I've checked my Arabic dictionary, and can't find a 'Zabin'. The closest is Zbun, which means a kicking camel, fierce battle, a fool or foolish, customer or buyer, hotel guest, regular guest or customer...
Ooh. I just read down. ZabAna - pedipalpus or the claw of a scorpion or crayfish. Usually dual (zbAnia). Also zbAniA: myrmidons, angels who thrust the damned into hell.
(Sorry about the caps, but it's hard to explain the differences in spelling from an entirely different alphabet)
I guess a lot of those definitions could match the Zabini family backstory. I particularily like the claw of a scorpion, and the angel who thrusts the damned into hell.
On Blaise's ethnicity, his description does sound a bit like Tiger Woods: A tall black boy with high cheekbones and long, slanting eyes (HBP Scholastic p. 143). I immediately thought of Blaise as being darker than Tiger Woods, but otherwise, similar in face and build. Tiger Woods calls himself "Cablinasian", which stands for "Caucasian-black-Indian-Asian" (Oprah show, see this link http://www.salon.com/april97/tiger970430.html from a search to find the right ethnicity). Blaise Zabini may have many ethnicities, Italian being one, if the WW is more blood-purity conscious than color-conscious as it seems to be.
I'm surprised that there aren't a spate of new fanfics starring the gorgeous Blaise Zabini in all his haughty glory. I haven't even bothered to check lately. I could easily see him in a dom role, slash or het.
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Ooh. I just read down. ZabAna - pedipalpus or the claw of a scorpion or crayfish. Usually dual (zbAnia). Also zbAniA: myrmidons, angels who thrust the damned into hell.
(Sorry about the caps, but it's hard to explain the differences in spelling from an entirely different alphabet)
I guess a lot of those definitions could match the Zabini family backstory. I particularily like the claw of a scorpion, and the angel who thrusts the damned into hell.
On Blaise's ethnicity, his description does sound a bit like Tiger Woods: A tall black boy with high cheekbones and long, slanting eyes (HBP Scholastic p. 143). I immediately thought of Blaise as being darker than Tiger Woods, but otherwise, similar in face and build. Tiger Woods calls himself "Cablinasian", which stands for "Caucasian-black-Indian-Asian" (Oprah show, see this link http://www.salon.com/april97/tiger970430.html from a search to find the right ethnicity). Blaise Zabini may have many ethnicities, Italian being one, if the WW is more blood-purity conscious than color-conscious as it seems to be.
I'm surprised that there aren't a spate of new fanfics starring the gorgeous Blaise Zabini in all his haughty glory. I haven't even bothered to check lately. I could easily see him in a dom role, slash or het.