{"id":457,"date":"2010-05-02T23:58:50","date_gmt":"2010-05-02T23:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=457"},"modified":"2014-06-26T18:13:50","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T18:13:50","slug":"english-names-and-arabic-counterparts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/english-names-and-arabic-counterparts\/","title":{"rendered":"English Names and Their Arabic Counterparts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many names that are common between the Arab world and the West. These names are mainly names of prophets (\u0623\u0646\u0628\u064a\u0627\u0621) and messengers (\u0631\u0633\u0644) mentioned in the Bible (\u0627\u0644\u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0642\u062f\u0633) and the Qur\u2019an (\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0622\u0646). Some names are the same in English and Arabic, e.g. \u2018Adam\u2019, while others are different, e.g. \u2018David\u2019. In this post, I list the names of some prophets in English and their Arabic counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Adam = \u0622\u062f\u0645<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Enoch = \u0625\u062f\u0631\u064a\u0633<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Noah = \u0646\u0648\u062d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Abraham = \u0625\u0628\u0631\u0627\u0647\u064a\u0645<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ishmael = \u0625\u0633\u0645\u0627\u0639\u064a\u0644<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Isaac = \u0625\u0633\u062d\u0642<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Lot = \u0644\u0648\u0637<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Jacob = \u064a\u0639\u0642\u0648\u0628<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Joseph = \u064a\u0648\u0633\u0641<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Job = \u0623\u064a\u0648\u0628<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Moses = \u0645\u0648\u0633\u0649<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Aaron = \u0647\u0627\u0631\u0648\u0646<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; David = \u062f\u0627\u0648\u062f<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Solomon = \u0633\u0644\u064a\u0645\u0627\u0646<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Elias = \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0627\u0633<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Elisha = \u0623\u0644\u064a\u0633\u0639<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Jonah = \u064a\u0648\u0646\u0633<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Zechariah = \u0632\u0643\u0631\u064a\u0627<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; John = \u064a\u062d\u064a\u0649<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Jesus = \u0639\u064a\u0633\u0649<\/p>\n<p>There are also some names of women (\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0621) and angel (\u0645\u0644\u0627\u0626\u0643\u0629) that have Arabic counterparts, e.g.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Eve = \u062d\u0648\u0627\u0621<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sarah = \u0633\u0627\u0631\u0629<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Mary = \u0645\u0631\u064a\u0645<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Gabriel = \u062c\u0628\u0631\u064a\u0644<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Raphael = \u0625\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0644<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Michael = \u0645\u064a\u0643\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0644<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many names that are common between the Arab world and the West. These names are mainly names of prophets (\u0623\u0646\u0628\u064a\u0627\u0621) and messengers (\u0631\u0633\u0644) mentioned in the Bible (\u0627\u0644\u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0642\u062f\u0633) and the Qur\u2019an (\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0622\u0646). Some names are the same in English and Arabic, e.g. \u2018Adam\u2019, while others are different, e.g. \u2018David\u2019. 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