Chadi

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I have a question for everyone.  My doctor's first name is Chadi.  I have no clue how to pronounce it.  How would you pronounce it?  He's Arabic, BTW.

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[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

CHAH-dee would be my guess.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

yep that's it!

[mrssubee.livejournal.com]

I know in Hebrew the Ch is an H sound
so, maybe Hadi

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

Yes, thats what I'd guess.

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

I don't think theres a "Ch" as in "Cheese" sound in Arabic, so I'm guessing Hadi, with a hard H as in clearing your throat.

[joereaves.livejournal.com]

That would be my guess too.

[monkey-fruit.livejournal.com]

I was going to go with CHA-dee, until you said Arabic, so maybe Hah-dee?

[soul-inside.livejournal.com]

There is indeed no "ch" phoneme in Arabic as there is in English. There are 3 phonemes in Arabic that I would guess to be the actual pronounciation...
Kh- Khadi instead of Chadi would be more representative.. the sound is sort of mix of a "k" and a cat hissing. Doesnt exist in English.
Hh- they have a very gutteral "h" sound, it comes from the throat
Gh- best way to explain it would be a rolling "g" sound.
Nonetheless, I find the spelling odd no matter what. Are you sure he is actually Arab? Because if actually from Afganastan, Pakistan, Iran- they have their own language & culture that is not Arabic.
When I first read the name my immediate "presumption" for all that's worth was a Muslim hailing from India or those parts.
I'd be interested in knowing how he pronounces it and what country he is from!

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

Well, his last name is Yaacoub, if that helps. I looked him up on Facebook (weird, I know) and his profile says he is from Beirut, Lebanon.

[mommyaubrey.livejournal.com]

god only knows my surgeon was east indian and his last name was spelled Thakker and pronounced Tucker.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Sometimes the Arabic 'a' is pronounced like the English (American) 'a' in 'can'. I suppose it's either Chah-dee or Cheh-dee.

A girl who went to the same high school as me was called Chadia...but she pronounced it CHAD-ee-ah, with 'ch' as in 'check'. So I suppose it totally depends on where he's from! (I know this is not helping, haha ;)).