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Pronunciation of "Abdelazer?"

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John A Montanari

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Sep 15, 1995, 3:00:00 AM9/15/95
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Does anyone have any idea? A speedy reply (i.e. before I have to play
Purcell's music for A. on the radio) would be appreciated.

John Montanari, WFCR
mont...@admin.umass.edu


Robert Goodman

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>John Montanari, WFCR
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Probably AB-duh-LEI-zuhr in English. The name, however, looks to be a
corruption of a first millenium B.C.E. Babylonian name which would have been
something like Abd'el-usur or Abdi'el-usur.
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Carol Sparks

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Sep 17, 1995, 3:00:00 AM9/17/95
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Robert Goodman sez:

> >Does anyone have any idea? A speedy reply (i.e. before I have to
> > play Purcell's music for A. on the radio) would be appreciated.
>
> >John Montanari, WFCR >mont...@admin.umass.edu
>
> Probably AB-duh-LEI-zuhr in English. The name, however, looks to be
> a corruption of a first millenium B.C.E. Babylonian name which
> would have been something like Abd'el-usur or Abdi'el-usur.

I would have guessed it was Arabic, in which case it may have been a
corruption of something like Abdul-Azir...so a quasi-informed guess on that
basis might be "ab-DUL ah-ZEER"...


Dr. Sparks, Witch Doctor, who's not familiar with the piece, so don't take my
word for it...

Abdul Malik Said

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Sep 19, 1995, 3:00:00 AM9/19/95
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In article <95091620031...@emout04.mail.aol.com>,
Witc...@AOL.COM (Carol Sparks) wrote:

> Robert Goodman sez:
>
> > >Does anyone have any idea? A speedy reply (i.e. before I have to
> > > play Purcell's music for A. on the radio) would be appreciated.

It is Arabic, but I've never heard of "azer". The closest I can think of
is "ABD-el a-ZIZ". But I could be wrong - "ABD-el A-zer" or "ABD-el a-ZER"
are the only possibities if "Azer" is correct.

Hope that helps
Abdul Malik

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