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My neighbor recently overheard me calling my cat and told me that Moya means water in Arabic. I know it's an Irish name, a South American surname & a South African name - but is it true that it's also Arabic for water?
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Note: Neighbor is from Sudan
If that helps.
If that helps.
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Muya seems to be a mountain in Sudan. (Alternate) Arabic names are Dschabal Mūya, Jabal Mayyah, Jebel Moya, Gebel Moya or Dschebel Moya.
source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muya (Sorry, it's all German but I didn't find anything on English wikipedia at first)
I only found some articles on English wikipedia containing 'Jebel Moya' because the German article said this was the name used in specialist literature: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Jebel+Moya
There is no mentioning of its usage as a first name or meaning 'water' but the article says it's located between Blue Nile and White Nile which would explain an association with water by your neighbour.
A google search of 'Jebel Moya' only brought up geographical and archaeological references, nothing on a first name use. Sorry.
source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muya (Sorry, it's all German but I didn't find anything on English wikipedia at first)
I only found some articles on English wikipedia containing 'Jebel Moya' because the German article said this was the name used in specialist literature: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Jebel+Moya
There is no mentioning of its usage as a first name or meaning 'water' but the article says it's located between Blue Nile and White Nile which would explain an association with water by your neighbour.
A google search of 'Jebel Moya' only brought up geographical and archaeological references, nothing on a first name use. Sorry.
This message was edited 8/30/2011, 10:10 AM
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She said it was a word, not a name.
So I'm guessing that I'll need to look it up in a dictionary - but I was fairly sure that there was at least one Arabic speaker over here.
So I'm guessing that I'll need to look it up in a dictionary - but I was fairly sure that there was at least one Arabic speaker over here.
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According to this site: http://www.sudairy.com/arabic/phrases.html#
water is ma'a. I'm thinking that the pronunciation might be similar to Moya?
water is ma'a. I'm thinking that the pronunciation might be similar to Moya?
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