How to Pronounce Qatar?
Jun 16, 2014, 6:08 pm
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How to Pronounce Qatar?
I tried to both Goggle and search FlyerTalk, but there were too many items under "Qatar", so ....
Is Qatar pronounced "cutter", "ka-tar", or "kat-ar"? I have heard people pronounce it all these (and other) ways. I tried an Arabic dictionary, but just got lost.
Does it sound different than it is spelled? I had, in the past, called it "ka-tar" with emphasis on the second syllable; was I wrong?
Is Qatar pronounced "cutter", "ka-tar", or "kat-ar"? I have heard people pronounce it all these (and other) ways. I tried an Arabic dictionary, but just got lost.
Does it sound different than it is spelled? I had, in the past, called it "ka-tar" with emphasis on the second syllable; was I wrong?
Jun 16, 2014, 7:06 pm
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I take the Qatar Airways ads on tv as the appropriate pronunciation.
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Jun 16, 2014, 11:47 pm
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Look up "Qatar" on wikipedia. They usually have pronunciations there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...us-Qatar-2.ogg
Same with every other pronounciation for anything; look up wikipedia.
Iraq: E-Rock or Eye-Rack? LOL
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...En-us-Iraq.ogg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...us-Qatar-2.ogg
Same with every other pronounciation for anything; look up wikipedia.
Iraq: E-Rock or Eye-Rack? LOL
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...En-us-Iraq.ogg
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Geez, Louise: call up the Qatar embassy in the US after hours and see what the messages says. 
Ironically perhaps, the way it sounds there is not a perfect match for how it sounds when Qatar's emir mentions his own country by name.
Ironically perhaps, the way it sounds there is not a perfect match for how it sounds when Qatar's emir mentions his own country by name.
