Hezbollah Pronunciation
David Bergdahl
dlbrgdhl at GMAIL.COM
Wed Jul 26 14:25:25 UTC 2006
On a similar question, I assume the name is a compound of hezb (party) and
allah (god)-- it seems that the spelling hezbollah represents ['hEz bala]
or ['hEzb ?ala] while the hizballah spelling represents [hIz 'baela] or [hIz
'bUla]. My question is, what are Arabic compound stress rules?
<snip>I heard a Lebanese woman Arab now at the Carnegie Institute for
Peace in a long radio interview. She pronounced "Hezbollah" at
least three ways, distinguished by which syllable was stressed. I have also
heard
short audio clips of Arabs using the word. They seems to stress the middle
syllable. Pronunciations supported "Hezb" over "Hizb".</snip>
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