locavore

16:57 Jul 25, 2009 

Please read "After 1000 years from today, if the human species doesn't go extinct till then, it may mean the whole earth." for "After 1000 years from today, if the human species doesn't go extinct till then, it may mean all the people living upon earth." at the end of the entry.

16:39 Jul 25, 2009 

I have quoted the dictionary for two parts of the term locavora, viz., "loca/local" and "vora". Since the suffix "vora/vorous" isn't found in its own right in any English<>Urdu Dictionary, and since Glossary-building format has made it necessary to give some internet reference for the term, I had no option but to go to the terms like omnivorous, herbivorous, carnivora, etc., and suggest to extract the term from "omnivorous" by deleting "omni" from the term. Locavore isn't available readymade in Urdu. The term has to be coined and defined. "Eater of local (things, production, etc)" is sufficient in my view. Speaking from the Urdu syntactical point of view, "things, production, etc." is implicit in "eater" and needs not be specified explicitly. That is why I think خور مقامی [Khor-i-Maqami] is appropriate.

16:25 Jul 25, 2009 

Wouldn't the translation of [Khor-i-Maqami] خور مقامی into English be "Eater of local things" hence, as, "someone who eats food grown or produced locally or within a certain radius such as 10, 20, 100, 1000... miles." The word مقامی or local will have its own meaning in each historical epoch and context. 4000 years ago it might have meant the geographical area into which a clan was confined. Today it may mean the full state/nation in the international context. After 1000 years from today, if the human species doesn't go extinct till then, it may mean all the people living upon earth.