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<p>[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 4689718, member: 15588"]Yes, it could be a name. And it could also be Persian, since Persian corresponds highly to Arabic script, but none of the letters use three dots (which can signal Persian), so it remains a little ambiguous. Other possibilities also exist for the reading, of course, but "praise" stuck out to me since it's a fairly common Islamic verb. It's unfortunately really hard to know, but someone with more expertise with graffiti of this sort may know more. It's always fun to try. #1 does not look like random scribbles, in any case. I can't say for sure on #2, unfortunately.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 4689718, member: 15588"]Yes, it could be a name. And it could also be Persian, since Persian corresponds highly to Arabic script, but none of the letters use three dots (which can signal Persian), so it remains a little ambiguous. Other possibilities also exist for the reading, of course, but "praise" stuck out to me since it's a fairly common Islamic verb. It's unfortunately really hard to know, but someone with more expertise with graffiti of this sort may know more. It's always fun to try. #1 does not look like random scribbles, in any case. I can't say for sure on #2, unfortunately.[/QUOTE]
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