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Hebrew-speaking jellies: how do you pronounce the names Baruch Agadati and Gurit Kadman?

Asked by 2davidc8 (10189points) August 18th, 2013

If you know the IPA, please give me the pronunciation in IPA symbols, if you will. Thanks!

Agadati might not be a Hebrew name, but if it were, how would you pronounce it?

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dolinsky296's avatar

Agadati sounds Arabic, but I can take a shot at how it would be pronounced in Hebrew.

Using the IPA for Hebrew, Baruch Agadati is /baˈʁuχ agaˈdati/ and Gurit Kadman is /guˈrit kadˈman/.

answerjill's avatar

My semi-informed guess…
BAH-rooch [the ch is guttural] AH-GAH-DAH-TEE
GOO-REET kahd-MAHN

2davidc8's avatar

Hey, thanks, @dolinsky296 and @answerjill!

And, @dolinsky296, welcome to Fluther!
So, does Hebrew have both a /ʁ/ and a /r/ ? Your Baruch example uses /ʁ/ and Gurit uses /r/.

dolinsky296's avatar

@2davidc8 Sorry, I meant to use /ʁ/ in ”/guˈʁit/”. Hebrew does have both /ʁ/ and /r/, and usage mainly depends on dialect. I tend to use /ʁ/ in names.

2davidc8's avatar

Wonderful, @dolinsky296. Thank you for your explanation!

zenzen's avatar

Baruch Agadati and Gurit Kadman

These are names which also have meaning: Baruch, is to bless, e.g.

The blessings begin with Baruch ata adonai…

Blessed be oh lord…

The name Baruch has the emphasis (accentuation, stress) on the second syllable.

However, someone with this this once common name would be called, familially, Baruch – with the accent on the first. Baa rooch. (ch being the phlegm sound sometimes written phonetically as KH)

Ba – rooch A-Ga-Da-tea.

Goo-reet (little puppy or cub) Kad mun.

Approximately.

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@zenzen Thank you for those interesting tidbits!

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