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Pronunciation of Arabic Names

by Megan (Megan7)

10/19/2007, 7:45 PM

Can someone tell me how these names are pronounced? Thanks in advance.

Akeem
Rahim
Rawiya
Ziya

Any other Arabic names would be helpful (with pronunciations since most of the names on this site have none).

- Sabrina +1

10/19/2007, 9:26 PM

Akeem: AH-keem or Ah-KEEM (depends on dialect)

Rahim: RAH-heem

Rawiya: Rah/Raw-WEE-ya

Ziya: DHEE-ya.

(ah is pronounced like the "a" in apple; ee is not exceedingly long...it's a cross between ee and i.)

Rule of thumb with Arabic (this can vary, depending on your regional dialect) is that the emphasis falls on the second-to-last syllable.

*edited for clarity*

This message was edited 10/19/2007, 9:29 PM

- Megan (Megan7)

10/19/2007, 9:34 PM

Thank You

- Mar (X-Mar) +1

10/19/2007, 7:47 PM

Akeem = ah:-KEEM
Rahim = rah:-HEEM

I'm not sure about the others (my best guess for those: Rawiya = rah:-WEE-yah: and Ziya = ZEE-yah:)

- Megan (Megan7)

10/19/2007, 8:46 PM

Thank You

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