Alternate Khinasi names
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Here are some alternate Basarji and Khinasi names, taken from the Al-Qadim campaign boxed set published by TSR (nowWOTC) and now, like Birthright, sadly discontinued.
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[top]Personal names
| Male | Pronounced | Female | Pronounced |
| Aasim | Ah-sim | Alia | ah-LEE-yah |
| Ahmad | ah-MAHD, or AH-mahd | Amsha | AHM-sha |
| Akbar | AHK-bar | Aziza | ah-ZEE-zah |
| Ala'i | ah-LAH-wee | Badiat | ba-DEE-aht |
| Anwar | AHN-wahr | Bahija | ba-HEE-jah |
| Aziz | ah-ZEEZ | Ghunayya | hu-NAI-ya* |
| Diyab | DEE-yahb | Farida | fa-REE-dah) |
| Djuhah | DJO-hah | Fatima | fa-TEE-mah or FAH-tee-mah |
| Essafah | ess-AH-fah | Halima | ha-LEEM-ah |
| Farid | fah-REED | Ibtisam | ib-tih-SAHM |
| Fayiz | fah-YEEZ | Jaheira | ja-HAI-rah |
| Hakim | hah-KEEM | Jamila | ja-MEE-lah |
| Hatim | hah-TEEM or HAH-tim | Juleidah | ju-LAY-dah |
| Husam | hoo-SAHM | Julanr | jool-NAR |
| Jamal | jah-MEEL | Latifa | lah-TEE-fah |
| Kamal | kah-MAHL | Khadiga | hah-DEE-gah* |
| Karim | kah-REEM | Khunufseh | hoo-NOOF-seh* |
| Kerim | keh-REEM | Maneira | mah-NAI-rai |
| Khalid | kah-LEED | Nabila | nah-BEE-lah |
| Mahmud | mah-MOOD | Najiba | nah-JEE-bah |
| Mamoon | mah-MOON | Nura | NOOR-ah |
| Mutamin | moo-tah-MEEN | Safana | sah-FAH-na |
| Naaman | NAH-man | Samia | sa-MEE-ah |
| Nabil | nah-BEEL | Setara | seh-TAR-ah |
| Najib | nah-JEEB | Tala | TAH-lah |
| Rashad | rah-SHAHD | Thuriya | thoo-REE-ah |
| Umar | OO-mar | Tufala | TOO-fa-lah |
| Yezeed | yuh-ZEED | Wadi'a | WAH-dee-ya |
| Yusuf | YOO-suf, or rarely Yoo-sif | Wudei'a | woo-DAY-ah |
| Waleed | wah-LEED | Zobeida | zo-BAY-dah |
- The initial h is gutteral, like the sound of someone gently clearing their throat.
[top]Connectors
| Al-location-i | the person from location. |
| Al | literally 'the', often applied before a descriptor such as 'eagle' or strong', al can also mean 'house of' or 'tribe of'. |
| ibn and bin | son of. |
| Bint | daughter of. |
| Beni | the family, such as Beni Abbas: the Abbas family. |
| Abd | slave of, abd al (slave of the) is nonsense as a name on its own, using Abdul as a name in its own right marks one as an ignorant foreigner |
| Min | from. Often used by priests. |
| Abu | father of. |
| Umm | mother of. |
| Sitt | lady; only suitable for very powerful or highly respected women. |
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Created by , 02-07-2011 at 11:44 PM Last edited by , 10-23-2011 at 01:49 PM 0 Comments, 11,114 Views |
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