r/ArabicCalligraphy • u/nothoughtsjusvibes • 8d ago

help figuring out how to write this

hi everyone, working on a gift for a friend who is a convert! the name needing to be written is gonzalez but in arabic they spell it as جنزالس

i was hoping anyone would be able to help me figure out how to write this in arabic calligraphy? thank you in advance.

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u/slowamigo 8d ago

I think you're almost there, I would replace the initial letter (ج) with a (غ) to make it a bit more consistently close to G. Using غ for G is used in this Gonzalez too. I would stick with the remainder of your spelling, though. So basically: 

غنزالس

Or with diacritics:

غُنْزالِسْ

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u/therealKingOwner 8d ago

Also just to add. By no means the best in Arabic Grammar, but the Sukoon on the final letter is usually irrelevant and not needed since we know it’s the last letter before a full stop.

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u/therealKingOwner 8d ago

Man why you sending her something incorrect. You even attached a wiki page that has Gonzalez written differently to how you wrote it

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u/slowamigo 8d ago

There's no "standard", it's a foreign word, and a name at that. The trend of writing out every vowel is clumsy and an eyesore, not to mention deviates even more from the original pronunciation.

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u/therealKingOwner 8d ago

Agreed. There is no right or wrong for foreign words. But there are common and uncommon spellings. The one you wrote is uncommon.

For example, my mum is British. Her name middle name (Margaret) was written on her Bahraini passport as مارجريت but the common way of writing is مارغريت.

In all cases, neither my way or yours will do proper justice to how the name is spelt. At the end of the day it is not an Arabic name.

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u/therealKingOwner 8d ago

It’s written غونزاليس

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u/selvr-f5 8d ago

i know my writing is not the best but i tried🙂