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1)<br>Date: 09 Apr 2013<br>From:<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Muhammad Alzaidi <<a href="mailto:mohd.zaidi2007@gmail.com" target="_blank">mohd.zaidi2007@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Subject:Homophones<br>
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hi Sattar izwaini,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">See this, you may find it helpful</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://www.uobabylon.edu.iq/uobcoleges/fileshare/articles/Homonymy.pdf" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://www.uobabylon.edu.iq/uobcoleges/fileshare/articles/Homonymy.pdf</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I think the clearest example comes to mind is the word pen `Qalam' in</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Egyptian Arabic (EA). Egyptian people pronounce it as  "?alam". "?alam"</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">means either pen, or pain. However, these two words are different in</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">writing قلم  , ألم</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Also the two different words: Permit (جواز ) , and Marriage ( زواج), it is</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">written differently in EA, but they are pronounced the same, I think, as</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">`jawaaz'.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">There is also a book titled "A dictionary of Arabic Homonyms" By AbdulHalim</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Qunbus. It is here on USA amazon:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/A-Dictionary-Arabic-Homonyms/dp/0866858318" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/A-Dictionary-Arabic-Homonyms/dp/0866858318</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">   You may</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">find it useful</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Regards,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Muhammad</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

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