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RT @shjsat: East Arabian place names that used to be diminutive, but now are not: Rās Junayz → Rās al-Jinz (Sharqiyya, Oman) Jubayl → Jaba…
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RT @shjsat: East Arabian place names that used to be diminutive, but now are not: Rās Junayz → Rās al-Jinz (Sharqiyya, Oman) Jubayl → Jaba…
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RT @shjsat: East Arabian place names that used to be diminutive, but now are not: Rās Junayz → Rās al-Jinz (Sharqiyya, Oman) Jubayl → Jaba…
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East Arabian place names that used to be diminutive, but now are not: Rās Junayz → Rās al-Jinz (Sharqiyya, Oman) Jubayl → Jabal ʕAlī (Dubai) Ḥufayyah → Ḥafīyah (Sharjah) Buṭayn → Bāṭin (Eastern Saudi) On why so many Arabian names are diminutive: https://