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Why names intrigue Mufti Abu Layth: a name that sounds rude in Urdu
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machinesummary, machine-writtenMufti Abu Layth jokes about a name that sounds rude in Urdu and says he finds names intriguing.
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Prompted by a viewer's message, Mufti Abu Layth jokes about a shaykh's name that, read in Urdu, sounds like an insult, while saying the joke is not aimed at the shaykh, whom he assumes is a great person. Mufti says names can mean different things in different cultures and that he finds names intriguing and appealing.
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[laughter] So do check it out people. Definitely check it out and like it, share it. Spread the love people. Spread the love. So uh Ramy said, "I won't bore you with another harami question." [laughter] Ah, Ramy, you're doing it, man. That's a Ramy question. [laughter] You know, the worst is uh uh not this isn't aimed at the the SH himself, but I'm just saying the name uh Ramasur
[laughter] [gasps] I'm sure the sheh is a is an imam and a sheh I'm sure he's a great person but that name [laughter] you see sur in in in in our lingo means uh a pig and na would mean of uh so this would could be understood two ways.
If you said rainasur [laughter] that would mean that you know either you're saying uh that this person is that he's a pig child of a bastard [laughter] or you're saying he's like a he's a pig but of the bastard.
kind, you know, like woof, you know, the [laughter] [gasps] when I first heard that name, I was like, "Huh? What?" Huh? Yeah. It's who can you imagine? They introduced. They go. [laughter] They go.
Now we're going to invite. This is Immunas. [laughter] [laughter] This is uh so anyway. So names ah names can be very interesting you see and sometimes obviously in different cultures they can mean different things but I I get actually very intrigued by names you know I find it's interesting you you can read a name and you think wow you know like you you can just from
a name you get intrigued. I don't know if that's just me because I'm [laughter] losing the plot or is that people in general, but I I I I find names very intriguing and appealing and they have this an appeal factor to them, I think. Right now, MUI, when is the next meetup? Soon.
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Mufti Abu Layth. (2021, February 2). Why names intrigue Mufti Abu Layth: a name that sounds rude in Urdu [Video, segment 2021-02-02b-S24, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/24/
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@misc{abulayth-2021-02-02b-S24, author = {Mufti Abu Layth}, title = {{Why names intrigue Mufti Abu Layth: a name that sounds rude in Urdu}}, year = {2021}, month = {2}, date = {2021-02-02}, howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/24/}}, url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/24/}, organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive}, urldate = {2026-11-01}, note = {Segment 2021-02-02b-S24, auto-transcribed, may contain errors} }
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