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Ron Webb
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Quote Ron Webb Replybullet Topic: How to pronounce "Mustafa"?
    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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Quote abuayisha Replybullet Posted: 30 August 2011 at 10:06pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa
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Quote Ron Webb Replybullet 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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Quote truthseeker100 Replybullet Posted: 05 September 2011 at 8:26pm

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.”



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Quote urdumania2012 Replybullet Posted: 03 April 2012 at 10:09pm

I think Moostafah is right name.
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