimi alubhalileyo ngoku lube ngumlingisi oqhelekileyo wenkulumo yehlabathi. Enyanisweni, ukujonga amagama amaninzi kwihlabathi lonke, kubonakala ngathi akunakucinga ukuba ezi ndawo zineendlela zabo zokuzichaza phambi koobhali be-Anglo-Saxon.
Nangona kungenakwenzeka ukuba kumangalisa ukuba amagama emazwe asempumalanga (nasekufuphi) asempuma (asekufuphi) asempumalanga ahlawulwe ngamashumi eminyaka, ezinye zezinto ezifakwe kuloluhlu luye lwasondele kakhulu kumakhaya. Akunakwenzeka ukuba abaninzi abantu baya kusebenzisa amagama afanelekileyo njengeendawo zaseTshayina okanye eSweden, kodwa le nto iya kwenza ukuba i-cocktail party yakho ifake enye into ekhethekileyo.
01 ngo 05
KwiChina
I-Shanghai ipholile ngaliphi igama- "iChina" okanye "iZhong Guo.". URobert Schrader I-China kwelinye leenkcubeko ezidala kunazo zonke zehlabathi, kwaye kubonakala kungalindelekanga ukuba indawo ebaluleke kakhulu ekukholeni kwehlabathi lethu lanamhlanje kuya kuvumela ukuba sonke siyibize igama elingalunganga, ukungaxolisi kwamanye amazwe ngeengcamango ezingafaniyo.
Nangona kunjalo igama lesiTshayina lakwaTshayina 中国 (zhong guo, elibizwa ngokuba "jong gwo") linamanani nje kuphela eelwimi ezifanayo kunye negama lininzi lethu elibizayo. Siyathokoza, thina siNgesi sisithethi sisekuqaleni ukuba senze i-faux-pas yakhe: Ngokomlando, igama elithi "iChina" linemvelaphi yakudala yasePersi naseSanskrit.
02 we 05
EScotland
Wamkelekile ku-Alba !. Oxyman nge Wikimedia Commons Abantu bavame ukulibala ukuba kwi-core yayo, iSkotland ayilona ilizwe elikhuluma isiNgesi, nangona ungayinaki into yokuhlambalaza. Eneneni, inkxalabo yeScotland yaqala ngaphambi kokuhlanganiswa kwayo e-United Kingdom, kwaye ibaluleke kakhulu kunezikhumba kunye ne-haggis: Igama layo ngesiGelic, ulwimi lwabantu basekuqaleni ababehlala apha, ngu "Alba."
Ngokuthakazelisayo, igama lamanje "iSkotoksi" aliveli kwiintetho zesiNgesi ekugqibeleni eza kulawulo lweScotland, kodwa ukusuka kwintetho yesiLatini ethi "scoti," eguqulela ngokucacileyo "umhlaba weeGaels." Ngoko, ukuba iScotland ithatha isigqibo sokuba nomnye umvoti wokuzimela, ungabheja uza kwenza njalo usebenzisa igama layo langoku.
03 we 05
Jiphethe
"I-Misr" ayinayo into efanayo efanayo ne "Yiputa". URobert Schrader NjengeChina, iYiputa yayisekhaya kwimpucuko yasendulo eyatshintsha ikhosi. Ngokungafani neChina, ngoko ke, iYiputa yabuyiselwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngamaxesha amaninzi, kwinqanaba elincinci ukuba naluphi na umntu osalayo umqhubi waseYiputa wamandulo ubiza iYiputa ekhaya namhlanje.
Enyanisweni, ngelixa igama elisemthethweni laseYiputa elingu- Al-Misr liyimveliso yolwimi oluninzi lwaseArabhu olulawula ilizwe ngoku, igama elithi "iYiputa" linemvelaphi yamandulo yesiGrike neyesiFrentshi. U-Al-Misr unceda ukucacisa ikhowudi ebhaliweyo ye-Egyptair, i-flag's country carrier, ebizwa ngokuthi "MS."
04 we 05
Jojiya
Igama langempela laseGeorgia liluhlula ukusuka kwilizwe lase-United States, nokuba kunjalo. URobert Schrader Ukuqulunqa ukuthambekela kwezivakalisi zesiNgesi ukuvakalelwa kukuba imbono yabo yehlabathi yedwa, iRiphabhliki yaseGeorgia yadibanisa abantu baseMerika, ababenenkinga yokucinga indawo ebizwa ngokuthi "iGeorgia" engafanelanga nemithi yamapayipi, iCoca Cola kunye no-1996 Imidlalo yeOlimpiki.
Ngombulelo kubo, igama lesiGeorgia iGeorgia - ilizwe, le-yi-"Sakartvelo," nangona igama elithi "Georgia" libhalwa ngokusemthethweni ngumgaqo-siseko, lucinisa ukudideka kwehlabathi lonke. Ngexesha elilandelayo ufumana ukubuza "urhulumente okanye ilizwe?" Xa iGeorgia ivela kwingxoxo, thuzela induduzo kwinto yokuba mhlawumbi awunye kuphela!
05 we 05
Swiden
Kubuhlungu ukuba igama elithi "iSweden" alikho lizwi kwisiSwidi. URobert Schrader Ukuba ubuke ubukele ama-Muppets (kwaye ngubani ongazange?), Kunzima ukudibanisa ilizwe laseSweden kunye nekhredithi yeSweden nokuba, ekubukeni emva, akukho nto ecacileyo ngesiSweden malunga naye ukuba uyayithatha i-meatballs yakhe kunye nokunyanzelisa kwakhe ukuba ungumSweden.
Enyanisweni, njengento ethandekayo njengendlela athi igama elithi "Sweden" livakala, akulona lizwi kwiilwimi zesiSwidi (eyaziwa ngokuba yi "svenska.") Ukuba ufuna ukuchaza ilizwe laseSweden ngelixa uthetha iSweden ... Ndiyathetha, Svenska, kuya kufuneka uthi "Sverige," ebizwa ngokuba "sve-ree-ga." (Ukungathethi nto ye-meatballs yaseSweden abapheki bepheki, makungabikho inhlanzi yaseSweden okanye nayiphi enye into emangalisayo abantu abavela kule nxalenye yehlabathi bakhiqiza.)