Fedaykin = Fedayeen

[dczx]

I wonder if this is the word Fedaykin came from. I was reading in the paper about Iraq's armies and read "Saddam Fedayeen". I looked it up on the internet:

http://www.fas.org/irp/world/iraq/fedayeen/

interesting..

[Vanguard3000]

Well, the Fremen language was based primarily on Arabic, so it probably came from that term.

[Inoculator9]

I agree, that is definitely possible.

[Caid Ivik]

Feday (singular of fedayin) means something like what in Emperor is a saboteur. Martyr-warrior, whose only target is to to as much damage to enemy as can in the fatal attack. As the kamikaze pilots or most terrorists. Difference between shaheed and feday is that shaheed can be even usual soldier who fight in a djihad, but with some will to live.

[nemafakei]

Almost definitely the same word. Notice that Arabic has its variations in dialect - it is spoken across a huge area, so I would say that the word is very likely the exact same word, though could be a slightly different word in that the kin/een bit could be a different suffix root.

[Caid Ivik]

It is transcripture. Like you write Kim Il Sung and we Kim Ir-sen. But there are more dialects of arabic, i.e. some use for "son" word ibn, others bin, some ben...

[Brutus]

Noticed it too :O

Always fun when "Dune-words" pop up ;) ;D :)

[Mahdi]

Fedakin: Death Commando

Fedeyeen (the original, 1950's ones): "One who sacrifices". They wre terrorists financed by Egpyt to hit Isreal.

Pretty close.

[technocrat]

;D :O ::)

Joke:

rename our GIs to Sardaukars would increase their efficency against the Fedayeens.

end of joke

I am not being serious and I think this is a very bad joke, however, the idea of taking words out of languages that few reader speak is lame.

[GhostHunter]

After the battle of Arakien I would rather NOT change to Sardukar ;D

[nemafakei]

"the idea of taking words out of languages that few reader speak is lame."

How so?

[Vanguard3000]

I was at MSN.com (my homepage, until I find something decent to replace it with), and I came across this article. It has a pretty neat picture of the Saddam Fedayeen.

[edit] Whoops! Here's the link: http://msnbc.com/news/892635.asp

[Davidu]

Well, I really feel good about the name of the 'fedayeen'. Every time I hear this I start to explain to somebody what a Fedaykin is and the duniverse.

I can say that this war kind of advertises the Dune books. lol

[thomas]

LOL if we did rename out GIs t osarduakar then the fedaayen will ride camels dreesed up as worms ;D

[Davidu]

Hmmm, sounds nice...