Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi (Arabic: مُعَمَّر القَذَّافِي‎ Muʿammar al-Qaḏḏāfī  audio^?;^[variations] (June 1942– 20 October 2011), commonly kent as Muammar Gaddafi  /ˈmoʊ.əmɑr ɡəˈdɑːfi/ or Colonel Gaddafi, wis the offeeial ruler o the Libie Arab Republic frae 1969 tae 1977 an then the "Brither Leader" o the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya frae 1977 tae 2011.

Transliteration o his Arabic name

Acause o the lack o staundartization o transliteratin written an regionally pronooncit Arabic, Gaddafi's name haes been romanized in mony different ways. Even though the Arabic spellin o a wird does no chynge, the pronunciation mey vary in different varieties o Arabic, which mey suggest a different romanization. In Literary Arabic, the name مُعَمَّر القَذَّافِي can be pronooncit /muˈʕammaru lqaðˈðaːfiː/. Geminated consonants can be simplified. In Libyan Arabic, /q/ (ق) is replacit wi Template:IPAblink; an /ð/ (ذ), as "th" in "this", is replacit wi Template:IPAblink. Vouel Template:IPAblink aften alternates wi Template:IPAblink in pronunciation in other regions. Thus, /muˈʕammar alqaðˈðaːfiː/ is normally pronooncit in Libie Arabic [muˈʕæmmɑrˤ əlɡædˈdæːfi]. The definite airticle al- (ال) is aften omittit.

The Arabic verb قَذَفَ qaðafa haes various meanins centerin on "he threw".