Comments on Bad Hebrew Tattoos: Shabbat Special: The "Not Hebrew" Tattoos

The Arabic one definitely reads as "eternity&...

2011-03-02T06:58:49.078+02:00

The Arabic one definitely reads as "eternity" in transliteration. The actual arabic word for "eternity" is دهر "dahr"

The Sanskrit word is the adjective "strong&qu...

2010-06-21T11:51:03.837+03:00

The Sanskrit word is the adjective "strong" in the neuter gender.

So I think the tattoo owner meant to say he's a strong neuter.

The devanagari script is likely Sanskrit, since th...

2010-04-22T17:42:44.047+03:00

The devanagari script is likely Sanskrit, since they wouldn't bother with the virama at the end in Hindi. As such, I'd transliterate it as "balavat", whatever that might be.

The Arabic looks like a bad "uh-teer-nt-A&quo...

2010-04-05T06:35:33.774+03:00

The Arabic looks like a bad "uh-teer-nt-A"

@ Typo Tat: You're welcome! Unfortunately I c...

2010-02-23T10:52:00.184+02:00

@ Typo Tat:
You're welcome! Unfortunately I can't read any Tibetan, so I wouldn't know what it says. Nor does the owner, apparently. Pretty as the script may be, it amazes me how people decide to have texts permanently inscribed in their bodies without knowing what language it is.

And yes: the Arabic one says 'Eternity' in phonetic English.

>How do I know? Well, I've taken those tatt...

2010-02-22T22:17:51.604+02:00

>How do I know? Well, I've taken those tattoos from sites where either the owner or the tattoo artist claimed them as Hebrew.

Thank you.

Thanks for the info! Tibetan, eh? It's interes...

2010-02-22T21:56:23.156+02:00

Thanks for the info! Tibetan, eh? It's interesting how some of those Tibetan letters could pass for stylized Hebrew. Very cool.

The Sanskrit (Hindi?) one indeed seems to say some...

2010-02-22T21:44:49.282+02:00

The Sanskrit (Hindi?) one indeed seems to say something involving 'strength': balavat, or -ant (I'm not sure what to make of the small curved stroke to the left of the t).

I cannot tell whether it says anything grammatical...

2010-02-22T21:24:09.351+02:00

I cannot tell whether it says anything grammatically correct, but the script of the second picture is definitely real: it is one of the calligraphic varieties of the Tibetan script, probably Drucha or Khamyig. See http://www.inkessential.com/scripts.html. (Thanks to Blinde Schildpad for checking this.)

How do I know? Well, I've taken those tattoos ...

2010-02-22T21:20:48.727+02:00

How do I know? Well, I've taken those tattoos from sites where either the owner or the tattoo artist claimed them as Hebrew.

I must be missing something, but how do you know t...

2010-02-22T19:42:31.046+02:00

I must be missing something, but how do you know these people think their tattoos are Hebrew?

the arabic one is eternity, as the anonymou...

2010-02-21T13:15:47.851+02:00

the arabic one is eternity, as the anonymous above me said.

The arabic tattoo is the transliteration for etern...

2010-02-21T08:04:35.100+02:00

The arabic tattoo is the transliteration for eternity. Ee teer nit ee. Of course, it has no meaning in Arabic, so congrats on the fail.

The Arabic one actually reads "IBIRNI"

2010-02-21T00:34:04.353+02:00

The Arabic one actually reads "IBIRNI"

the arabic is actually quite elabotate, i dont kno...

2010-02-20T23:22:26.535+02:00

the arabic is actually quite elabotate, i dont know if it really means anything but it can be read as: A-TIR-N-T. doesnt make for any hebrew name ive heard of...

Well, of course, as a native Hebrew speaker I can ...

2010-02-20T21:52:00.169+02:00

Well, of course, as a native Hebrew speaker I can read all of these fluently and eloquently. They all say...um...well.. it's hard to translate into English. Shavua tov le'cooolam'.

The "prayer" thing looks more like a com...

2010-02-20T21:21:54.250+02:00

The "prayer" thing looks more like a combination of Klingon and Binary...