how to say 'belly dance' in Turkish?

Louise · 06-12-2008, 07:10 PM

I want to try and find a belly dance costume on their ebay. Let's see if this works!
I should just need to know the word for belly dance, then I just look at pictures after that I should hope...
x

Aisha Azar · 06-12-2008, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Louise

I want to try and find a belly dance costume on their ebay. Let's see if this works!
I should just need to know the word for belly dance, then I just look at pictures after that I should hope...
x

Dear Louise,
It is spelled in different ways, nearly as I can tell, and means, just like in Arabic, Dance of the East:

Orientale Tanzi
Oryental Tanza
Any variation on the above. I have seen so many different spellings for both that and the Arabic, depending on who is spelling it what dialect, etc.

Regards,
A'isha

Salome · 06-13-2008, 12:32 AM

I used to say Tansi but was corrected by a Turkish speaker that it was Dans and not Tans, so just thought I would put that in the stream too.

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Louise Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London, UK Posts: 83	how to say 'belly dance' in Turkish? I want to try and find a belly dance costume on their ebay. Let's see if this works! I should just need to know the word for belly dance, then I just look at pictures after that I should hope... x

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Salome Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Corvallis, Oregon, USA Posts: 1,835	I used to say Tansi but was corrected by a Turkish speaker that it was Dans and not Tans, so just thought I would put that in the stream too.