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Re:Show HN: Eskéndereyya – Learn How to Read and Write Arabi... by mrkgnao on Saturday December 17, 2016 @08:36AM (#13200653)
That sounds like "Alexander". Interesting.
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Re:Show HN: Eskéndereyya – Learn How to Read and Write Arabi... by yoo1I on Saturday December 17, 2016 @08:43AM (#13200679)
... not sure how well this system will fare, given that "Eskéndereyya" is 'literally' the arabic name of the city of Alexandria.
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Re:Show HN: Eskéndereyya – Learn How to Read and Write Arabi... by _samihasan_ on Saturday December 17, 2016 @09:47AM (#13200884)
Just a minor correction, "Eskéndereyya" is Alexandria in Egyptian Arabic not MSA. In MSA, it's "al Iskándareyya" using this writing system rules.
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Re:Show HN: Eskéndereyya – Learn How to Read and Write Arabi... by jmstfv on Saturday December 17, 2016 @09:00AM (#13200729)
Languages (or language families) that are influenced by Arabic (Turkic family[0], for example) `interpret` Alexander as such, albeit with slight modifications (Iskender[TR], İsgəndər[AZ] and so on). If you listen to the pronunciation[1] of Alexander in Arabic you could witness that this is indeed the case.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_languages

[1] https://translate.google.com/#en/ar/alexander

Edit: fixed spacing

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Re:Show HN: Eskéndereyya – Learn How to Read and Write Arabi... by _samihasan_ on Saturday December 17, 2016 @09:50AM (#13200894)
Yes.

In MSA, it's "Iskandar" and in Egyptian Arabic it's "Eskandar".

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