RE: Code points for "al-Qaeda"

From: Marco Cimarosti (marco.cimarosti@essetre.it)
Date: Wed Oct 03 2001 - 04:54:13 EDT

Roozbeh Pournader wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Oct 2001 DougEwell2@cs.com wrote:
>
> > I have also noticed the variations in pronunciation and
> romanized spelling,
> > and being a bit more interested in such things than the
> typical American, it
> > makes me curious: How is "al-Qaeda" spelled in Arabic?
>
> Just guessing:
> Alef Lam Qaf Alef Ain Dal Teh-Marbuta
> 0627 0644 0642 0627 0639 062F 0629

The dictionary agrees with Roozbeh. Fully vowelized, the word is:

        Alef Fatha Lam Sukun Qaf Fatha Alef Ain Kasra Dal Fatha Teh-Marbuta
(Damma)
        0627 064E 0644 0652 0642 064E 0627 0639 0650 062F 064E 0629 (064F)

So, I guess that a "scientific" transliteration should then be
"al-Qâ`ida(tu).

_ Marco

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