Arabic-L:LING:Naming Practices Response

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Date: 18 Nov 2005
From:shilmi at gmu.edu
Subject:Naming Practices Response

found the first reply (from Mr. Mughazy) very interesting.  I  
personally have a dual name; it is also Dala' which is loving and  
spoiling your kids.
Now, with me I got ill the day I was named, so some suggested  
changing my name. My father refused, my mother gave me the second  
name. Most of my cousins don't know my real name; but at work and  
other formal environment, I use my real name.
There is also kunyya where we put (Abu, Umm, Ibn and Ibna) before the  
name.  For example, Abu Ahmed, and Ahmed is suppose to be the first  
child of that person. Older generations used to call their first  
child a male-name so that it would sound as if the first one is a  
boy.  The fact is, the Arabic language and the culture support that.   
In Iraq, for example, Safaa', Sabah and Ilhaam, all don't have taa'  
marbuta, are male-names, which is not the case in many other Arabic  
countries.


Sana Hilmi
George Mason University

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