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Ever hear names in the news such as Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, Mowaffaq al-Rubaie, al-Badri, Ansar al-Sunna, or al-Zarqawi? Surely, we are all familiar with <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-qaeda" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-qaeda">al-Qaeda</a>; literally translated, al-Qaeda means “the base” or “the foundation”. But what does "al" mean? The prefix “-al” is the equivalent of the English word “the”. According to a <a title="http://www.slate.com/id/2144707/?GT1=8391" href="http://www.slate.com/id/2144707/?GT1=8391">recent article</a>, "surnames that begin with "al" often refer to the place where someone's ancestors were born. Saddam Hussein, for example, used to be called by his family name, "al-Tikriti." Since "al-" serves as the definite article, the name "Saddam al-Tikriti" means "Saddam, the guy from Tikrit."   In these cases, the last name generally ends with the letter "i," which turns the name of a place into a description of a person. Arabic surnames can also combine the definite article with the name of a profession. <a title="http://hrw.org/english/docs/2003/04/07/iraq5508.htm" href="http://hrw.org/english/docs/2003/04/07/iraq5508.htm" target="_blank">Ali Hassan al-Majid</a>, for example, was given the nickname "Chemical Ali," or "Ali al-Kimyai"—which can be translated as "Ali the Chemist." (Indeed, the English word "alchemy" <a title="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/islamic_medical/islamic_11.html" href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/islamic_medical/islamic_11.html" target="_blank">comes from the Arabic term</a> for chemistry combined with the "al-" prefix.)" If you need language translation and language translation services for your company, consider <a title="http://www.languagetranslation.com/translation.htm" href="http://www.languagetranslation.com/translation.htm">Language Translation, Inc</a>.  We offer foreign language translation services in many languages, including <a title="http://www.languagetranslation.com/languages.htm" href="http://www.languagetranslation.com/languages.htm">Arabic</a>. Request your <a title="http://www.languagetranslation.com/quote.htm" href="http://www.languagetranslation.com/quote-2.htm">free quote</a> today! Bonnie Bruneau 9 application/xml false business document translation foreign language translation language translation language translation services professional conference interpreting software and website localization translated Language Translation, Inc. Language Translation, Inc. has been in the translation business for over 17 years. With a database of over 1,100 translators, we select the most qualified according to their areas of industry specialization. http://www.languagetranslation.com/ Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 anevin 72.214.60.131 false true false false true 200517 false false true false false false true 114453 blog blogsite/LanguageTranslation/web