The Paper Star

16:42 Mar 16, 2004
English to Hebrew translations [Non-PRO]
Science - Astronomy & Space
English term or phrase: The Paper Star
Please can you help me to translate the above into hebrew in order that I can name a star 'The Paper Star' but in Hebrew. I hope this makes some sense. I cannot name it in actual hebrew symbols.
Clare Green


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5kokhav haniyar
Jonathan Spector
5kokhav ha-n'yar
Eynat


  

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the paper star
kokhav haniyar


Explanation:
כוכב הנייר
kokhav is star, niyar is paper
ha is the

Jonathan Spector
Israel
Local time: 04:53
Native speaker of: English

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neutral  Eynat: No such thing as nIyar.
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the paper star
kokhav ha-n'yar


Explanation:
Pronounced approximately

kokhav ha-neyar (very short 'e'; 'kh' like the 'ch' in loch or chutzpah).

כוכב הנייר

Eynat

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jonathan Spector: Short 'e' is generally transliterated as 'i'; otherwise you agree with me.
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  -> Not by me or anybody else I know, it isn't.
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