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Mustafa

Arabic translation: مُصْطَفَى

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English term or phrase:Mustafa
Arabic translation:مُصْطَفَى
Entered by: bochkor

13:54 Oct 17, 2017
English to Arabic translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
English term or phrase: Mustafa
I need this Arabic male first name written with ALL diacritics in Arabic script and its closest transliteration/pronunciation.
So far I have مصطفى, but this doesn't have the diacritics, so it's no good.

Explanations in English, please, except for Arabic script examples!

Thanks.
bochkor
Local time: 09:44
مُصْطَفَى
Explanation:
مُصْطَفَى
/mustafá/
/á/ represents the long vowel

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Note added at 1 day39 mins (2017-10-18 14:34:24 GMT)
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This is ALIF MAQSURAH with NO dots.

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Note added at 1 day53 mins (2017-10-18 14:47:39 GMT)
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Yes, it would be incorrect.
Selected response from:

Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 16:44
Grading comment
Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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5مُصْطَفَى
Muhammad Atallah


  

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mustafa
مُصْطَفَى


Explanation:
مُصْطَفَى
/mustafá/
/á/ represents the long vowel

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Note added at 1 day39 mins (2017-10-18 14:34:24 GMT)
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This is ALIF MAQSURAH with NO dots.

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Note added at 1 day53 mins (2017-10-18 14:47:39 GMT)
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Yes, it would be incorrect.

Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 16:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thank you.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Shouldn't there be 2 dots under YA? Which is more correct: YA with 2 dots or ALIF MAQSURAH with no dots?

Asker: I see, so YA with 2 dots would be incorrect then?

Asker: OK, that's clear. Thank you very much.

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