Wood Pigeon
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Transliterations often contain 'gh', but there is no 'g' in Arabic, so how do I pronounce this? AI told me it is a gutteral 'r' sound, like how the French pronounce 'Paris'. Alas, I am here in Germany and have never been to France. My wife can roll her 'r' beautifully when speaking German, Lithuanian, or Russian. I have been here over 30 years and still can not roll a 'r'. But this is indeed beside the point. How can I do this 'gh' for Arabic?
Here is a Dua for rain, which I wrote, and then had translated. It is as an example of what I mean:
Arabic:
اللهم بارك لنا في زرعنا، واسقِ أرضنا، وأنزل علينا غيثًا نافعًا، وأحيِ به ما مات من نباتنا، واجعل فيه خيرًا وبركةً لنا
Transliteration:
Allahumma barik lana fi zar‘ina, واسqi ardana, wa anzil ‘alayna ghaythan nafi‘an, wa ahyi bihi ma mata min nabatina, waj‘al fihi khayran wa barakatan
lana.
Meaning:
O Allah, bless our plants, water our
land, send us beneficial rain, bring
back to life what has dried from our
plants, and place in it goodness and
blessing for us.
How to say 'ghaythan' is my question.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Wood Pigeon
Transliterations often contain 'gh', but there is no 'g' in Arabic, so how do I pronounce this? AI told me it is a gutteral 'r' sound, like how the French pronounce 'Paris'. Alas, I am here in Germany and have never been to France. My wife can roll her 'r' beautifully when speaking German, Lithuanian, or Russian. I have been here over 30 years and still can not roll a 'r'. But this is indeed beside the point. How can I do this 'gh' for Arabic?
Here is a Dua for rain, which I wrote, and then had translated. It is as an example of what I mean:
Arabic:
اللهم بارك لنا في زرعنا، واسقِ أرضنا، وأنزل علينا غيثًا نافعًا، وأحيِ به ما مات من نباتنا، واجعل فيه خيرًا وبركةً لنا
Transliteration:
Allahumma barik lana fi zar‘ina, واسqi ardana, wa anzil ‘alayna ghaythan nafi‘an, wa ahyi bihi ma mata min nabatina, waj‘al fihi khayran wa barakatan
lana.
Meaning:
O Allah, bless our plants, water our
land, send us beneficial rain, bring
back to life what has dried from our
plants, and place in it goodness and
blessing for us.
How to say 'ghaythan' is my question.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Wood Pigeon