# Egyptian name pronunciation question.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egyptian-name-pronunciation-question/421606>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 5, 2007, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egyptian-name-pronunciation-question/421606 "2007-10-05T05:39:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egyptian-name-pronunciation-question/421606/1 "2007-10-05T05:39:49Z")

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I apologise for not being able to go into specifics at this time, but my question is simple(ish):

How would one pronounce the (female) Egyptian name of “Tale”? Is it pronounced as it appears, or another way?

I’ll be able to reveal why I need this in a couple of weeks; admittedly, however, it’s not very exciting. Just… _secret_. ::shifty eyes::

Also, I wasn’t sure if this should go in General Questions or here in IMHO, but put it here because of dialect, proper pronunciation, English pronunciation, and all that other variable junk.

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**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egyptian-name-pronunciation-question/421606/2 "2007-10-05T05:53:19Z")

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Without seeing the original Arabic it’s hard to know exactly, but I would hazard a guess at “Taa-leh”. The Egypians tend to have a slightly softer long “a” vowel sound than Gulf Arabs (where I live) - the “Taa” part would probably sound more like an elongated version of the “a” sound in “cat”. (I hope that makes sense).