Re: Zuleika, Zulaykha, Zulekha...
in reply to a message by Chanel
Zuleika.
I usually say it as zoo-LIE-kah.
Before anyone (trusting in the infalibility of the site) tells me that I'm wrong, I would like to explain. Names with ei are always a bit tricky for me to say because my first and primary language is English, a language in which that diphthong doesn't exist. Because when I first saw this name I had never heard it before and I knew some German, I used that. My apologies for not knowing Persian, but I like this way better.
I usually say it as zoo-LIE-kah.
Before anyone (trusting in the infalibility of the site) tells me that I'm wrong, I would like to explain. Names with ei are always a bit tricky for me to say because my first and primary language is English, a language in which that diphthong doesn't exist. Because when I first saw this name I had never heard it before and I knew some German, I used that. My apologies for not knowing Persian, but I like this way better.