AL 的意思

AL - 阿什坎迪

AL (Al) “the 的” 的意思

It's the definite article in Arabic—the equivalent of "the" in English. Surnames that begin with "al" often refer to the place where someone's ancestors were born. Saddam Hussein, for example, used to be called by his family name, "al-Tikriti." Since "al-" serves as the definite article, the name "Saddam al-Tikriti" means "Saddam, the guy from Tikrit."

In these cases, the last name generally ends with the letter "i," which turns the name of a place into a description of a person. Arabic surnames can also combine the definite article with the name of a profession. Ali Hassan al-Majid, for example, was given the nickname "Chemical Ali," or "Ali al-Kimyai"—which can be translated as "Ali the Chemist." (Indeed, the English word "alchemy" comes from the Arabic term for chemistry combined with the "al-" p