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GIOVANNI

18:35 May 8, 2002
English to Arabic translations [Non-PRO]
Names (personal, company) / NAME
English term or phrase: GIOVANNI
IT IS A NAME
ROGER BAPTISTE


Summary of answers provided
4 +1جيوفاني
Fuad Yahya
4 +1يوحنّا Yuhanna
mohamed Bennis


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
جيوفاني


Explanation:
Please notice that Arabic has no letter for the V sound. The letter for the F sound is typically substituted.

Fuad

Fuad Yahya
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Amer al-Azem
6 hrs
disagree  zaheya gad (X): جيوفنّي might be a better way of rendering the double consonnant in Giovanni جيوفنّى
1 day 8 hrs
  -> A shadda is not wrong to add if you are keen on diacritics. More importantly, the A in the third syllable is long, requiring an alif.
agree  AhmedAMS
31 days
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
يوحنّا Yuhanna


Explanation:
Salut Roger!
Bon travail.
[email protected]

mohamed Bennis
Local time: 21:40
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saleh Ayyub
22 hrs
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