How do you pronounce these names...?

**Kashnowe** · 09-19-2007

i am wondering how to pronounce muslims names properly. i want to know how arabic speaking people say them.

the name Rayan. does it sound lke Rye-in or Ray-ann or Rye-on...?

Soufiane?

Hicham?

Mikaeel?

Faris?

Mika'il?

**جوري** · 09-19-2007

Originally Posted by cooloonka

i am wondering how to pronounce muslims names properly. i want to know how arabic speaking people say them.

the name Rayan. does it sound lke Rye-in or Ray-ann or Rye-on...?

Raiian

Soufiane

?

sofiane

Hicham?

hesham

Mikaeel?

me'ka'eel ( the angel) also Gorbachev's first name

Faris?

faris ( like ferris bueler's day off) (never watched it)

but faris in Arabic denotes 'knight'

Mika'il?

same as mi'ka'eel above as in the angel
hope I was of help?

**amirah_87** · 09-19-2007

Originally Posted by cooloonka

i am wondering how to pronounce muslims names properly. i want to know how arabic speaking people say them.

the name Rayan. does it sound lke Rye-in or Ray-ann or Rye-on...?

Spelt as ريان? Then you'd pronounce it as: Rayaan.

Soufiane?

سفيان Would be: Suf-yaan

Faris?

فارس : Faa-ris

Wallaahu a'lam.

**Kashnowe** · 09-19-2007

hrm....this is more confusing than i though. i'm not sure what aa means

and raiian is even more confusing to me .......so is it

ray-ann

or ray-on ?

or rye-ann?

for rayan

**The Ruler** · 09-19-2007

Stick to Rai-yaan [Oooh that sounds chinese! Slightly

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**Haidar_Abbas** · 09-19-2007

interesting , alhamdulillah at least it learning and that is always good as long as its halal studies

**H4RUN** · 09-19-2007

Originally Posted by cooloonka

i am wondering how to pronounce muslims names properly. i want to know how arabic speaking people say them.

the name Rayan. does it sound lke Rye-in or Ray-ann or Rye-on...?

Soufiane?

Hicham?

Mikaeel?

Faris?

Mika'il?

soof-yaan

He-shaam

Mick[like tick]-a-eel and no dont say the brackets! lol micktickaeel

Faa ris [like kiss, soft 's']

Mika'il same as the other one

I hope i was of help

Cheerio

**ahsan28** · 09-19-2007

Originally Posted by amirah_87

Spelt as ريان? Then you'd pronounce it as: Rayaan.

سفيان Would be: Suf-yaan

فارس : Faa-ris

Wallaahu a'lam.

Isn't the ist one pronounced as Rehan (for males) and Rehana (for females) ??

And what about Faaris, is this an Arabic word ??

**Intisar** · 09-20-2007

Originally Posted by cooloonka

Soufiane?

Don't know that one, sorry. :\

Hicham?

Hee-sham

Mikaeel?

Mi-kuh-eel

Faris?

Fuh-ris

Mika'il?

Same as Mikaeel

I hope I was of benefit.

**amirah_87** · 09-21-2007

Originally Posted by ahsan28

Isn't the ist one pronounced as Rehan (for males) and Rehana (for females) ??

As salaamu alaykum,

I dont think it'd be pronounced as Rehan/Raihan because there's no Haa/7aa there?

And what about Faaris, is this an Arabic word ??

Yeah, I think so.

**Flanteus** · 09-23-2007

Rayan = Rai-yan or Rayyan
in arabic ريان there is a "shaddah" on "y" which reads as letter "ي" , I dont know the english word for it but it looks like this in arabic " ّ "

the rest as other said
Soufiane = Suf-yan

Hicham = He-sham

Mikaeel and Mika'il = Me-ka-eel

Faris = Fa-ris