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Can you please define my name Nadia and the name of my sister, Nabil.  I would also like to know what the symbols of our definitions look like.

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Nadia = generous girl
its masculine is Nadi = generous boy
Nabila = Noble girl
its masculine is Nabil = noble boy
So Nabil is a boy name , you should call your sister Nabila
these names are very very common in Egypt and Lebanon
to see its symbols save this foto:
http://www.englizi.com/nadia.jpg
please check also this link:
http://www.englizi.com/nadia.htm
and tell me: if the arabic is identical with the foto
it means that the Arabic fonts on your PC are correct.
Samy Wahib

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Samy Wahib

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I can send you Arabic words as links of wav files for spoken Arabic and jpg files for written Arabic. I am a full time technical translator from English to Arabic since 1982 I am ready to translate short passages (no more than 100 words) from english to arabic or vice versa for free. I give also advice for people willing to travel to Egypt and touristic and cultural information about Egypt.

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