Hassan

Arabic translation: حَسَنْ

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English term or phrase:	Hassan
Arabic translation:	حَسَنْ
Entered by:	bochkor

21:09 Oct 8, 2017

English to Arabic translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics

English term or phrase: Hassan

I need this male first name written with ALL diacritics and its closes transliteration/pronunciation.

Explanations in English, please, except for any Arabic script examples!

I have this حسن, but this has no diacritics.

bochkor KudoZ activity Questions: 182 (2 open) (3 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 122
Local time: 03:52

حَسَنْ

Explanation:
/Hasan/

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Note added at 1 day23 hrs (2017-10-10 20:23:49 GMT)
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The answer is simply like I wrote: /hasan/; this is how a native speaker would pronounce it, although it has two /ss/. /Hassan/ is the official spelling of this name, but for some reason, it is not pronounced with double /ss/. There are 2 variations of this name:
ْحَسْن = Hassan
حَسَّانْ = Hassaan because there is also emphasis not only on S but also an A.

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Note added at 1 day23 hrs (2017-10-10 20:28:39 GMT)
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Apologies, I mean for some reason, it is spelled with double s.

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Note added at 2 days17 hrs (2017-10-11 14:39:55 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you!

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Mohammed Majeed
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:52

Grading comment

Thank you very much.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +1

حَسَنْ

Mohammed Majeed

4 -1

حَسَّان

Saeed Almasri

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1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

hassan

حَسَنْ

Mohammed Majeed
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:52
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thank you very much.

Notes to answerer

Asker: I understand, that the official spelling without diacritics is حسن, but up here you wrote the diacritics version without the SHADDA, yet in the transliteration you wrote both HASAN and HASSAN. Now that's exactly, why I asked above for "and its CLOSEST transliteration". And by CLOSEST I didn't mean, how it's usually spelled in English (HASSAN with 2 letters S), but the closest way to transcribe it to Latin letters, which makes it as clear, as possible, how this word is pronounced by a native Arabic speaker. So if a native speaker pronounces it with one S only, then you can't put SS there. So I would like to know, HOW a native speaker pronounces it: with one or two S letters? And then I need THAT version to be reflected in diacritics.

Asker: Well, HASSAN is the official spelling of this name IN ENGLISH ONLY. This was my point. But as I mentioned before, I wasn't interested in the English official spelling, but only in the actual, real, true Arabic pronunciation by Arabic native speakers. That's what I meant by CLOSEST transliteration. They English or international way is NOT the CLOSEST, so I don't care about that.

Asker: So if it's pronounced with one S, then write it with one S: HASAN. I don't care, how it's used in an American name registry or in the New York Times. I really don't care. I only care about accurate linguistics. So HASAN is the perfect answer.

Asker: Well, you disagreed with the second variation, so you disagreed with the ALIF. But if you disagreed and backed it up by the Prince of Jordan example, then please, don't claim, that "There are 2 variations of this name"! Then in your opinion there is only 1 correct form, no variations. Please, stick with it, unless you wish to modify your opinion! But you don't have to modify it out of courtesy, because you have already backed it up with the Prince of Jordan example, which was a very good example. Now if the other translator has a different opinion, then let HIM come up with an example of HASAN including an ALIF! Let HIM back up HIS version!

Asker: Well, nothing against nobody, but I think, I can make a decision now about which version to choose. Thank you all and I appreciated everybody's input, whatever it was, because you all were trying to help me.

8 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

hassan حَسَّان

Explanation:
it can be also (حَسَّان). the double (s) in the English may lead to pronounce it as (حَسَّان) which is also an Arabic male name.

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Note added at 30 days (2017-11-08 04:27:08 GMT) Post-grading
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_ibn_Thabit

Saeed Almasri
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 11:52
Native speaker of:

Arabic

Notes to answerer

Asker: So Hassan with a SHADDA is a different male name, you're saying? Or is it just a different spelling of the same male name? Which one is the original?

Asker: But if it's only an English influence, transliterated back into Arabic, that shouldn't count as correct = original Arabic.

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