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Old 14th January 2012, 08:23 PM   #1
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Salam,

Abu does indeed mean "father of" but in particular contexts it can change to "one with" this linguistic feature exists in both classical fus'ha and various arabic accents. But more obvious in the accents ofcourse.
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