Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-937287-20130901204117/@comment-937287-20130902210453

NatiChan wrote: I don't get why Umm and no Aum. Isn't Aum (Om) from Sanskrit? Oh, I forgot to put the trivia on that one. The オウム（or オーム, not sure the exact spelling)  part of the name is from Arabic أم Umm, meaning "Mother" (like the famous Egyptian singer Umm Kalthum - pronounced in the Egyptian dialect as Omm). This etymology is futher support by that her Japanese kanji name (大聖母) contains the word for "mother" in it (the bold character.

It is certainly possible that the Sanskrit Aum/Om was invoved in her character concept as well, but since there is a clear Arabic connection (her name kanji), the Arabic etymology should take priority (since it is assumed that most characters in the series have Arabic names

.....except most natives of Reim (Roman), Artemyra (Greek), modern Magnostadt (Ashkenazi?), Partevia (Persian?), the Kouga clan (Turkic), Kou (Chinese), Imuchakk (Inuit?), Heliohapt (Ancient Egyptian), Sasan (no idea), and the Dark Continent (Berber/Carthagian, although their names aren't Berber. Fanalis that were slaves, like Morgiana and Masrur, have adopted the local style names, which were Arab in their case. The Fanalis corp names seem made up.) ..........anyways, there are other countries with mostly Arabic names like Qishan, Balbadd, historical Musta'sim, and maybe SIndria. Also, most country-independant individuals and important or main characters have Arabic names.

Also, another change:

Catharge --> Cathargo (Carthage vs Catharge doesn't create a striking difference in the eye when you read it. The difference between the two is too small. Furthermore, if other langauges translate from the English translation, Cathargo is more "linguistically-neutral".)