Personal Names Arabicizer

Synopsis

The Personal Names Arabicizer is one of the MAPS suite for onomastics, a productivity tool for Arabicizing personal names from many different languages in their native script, the system transcripts names into fully diacritized Arabic adding optional Arabic variants with extra useful information like the potential name gender.

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Reference: MOLARAB

Last updated: 14/1/2023

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Like Romanization, the reverse way "Arabicization" is also possible with Kalmasoft's Names Arabicization System, a module that produces the vocalized Arabic version of non-Arab names written in any of the European Union's languages as well as many other Semitic and Afro-Semitic languages in their native scripts.

The adoption of a foreign name into any language is usually accompanied by a process of adjusting its original pronunciation to suit the phonological regularities in the new language, the name undergoes significant transformation to accommodate the phonological characteristics of the target language.

Our system is designed following a strategy that limits such transformation to minimal. The vagueness and inexactness of pronunciation inherent in the source languages are solved with flexible phonetic based algorithm adaptable to the contrasting cultural naming patterns and styles used around the globe.

Three kinds of Arabicization are available through this system:

  1. Arabicizing personal names directly from their native writing systems, e.g. Тришкова (تريشكوفا)
  2. Arabicizing personal names that are transcripted using a third language writing system, e.g. Cyrillized Greek, as in [Германиа] for Γερμανία Arabicized to (جيرمانيا)
  3. Retrieving personal names that are transcripted using a dedicated Romanization system like in the DIN Ḥusām (حُسام).

If the personal names are originally non-Arabic, a dedicated retrieval system Personal Names Retriever. will be the most suitable for such a case.

The system supports more than 50 languages in input: Oromo, Afar, Afrikaans, Amharic, Armenian, Assamese, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Interlingua, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Malayalam, Marathi, Pashto, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Somali, Swahili, Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Yiddish, Yoruba, Tigre, Filipino, Tamazight, Syriac.

Arabicizer functional diagram

Name Arabicizer

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Sample output

Entry: input name
Language: entry language writing system
KATS: Kalmasoft Arabic Transliteration System
Arabic: Arabicized output name
Vocalized: vocalized Arabic version of the name
Variants: vocalized Arabic variant spelling

ID Entry Language KATS Arabic Vocalized Variants
1 McDonald Latin mAkdwnAld ماكدونالد مَاكْدُونَالْدْ مَاكْدُونَلْدْ، مَكْدُنَلْدْ
2 Salvadore Latin sAlfAdwry سالفادورِي سَالْفَادُورِي سَلْفَادُورِي
3 Тришкова Cyrillic tyry$kwfA تيريشكوفا تِيرِيشْكُوفَا تِرِيشْكُوفَا
4 Obenheimer Latin !wbnhAymr أوبنهايمر أُوبَنْهَايْمَرْ أُبَنْهَايْمَرْ
5 Jorgensen Latin ywrgynsn يورغينسن يُورْغِينْسِنْ يُورْغِينْسِينْ
6 Verdek Latin wrdk وردك وَرْدَكْ
7 Ferzad Latin frzAd فرزاد فَرَزَادْ فَرَازَاتْ، فَرَسَتْ
8 Scolari Latin AskwlAry اسكولاري اِسْكُولاَرِي سْكُولاَرِي
9 Ситбанова Cyrillic sytbAnwfA سيتبانوفا سِيتْبَانُوفَا سِتْبَانُوفَا
10 Vialli Latin fyAly فيالي فِيَالِّي
11 Henrique Latin Enryk إنريك إِنْرِيكْ
12 Ogalan Latin !wglAn أوغلان أُوغَلاَنْ أُوجَلاَنْ
13 שמעון Hebrew $mown شمعون شِمْعُونْ شِيمُونْ
14 אליהו Hebrew ElyAhw إلياهو إِلِيَاهُو اِيلِيَاهُو
15 Χρησμαλεσ Greek KryswmAlys خريسوماليس خِرِيسُومَالِيسْ خِرِيسُومَالِسْ
16 Μεχαελοσ Greek myKAeylws ميخائيلوس مِيخَائِيلُوسْ مِخَايْلِوسْ
17 Françoi Latin frAnswA فرانسوا فَرَانْسُوا
18 Toussaude Latin twsw توسو تُوسُّو
19 ارژنگ Urdu !r$Ang أرشانغ أَرْشَانْغْ أَرْجَانْغْ
20 Behdur Latin bhAdwr بهادور بَهَادُورْ
21 आनिल Hindi !nyl أنيل أنِيلْ
22 शर्म Hindi $ArmA شارما شَارْمَا
23 अमितब Hindi !mytAb أميتاب أمِيتَابْ
24 민호 Korean mynhw مينهو مِينْهُو
25 민규 Korean myngyw مينغيو مِينْغْيُو
26 መለስ Amharic mAls مالس مَالِّسْ مَلِّسْ
27 ተስፋዪ Amharic tsfAy تسفاي تِسْفَايْ
28 ኣልማዝ Amharic !lmAZ ألماظ ألْمَاظْ
29 ጊታትው Amharic gytAt$w غيتاتشو غِيتَاتْشُو
30 ሓጐስ Amharic hqwS حقوص حَقُوَصْ
31 张 敏 Chinese zAng myn زانغ مين زَانْغ مِين
32 李 静 Chinese ly jyng لي جينغ لِي جِينْغ
33 王 敏 Chinese wAng myn وانغ مين وَانْغ مِين
34 王 芳 Chinese wAng fAng وانغ فانغ وَانْغ فَانْغ
35 李 强 Chinese ly t$yAng لي تشيانغ لِي تْشِيانْغ