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How do you pronounce and WDYTO
Saira?Not for a child, but for my car. It's a cranberry 2000 Saturn like this one: http://www.pedaljammotors.com/2000-saturn.jpg Yesterday was Name your car day, but I'm cheating just a little ;) Saira means traveller, too, so I thought that would be cool.So how do you pronounce it? I'm saying it something like Sarah or maybe SYE-rah.
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Well, I would say Sarah.
But I suppose the correct Arabic prounciation would be SYE-rah.
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If I'd saw it I'd probably say it something like SARE-uh (pretty much how some people say Sarah, which I tend to say like SA-ruh). I prefer the pn. SYE-ruh though, as Chriss mentioned. But, like I mentioned before, at first glance I'd be inclined to say the former.
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I actually said Sarah when I read it but I expect it is really pronounced SYE-rah
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SYE-rah, imo.... Because it's Arabic and not English...I think it's lovely!
Even for a child.
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Agreedb
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ditto againA runner up on the Apprentice here was called Saira Khan and she definitely pronounced it SYE-rah. It's pretty, and I like the meaning for a car :)

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oh yes, Saira Khan!nt
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dittoI have heard and met two Saira's who say it SYE-ra.
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I would normally pronounce it like Sarah but, since I'm guessing you wont be spelling it out normally, maybe you could pronounce it sigh-ruh, just to distinguish it verbally from Sarah.
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