Dubai Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Etymology== Many theories have been proposed as to the origin of the word "Dubai". One theory suggests the word used to be the ''[[souq]]'' in Ba.<ref name=jundi>{{cite journal|last=Alyazya |date=July 2011 |script-title=ar:مسميات مناطق دبي قديماً |trans-title=Old names areas of Dubai |language=ar |journal=Al Jundi |volume=444|page=76}}</ref> An Arabic proverb says "''Daba Dubai''" ({{lang-ar|دبا دبي}}), meaning "They came with a lot of money."<ref name=MBR>{{cite web|url=http://www.sheikhmohammed.ae/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=13d94c8631cb4110VgnVCM100000b0140a0aRCRD |title=Old Dubai |access-date=24 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203194320/http://www.sheikhmohammed.ae/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=13d94c8631cb4110VgnVCM100000b0140a0aRCRD |archive-date=3 February 2014}}</ref> According to Fedel Handhal, a scholar on the UAE's history and culture, the word Dubai may have come from the word ''dabba'' ({{lang-ar|[[wikt:دب|دب]]}}) (a past tense derivative of ''yadub'' ({{lang-ar|[[wikt:يدب|يدب]]}}), which means "to creep"), referring to the slow flow of [[Dubai Creek]] inland. The poet and scholar Ahmad Mohammad Obaid traces it to the same word, but to its alternative meaning of "baby [[locust]]" ({{lang-ar|[[wikt:جراد|جراد]]}}) due to the abundance of locusts in the area before settlement.<ref name="UAEI">{{cite web |url = http://www.uaeinteract.com/news/rss-news.asp?ID=24335 |title = How Did Dubai, Abu Dhabi and other Cities Get Their Names? Experts Reveal All |date = 30 March 2007 |website = UAE Interact |access-date = 24 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140407043402/http://www.uaeinteract.com/news/rss-news.asp?ID=24335 |archive-date = 7 April 2014 |df = dmy-all}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page