Arabic has a couple words that are close دلع دلال Which if you look up in the dictionary, they come up as "fondness" or "petting". I think amae is the kind

Arabic has a couple words that are close دلع دلال Which if you look up in the dictionary, they come up as "fondness" or "petting". I think amae is the kind of the "converse" of petting. When you pet someone, what do they feel? They feel "amae".