<html><body><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Hi Bob, <br></div><div>I would suspect that it would be vocalized as Hana. The vowel sound for "e" does not exist in Arabic.<br></div><div>The name in Arabic "هناء" is romanized as "Hanāʼ".<br></div><div>What is the reference source that has given you this other forename.<br></div><div>Best, Heidi<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Robert M. TALBOTT" <rtalbott@library.berkeley.edu><br><b>To: </b>"Hebrew Name Authority Funnel" <heb-naco@lists.service.ohio-state.edu><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, January 16, 2014 8:36:59 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[Heb-NACO] Hena?<br><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div>Folks:</div><div><br></div><div>I'm pounding out an authority for Muna Abu Eid, and I've found a source that lists another first name for her. The first vowel is mysterious to me and perhaps the group might help.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The name is spelled heh-nun-alef. I betting "Hena" but I can't rule out "Hana." </div><div><br></div><div>Insight? Knowledge? Passing familiarity? A better, more informed guess than mine? Let me know and I'll sing your praises all afternoon (at my desk, quietly; I work in a library). </div>
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