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Zahra (Arabic: زهراء) is a female given name and surname.. Among Arabs, the name became popularized as a result of being the name of Muhammad’s daughter, Fatimah al-Zahra.
Zarah Leander (German pronunciation: [ˈt͡sa.ʁa leː.ˈʔan.dɐ] ⓘ; 15 March 1907 – 23 June 1981) was a Swedish singer and actress whose greatest success was in Germany between 1936 and 1943, when she was contracted to work for the state-owned Universum Film AG (UFA). Although no exact record sales numbers exist, she was probably among ...
According to the Book of Genesis, Zerah was the son of Tamar and Judah, and was the twin of Perez (Genesis 38:30).This same Zerah is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1:3.
Zarah may refer to: Zarah (entertainer), American singer and songwriter, also an author; Zarah Garde-Wilson (born 1978), Australian solicitor; Zarah Ghahramani (born 1981), Iranian-born author living in Australia; Zarah Leander (1907 – 1981), Swedish actress and singer; Zarah, or Ich weiss, es wird einmal ein Wunder geschehen, a song by Nina ...
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same).
עבודה זרה, ע״ז (avodah zarah) - 1) Idolatry; lit. alien worship. 2) The tractate of the Talmud titled Avodah Zarah; על זה, ע״ז (al zeh) - 1) Regarding this. 2) Above/on top of this; על זה אמר, עז״א (al zeh amar) - regarding this he said; על זה נאמר, עז״נ (al zeh ne'emar) - regarding this it is said
Square brackets are used with phonetic notation, whether broad or narrow [17] – that is, for actual pronunciation, possibly including details of the pronunciation that may not be used for distinguishing words in the language being transcribed, but which the author nonetheless wishes to document. Such phonetic notation is the primary function ...
For example, you may pronounce cot and caught the same, do and dew, or marry and merry. This often happens because of dialect variation (see our articles English phonology and International Phonetic Alphabet chart for English dialects). If this is the case, you will pronounce those symbols the same for other words as well. [1]