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To: Liz

“Gehad” is (Egyptian) Arabic for “jihad”. The word starts with the Arabic letter jiim, which is pronounced “j” in most of the Arab world, a notable exception is in the Cairene dialect in which the letter is pronounced “g” as in “girl”. This leads to inconsistent transliterations.


46 posted on 12/28/2013 7:35:28 PM PST by Saint Reagan
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To: Saint Reagan

Yes-—I’m aware of dialectical pronunciation.

But any simpleton can see the words Gehad and Jihad-—despite the hard g and soft j —— are fraught with meaning.


47 posted on 12/29/2013 3:29:40 AM PST by Liz
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