There is no direct western equivalent
It's like the different spellings for Kadaffy, Qaddafi, etc. from Libya. Some names have no direct western equivalent spelling, so the phonetic spelling is used without any standardization.
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It's like the different spellings for Kadaffy, Qaddafi, etc. from Libya. Some names have no direct western equivalent spelling, so the phonetic spelling is used without any standardization.