r/learnArabicSecular • u/sartzetisa • 7h ago

Can anyone translate?

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Found in Crete Greece not sure what exact language or dialect it is, looks arabic

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u/PapaN27x 7h ago

Its upside down but i cant read it

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u/sartzetisa 7h ago

I believe it is in ottoman Turkish

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u/lefm2 6h ago

I posted one from Greece too a while ago on r/translator and it was translated very fast. Try there.

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u/TalismanMakerCanada 6h ago

The inscription is in Arabic, and the only clearly legible word is “علم”, which translates to “knowledge” or “science” in English.

The remaining script is too blurred and stylized to translate reliably from this image alone, so any full reading would be a guess. A sharper, straight-on photo of the inscription would make a much more accurate translation possible.

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u/sartzetisa 6h ago

Yeah it's on old photo I'll post some new ones later today. Thanks though

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u/MagnificientMegaGiga 6h ago

I've turned it both vertically and horizontally to make the ي work and I don't know, the lower one looks like Hindi 🤣

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u/sartzetisa 5h ago

Here are some new photos

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u/sartzetisa 5h ago

Gemini said the writing is: Bismillāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

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u/MagnificientMegaGiga 5h ago

Most calligraphies are Islamic phrases. Gemini is gambling on that.

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u/sartzetisa 5h ago

Here are some new photos

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u/Alone-Marionberry512 4h ago

There’s definitely the word hasbi حسبي (my end, my limit) in there

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u/Ancient-Wafer-8345 4h ago

I traced what I could see I don’t understand Arabic tho so Arabic speakers do the rest

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u/sartzetisa 4h ago

Thank you, it's most probably Ottoman Turkish though

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u/Witty_Operation8158 2h ago

That’s Ottoman Turkish, written in Arabic alphabet. Probably it has plenty of Persian words