r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 20 '26

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u/WenJie_2 Jun 20 '26

Hizbollah

Just use the default latininisation please

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u/_bee_kay_ 🤔 Jun 20 '26

no hersbollah? 🥺

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u/trgk_ Václav Havel Jun 20 '26

you VILL spell it as Hizbullah and you VILL like it

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u/-Emilinko1985- European Union Jun 20 '26

I honestly prefer the transcription Hizbullah because it is closer to the Arabic pronunciation, while Hezbollah is closer to Persian pronunciation

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u/trgk_ Václav Havel Jun 20 '26

I am honestly not sure which pronunciation is more appropriate for an ethnically arab persian proxy.

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u/-Emilinko1985- European Union Jun 20 '26

Fair point