Re: The Arabic Abbreviation Dictionary

[Mouna ABAKARIM <abakarim at osmium-work dot com>]

Hi all!

I'm new entry for this mailing list, but i can't keep my self out of this 
conversation :) !

I think, The problem isn't using abbreviations but is it realy one ? Exemple: 
in the begging IP was a abbreviation of Internet protocole now it's the name 
of  this protocole. everyone use it in this sens even in other languages !

So, in my opinion, if we decide to use abbreviation (or partial acronym :  
rare but exists in arabic) we must be careful and make the difference between 
names, abbreviations and acronymes.

m.a

Le lundi 21 mai 2007 20:40, Laith Juwaidah a écrit :
> 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