Topic: Arabic

"David is Scottish Canadian."

Translation:دَوود كَنَدِيّ إِسْكُتْلَنْدِيّ.

June 30, 2019

4 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/LiJee7

    Why do we use دَوود for david? we can use a closer one like دفيد

    June 30, 2019
    https://www.duolingo.com/keisukx

      I guess you can but since David is a biblical figure, he also appears in Islam but instead of دفيد he is called دوود that's why

      July 2, 2019
      https://www.duolingo.com/LiJee7

        david = dawud. quite make sense, thanks

        July 7, 2019
        https://www.duolingo.com/Ma_15

          Its a direct translation. Like Tariq is to Rick

          July 1, 2019
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