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Help[Facts] Re: Pronunciation of Farah
in reply to a message by Arwen Troi
It actually looks like FARR-AH to me, with the guttural R like Mar said (it's like a double R that's barely rolled) and a harsher h sound at the end.
I haven't heard the name used on any Arab women that I have encountered, but the way it's spelled makes me think it's slightly more harsh in sound. I capitalized both syllables because if it is a guttural h at the end (the hah is used, instead of the heh; in Arabic the hah is a heavy, grating breath at the back of the throat, and the heh is comparable to the h in heavy) then the syllables will almost be even in emphasis.
I guess you could say it rhymes with Sarah if you pronounce it correctly, which is Suh-ruh.
I haven't heard the name used on any Arab women that I have encountered, but the way it's spelled makes me think it's slightly more harsh in sound. I capitalized both syllables because if it is a guttural h at the end (the hah is used, instead of the heh; in Arabic the hah is a heavy, grating breath at the back of the throat, and the heh is comparable to the h in heavy) then the syllables will almost be even in emphasis.
I guess you could say it rhymes with Sarah if you pronounce it correctly, which is Suh-ruh.
This message was edited 5/26/2008, 4:14 AM
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