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Help[Opinions] Question about Alia
in reply to a message by insane romantic
Is Alia supposed to have 2 syllables? I've always pronounced it with 3. Although I do say Alya with 2...
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I prn it Ah-LEE-ah. Alya is AHL-ya.
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Because of the popularity of Aaliyah and its variants, I would assume that Alia is another spelling and pronounce the two names the same way (ah-LEE-ah or -yah). On sight, I would pronounce Alya AHL-yah as well.
I wasn't sure if Aaliyah and Alia were related, so I looked them up in the database. They are not on each other's "Related Names" list, but if you compare meanings they obviously must be related. Aaliyah is the feminine form of Aali, meaning "high, lofty, sublime," and Alya means "sky, heaven, loftiness." Alia is a variant transcription of Alya. I assume there is a pronunciation difference between the A and the double A - does anyone who is more familar with Arabic know? What about between "iyah" and "ia" or "ya"?
I wasn't sure if Aaliyah and Alia were related, so I looked them up in the database. They are not on each other's "Related Names" list, but if you compare meanings they obviously must be related. Aaliyah is the feminine form of Aali, meaning "high, lofty, sublime," and Alya means "sky, heaven, loftiness." Alia is a variant transcription of Alya. I assume there is a pronunciation difference between the A and the double A - does anyone who is more familar with Arabic know? What about between "iyah" and "ia" or "ya"?
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I say it like "AAL-yuh", with a long A sound at the beginning, but I think some people might say "a-LY-uh", which would be 3 - is that how you say it?
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I say it like AH-lee-uh. Although I've also heard it with the accent on the second syllable
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