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How to pronounce "Mustafa"?

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Ron Webb View Drop Down
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    Posted: 30 August 2011 at 8:10pm
I hope someone here can help me out with a couple of quick questions.  Is Mustafa an Arabic name?  Is the accent on the first syllable (MOOS-ta-fah), or the second (moo-STA-fah)?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Ron Webb Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 August 2011 at 4:15am
Thanks abuayisha, but I've already read the Wikipedia article, which gives several pronunciations.  I was really hoping to hear from people either named Mustafa themselves or who know someone by that name.
 
My main question is: do most people accent the first syllable, or the second?
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Hello Ron,

Please click on the speaker sign (bottom right corner) to listen to the pronunciation of Mustafa. It is an Arabic word (appears in the top left corner in the box):

http://translate.google.com/#ar|en|%D9%85%D9%8F%D8%B5%D9%92%D8%B7%D9%8E%D9%81%D9%8E

�u� in Mustafa is not pronounced as �oo.� It is pronounced as �u� in English word �put.�



Edited by truthseeker100 - 05 September 2011 at 8:27pm
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I think Moostafah is right name.

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