The resolution was pragmatic, but the aitraaz never fully disappeared. Today, you still hear elders lament that using Latin cut Somali youth off from the Quranic connection that Arabic script provided.
Aitraaz becomes a fully naturalized Somali word. In 50 years, no one knows it came from Urdu. Somalis will argue about preventing new borrowings, while aitraaz sits comfortably next to baabuur (car, from Hindi) and television . aitraaz afsomali