American English speakers will typically say “kuh-TAR,” with the stress on the second syllable, which sounds like the word “tar.” British English speakers add an “a” sound more equivalent to “cat,” ...

Transliteration means expressing a language which uses a different writing system (such as Arabic) in terms of symbols based on the Roman alphabet. There is no generally accepted system for doing this ...

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American English speakers will typically say "kuh-TAR," with the stress on the second syllable, which sounds like the word "tar." British English speakers add an "a" sound more equivalent to "cat," ...