What is the difference between “el” and “al” in a person’s name, if any?
Luli asked:
Hm, lets say
Hm, lets say
if my name is al mohamed does it mean that I am from a specific part of the Arab world?
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March 5th, 2009 at 6:04 am
none to my knowledge, it is just the way the name is pronounced
March 6th, 2009 at 8:23 am
hmm can u give us examples so i could understand u more
Edit:Ok i get what u mean,al is just an additional to the name that ppl sometime call, al Mohammad is like
Thee(the) Mohammad
March 6th, 2009 at 11:49 am
nothing… its all about the way the translater writes it once its translated in english… for instance.. My last name starts with EL- and the rest of my family last name starts with AL- I was very confused at first … but it starts with the translating process since arabic language does not use the english alphabet it doesnt matter either way how it is spelled.
March 7th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
No, because in arabic it’s the same prefix.
it all goes back to the translation and pronunciation
March 9th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
In old time in between the Arabs, there was the leader called “Sheikh” like a Mayor of his people or tribe. Whoever are from his family use to have the AL in their last name, which mean they are from an honorable family. In Arabic there is no difference between EL and AL .. they are written the same.
March 12th, 2009 at 3:09 am
First of all , they are the same , but its pronounce as “el” or “al” , depending on the word place in the phrase.
“el” or “al” means “The”
its the same , so no difference
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March 13th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
depends on the dialect actually. Lebanese Arabic its “el” most other dialects its “Al”. And also many people confuse “Al” with “Aal” (with a “mad”) which means the “family of” a gd of example would be Aal Maktoum which is the royal family in UAE. and when it comes before a name of a family it is usualy followed by a dash. other wish its just al
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