Regular expression to search for Gadaffi

Question

I\'m trying to search for the word Gadaffi. What\'s the best regular expression to search for this?

My best attempt so far is:

\\b[KG]h?add?af?fi$\\         


        

Answer 1

\b[KGQ]h?add?h?af?fi\b

Arabic transcription is (Wiki says) "Qaḏḏāfī", so maybe adding a Q. And one H ("Gadhafi", as the article (see below) mentions).

Btw, why is there a $ at the end of the regex?

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Btw, nice article on the topic:

Gaddafi, Kadafi, or Qaddafi? Why is the Libyan leader’s name spelled so many different ways?.

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EDIT

To match all the names in the article you've mentioned later, this should match them all. Let's just hope it won't match a lot of other stuff :D

\b(Kh?|Gh?|Qu?)[aeu](d['dt]?|t|zz|dhd)h?aff?[iy]\b