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Appendix:Variations of "al" Indonesian Etymology id ar ال. Prefix id prefix the before names from Arabic Usage notes Reserved for personal names derived from Arabic, compare native id si the, used for living beings and adjectives. Indonesian naming legally does not allow any punctuation, including hyphens. Because of this, names are either separated by a space (e.g. Al Fathan), or simply joined to the head noun (e.g. Alfarizi), anyway, it always behaves as a prefix. These rules, alongside the consonant assimilation as in the Arabic etymon (e.g. Azzahra), are inconsistent and may vary by person.