What's the AL mean? I'm sorry if I am wrong about this, but looking at star names I keep finding this prefix. Curious what it means?
2006-07-06 20:17:24 · 8 answers · asked by phishycoding 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
al means "the" in English.....thats the simple way to tell you..
it gives the word more specific meaning
for example in english:
table: it could mean any table
the table: it indicates a specific table that you are talking about
2006-07-07 07:58:28 · answer #1 · answered by SuGaR LiPs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the definite article.
Al Jazira means The Island or The Peninsula.
Al Hamra means The Castle
Al Tikriti means The one from Tikrit
and so on.
2006-07-06 20:58:58 · answer #2 · answered by Locoluis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im an arab im sure of this al is the in english for exampole some one said (al jazeera) meaning the island so al is the
hope i helped
2006-07-06 21:00:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Alif"
is similar to the English article "A"/"the" (being " Al")
gives us The Light , or The Loyal or The Egyptian
Al Noor, Al whatever, Al Misri, and so on.
2006-07-06 20:26:16 · answer #4 · answered by donnapcrichtonrn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Al" is the definite article
Like in "al-lughah" (the language)
2006-07-12 13:44:42 · answer #5 · answered by Ema 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"al" means the
ex. al bab = the door
:)
2006-07-10 04:30:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they all use names to honor after allah their god.
2006-07-06 20:20:48 · answer #7 · answered by hollywood71@verizon.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means 'the' (I presume) ...
2006-07-13 01:15:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋