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<p>[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 4689641, member: 15588"]I am no expert, but I have some knowledge of Arabic. #1 looks like "<font size="6">خمد</font>" to me, but it's often hard to interpret handwriting, especially when scrawled on a coin. Since no vowel diacritics show, the consonants might be "kh_m_d," which leaves a few possibilities. It's also possible that the writer connected a "waaw" to the "daal," making it "<font size="6">خود</font>" or "khoom_d_," but the connected letters suggest the first interpretation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Without the dot over the first letter, or if the dot is actually a fatha, the word turns into "<font size="6">حمد</font>" which could correspond to the verb "to praise." This verb appears in the fatiha, so it has potential.</p><p><br /></p><p>I cannot make out #2 at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 4689641, member: 15588"]I am no expert, but I have some knowledge of Arabic. #1 looks like "[SIZE=6]خمد[/SIZE]" to me, but it's often hard to interpret handwriting, especially when scrawled on a coin. Since no vowel diacritics show, the consonants might be "kh_m_d," which leaves a few possibilities. It's also possible that the writer connected a "waaw" to the "daal," making it "[SIZE=6]خود[/SIZE]" or "khoom_d_," but the connected letters suggest the first interpretation. Without the dot over the first letter, or if the dot is actually a fatha, the word turns into "[SIZE=6]حمد[/SIZE]" which could correspond to the verb "to praise." This verb appears in the fatiha, so it has potential. I cannot make out #2 at all.[/QUOTE]
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