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ثَوْرِيّ Thawri in Arabic

ثَوْرِيّ is how you say “Thawri” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ

And Sufyan al-Thawri said:

الثَّوْرِيُّ al-Thawri

This is a relational adjective (a nisba) tying the man to a tribe or place, the equivalent of an English '-ite/-an' surname. It qualifies the preceding name and shares its case. Its al- here assimilates in sound to the following consonant, a sun-letter effect, so it is heard doubled rather than as a clear 'l'.

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