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Sherif Merdani
Sherif, also spelled Sharif (and, in countries where Francophone Romanization of Arabic, Romanisation is the norm, Cherif or Charif), is a proper name derived from the Arabic word sharif, (, 'noble', 'highborn', 'honorable'), originally a title designating a person descended from the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. More broadly, the title was historically applied to anyone of noble ancestry or political preeminence in Islamic countries. The name has no etymological connection with the English language, English term ''sheriff'', which comes from the Old English language, Old English word ''scīrgerefa'', meaning "shire-reeve", the local Reeve (England), reeve (enforcement agent) of the king in the shire (county). Given name *Sherif Abdel-Fadil (born 1983), Egyptian footballer *Sherif Ahmeti (1920 – 1998), commentator and translator of the Quran into Albanian *Sherif Alaa, Egyptian footballer *Sherif Arafa (born 1960), Egyptian director, writer and producer *Sherif Ashraf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanization Of Arabic
The romanization of Arabic is the systematic rendering of written and spoken Arabic in the Latin script. Romanized Arabic is used for various purposes, among them transcription of names and titles, cataloging Arabic language works, language education when used instead of or alongside the Arabic script, and representation of the language in scientific publications by linguists. These formal systems, which often make use of diacritics and non-standard Latin characters and are used in academic settings or for the benefit of non-speakers, contrast with informal means of written communication used by speakers such as the Latin-based Arabic chat alphabet. Different systems and strategies have been developed to address the inherent problems of rendering various Arabic varieties in the Latin script. Examples of such problems are the symbols for Arabic phonemes that do not exist in English or other European languages; the means of representing the Arabic definite article, which is alw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
