Talk:Shaʽb Abu Nuħas

Arabic form needed
03:52, 11 April 2006 Aelfthrytha
 * Done. Anthony Appleyard 06:21, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: page not moved. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:00, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Sha`b Abu Nuhas → Sha'ab Abu Nuhâs reef
 * &mdash; I believe this is a better translation of the Arabic, it is used in the book, which presumably gives the local English useage of the name. Posting this as a potentially controversial move to allow discussion. Mjroots (talk) 09:24, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
 * That would be tautology: Arabic sha`b means "reef". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:37, 7 September 2010 (UTC)]
 * OK, would be happy with Sha'ab Abu Nuhâs if that is a better title. I'm Ar-0 so am happy to be guided by others over this. Mjroots (talk) 10:18, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Re "Sha'ab", there is no second 'a' in the Arabic word: it is "shaعb". the second 'a' arose by Europeans misinterpreting the Arabic ayin sound. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:39, 7 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Prefer a move to Abu Nuhas per a majority of Ghits (I can't believe I'm saying this). If not, support a move to Sha'ab Abu Nuhas (no diacritics, no "reef") per second most common result.  And get some references for the article.  —   AjaxSmack   02:40, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The non-diacritic title can be a redirect to the diacritic title. Mjroots (talk) 18:09, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
 * But why bother? The diacritic form follows neither the standard nor strict transliteration prescribed by WP:MOSAR and it does not appear to be the most common usage.  Just put the articles at the non-diacritic from and reverse the redirect.  —   AjaxSmack   22:10, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.