On Tuesday 22 May 2007 00:26:44 Khaled Hosny wrote: > On 5/17/07, Laith Juwaidah <juwaidah1990 at gmail dot com> wrote: > > I don't think we can use abbreviations in Arabic, imagine yourself saying > > ذ.د.خ instead of RAM, using the full form is better. > > Contrary to the myth, abbreviations do exist is Arabic for centuries > now. Abbreviations in Arabic has different forms, most of them are far > from the way English manages the task, but still they are doable and > already existed. > One of the common ways is نحت i.e. making a new word out of several > words by joining them together, famous examples to this include بسملة, > حوقلة, حيعلة for بسم الله, لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله, حي على الصلاة > respectively. This is a common practice in علم الحديث, like ثنا for > حدثنا as an example. > Another way is to use 2 (or more) prominent letters from the word and > make the abbreviation out of them, like ا.هـ. for انتهى when quoting > someone in a book. > In some what recent practice there are things like ص.ب. for صندوق بريد > which is very famous and pronounced as it صاد باء. This a quick thing, > and I think we need a comprehensive study about that subject, I'm sure > we'll find more surprising facts. No comment on the abbreviations part but Youssef Chahibi is the leader here :D -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS dpu s-:- a--- C++++ UL++ P+ L+++ E>E+ W++ N o? K? w !O !M V? PS+ !P Y+ PGP++ t 5? X+ R- tv+ b+ DI++++ D G++ e H! r- z ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ Laith Juwaidah http://www.juwaidah.tk mailto:juwaidah1990 at gmail dot com
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