Why did Vandal call him by that name and what does it mean or reference?
In Legends of Tomorrow, Vandal Savage called Rip Hunter by the name
Gareeb, even when he meets him for the first time in the Egyptian era.
Why did he nickname him like this? What does it mean? Is it some reference?
Best Answer
As was shown or alluded to in the show, Hunter tries to travel back in time to kill Vandal in ancient Egypt, before he obtained his immortality. Gareeb is evidently Arabic for, "the stranger", so it's likely in reference to Vandal not knowing who Hunter was at that time as he was quite literally a stranger who attempted to kill him.
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What does gareeb mean?
poor adjective. A poor country or area is inhabited by people who are poor. ... children in a poor neighbourhood. /gariba, garIba, gareeba, gar\u012bb, griba, grIba, greeba, gr\u012bb, garib, garIb, gareeb, grib, grIb, greeb/Who killed Vandal Savage?
Whilst attempting to flee, Savage was confronted by Hawkman and Hawkgirl, with Hawkman wielding the blade that murdered their first incarnations and the two fought. Hawkman managed to impale Savage with it, only for Savage to be unharmed and turn the blade on him and stabbed him in the heart.Everything You Need to Know About the Vandals
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Answer 2
It's actually not Arabic, it's Urdu and in Urdu it means "Poor." http://hamariweb.com/dictionaries/poor_urdu-meanings.aspx
Answer 3
The creators just picked a word that meant "stranger" or "foreigner without thinking that it's an Arabic word, not an Ancient Egyptian one. Then again, we have no idea how Ancient Egyptian sounded, so they probably went with what sounded cool.
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