Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Diane

Arabic translation:

دايان

Added to glossary by Fuad Yahya
Jun 4, 2002 20:08
22 yrs ago
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English term

Diane

Non-PRO English to Arabic Other
Diane is an english female christian name.

Proposed translations

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دايان

This is the rendition that is closest to the pronunciation to which I am accustomed and which treats the syllable DI- in "Diane" as a long syllable, similar to the word "die" or "dye." Although the main stress is on the second syllable, the first syllable is still long enough, the way it is pronounced here in Sugar Land, Texas.
Peer comment(s):

agree Ahmad Maher Sandouk
12 mins
agree Safaa Roumani
8 hrs
agree Maryse Trevithick
11 hrs
agree Nabil Baradey : English native speakers couldn't pronounce the sound "y" directly after a consonant. So, they put a short "a" between the consonant and the "y", like in Diane, Bryan and lion! it So
17 hrs
agree AhmedAMS
1 day 20 hrs
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48 mins

Di-YAAN or Di-YAAN-eh

Greetings.

Depending on preferences in pronuncing the final vowel, the Arabic variants could be pronounced as:

Di-YAAN

or

Di-YAAN-eh

HTH.

Regards,

Stephen H. Franke

Peer comment(s):

agree AhmedAMS
20 mins
agree zaheya gad (X)
17 hrs
agree zwcorp
18 hrs
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59 mins

ديان or ديانة

personal experience
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