سُفْيَانِ Sufyan in Arabic
سُفْيَانِ is how you say “Sufyan” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
تَمُرُّ كَتِيبَةً كَتِيبَةً عَلَى أَبِيِ سُفْيَانِ،
Unit after unit passes by Abu Sufyan.
سُفْيَانِ Sufyan
The owned half of the kunya 'father of Sufyan', also in the genitive because the whole name is governed by the preposition. Its ending fits both the name-pair and the preposition's pull.
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فَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانِ يَا عَبَّاسُ حَبَّذَا يَوْمُ الذِّمَارِ
So Abu Sufyan said, "O Abbas, how excellent is the Day of Dhimar."
سُفْيَانَ Sufyan
The owned half of the kunya 'father of Sufyan', completing the speaker's name. Its ending fits the name-pair, not the wider clause.
حَتَّى لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا سُفْيَانِ وَثَبَ عَلَى جَمَلٍ لَهُ مَعْقُولٌ
I even saw Abu Sufyan leap onto his tied camel.
سُفْيَانِ Sufyan
This is the second half of the name, the part 'father of' was waiting for, set in the genitive as the owned member of the name-pair. Together they name the person seen. The pairing works like a possessive chain, so the pieces stay joined.
فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلْتُ أُخْبِرُهُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانِ
So I came to the Messenger of God, and began to tell him about Abu Sufyan.
سُفْيَانِ Sufyan
This is the second half of the name, the part 'father of' was waiting for, in the genitive as the owned member of the name-pair. Together they name the man the narrator told about. The pairing works like a possessive chain, so the pieces stay joined.