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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-27-05 07:20 PM Original message |
'Quran'? What happened to 'Koran'? |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-27-05 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Transliterations of non-Romance languages into English... |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-27-05 07:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I knew it was problematic. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-27-05 07:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Qur'an is the way a scholar would spell it, Koran is more traditional |
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3waygeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-27-05 07:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Not quite that many |
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lenidog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-27-05 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Unlike Chinese no one has decided on whats the standard way |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-05 02:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Actually, western academia uses a transliteration style |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-27-05 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. I've seen it both ways, when I studied Islam as a teen it was always |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-27-05 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. Qur'an is a more recent transliteration. Koran is an old form |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. It is difficult, true |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-27-05 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. This site prefers 'Quran' |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-27-05 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. Thanks, everyone |
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technoteacher (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. Oh, the pitfalls of transliteration |
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