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That sounds like "Alexander". Interesting.

• yoo1I 10y ago
  ... not sure how well this system will fare, given that "Eskéndereyya" is 'literally' the arabic name of the city of Alexandria.
  • _samihasan_ 10y ago
    Just a minor correction, "Eskéndereyya" is Alexandria in Egyptian Arabic not MSA. In MSA, it's "al Iskándareyya" using this writing system rules.
• jmstfv 10y ago
  Languages (or language families) that are influenced by Arabic (Turkic family[0], for example) `interpret` Alexander as such, albeit with slight modifications (Iskender[TR], İsgəndər[AZ] and so on). If you listen to the pronunciation[1] of Alexander in Arabic you could witness that this is indeed the case. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_languages [1] https://translate.google.com/#en/ar/alexander https://translate.google.com/#en/ar/alexander Edit: fixed spacing
  • _samihasan_ 10y ago
    Yes. In MSA, it's "Iskandar" and in Egyptian Arabic it's "Eskandar".