How to write Zainab in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Zainab becomes ザイナブ, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ザ | za | |
| イ | i | |
| ナ | na | |
| ブ | bu |
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example ザイナブ・スミス for Zainab Smith.