Talk:Qasim

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doesn't Qasim mean divider in Arabic.141.155.145.108 02:30, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Aervanath (talk) 16:34, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Kasim → Qasim – Relisted. Vegaswikian (talk) 23:48, 25 February 2012 (UTC) Qasim is a truer transliteration and used just as often as Kasim, if not more so. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 19:50, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment from the people in my area... it seems that Kassim is more likely... (assuming there is no other Arabic name that also transliterates to "Kassim") 70.24.251.71 (talk) 08:03, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * There's Kazem, a different name which is capable of causing confusion. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 10:44, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Basing this on WP:RS, as one should, here are two which give the spelling as "Qasim":
 * SamuelTheGhost (talk) 23:22, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The article Romanization of Arabic gives numerous transliteration schemes, but in all of them the letter (ق), becomes "Q" except for colloquial Arabic, where "G" is sometimes an alternative. But never "K", which corresponds to a different Arabic letter. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 21:46, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
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 * The article Romanization of Arabic gives numerous transliteration schemes, but in all of them the letter (ق), becomes "Q" except for colloquial Arabic, where "G" is sometimes an alternative. But never "K", which corresponds to a different Arabic letter. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 21:46, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
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