Comments | linguaphiles: Can you identify these scripts?

schnuffichen in linguaphiles

Can you identify these scripts?

Jul 10, 2011 11:51

Soooo, I know that these vague "Do you know what this says, I don't even know which language it is..." are not super informative but maybe someone can help me out here?

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schnuffichen July 10 2011, 10:29:14 UTC

Excellent, thank you! :) Do you have any idea what it might say?

catsidhe July 10 2011, 10:37:00 UTC

The word "Allāh" الله is repeated quite a lot.

yitnaechani July 10 2011, 10:55:25 UTC

On the first photo I can read only the phrase "بسم الله" (bismillah) - "In the name of Allah".

Second photo:
الله، يا الله وعلى اسماه الله - (allah, yaa allah wa 3alaa smaahu) - O Allah and upon his name. (But I'm not sure about translation.)

panjomin July 11 2011, 05:54:46 UTC

It's a protective incantation/inscription: "By God, in His name, there is no God but God," etc.

ubykhlives July 17 2011, 12:06:48 UTC

Your last photo is a little blurry for me to be certain, but I'm pretty sure it's Khmer. If it is, the photo is upside-down: the line closest to your thumb looks very like the characters

អសំ

although I'm not certain, as I don't read Khmer; perhaps someone else here does?