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Fatimah bint al-Hasan (7th century), Islamic historical figure, daughter of Hasan ibn Ali; Fekri Hassan, geoarchaeologist; Ferhan Hasani (born 1990), Macedonian footballer; Fleur Hassan-Nahoum (born September 27, 1973), Israeli politician and policy maker; Frank T. Hassa (1873 – after 1902), American politician from Wisconsin
Hassan or Hasan (Arabic: حسن Ḥasan) is an Arabic masculine given name in the Muslim world. As a surname, Hassan may be Arabic, Irish, Scottish, or Jewish ( Sephardic and Mizrahic ) (see Hassan (surname) ).
Hussein, Hossein, Hussain, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein, Hussin, Hoessein, or Husain (/ h uː ˈ s eɪ n /; Arabic: حُسَيْن Ḥusayn), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (Arabic: ح س ن), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", "handsome" or "beautiful".
The alphabet is descended from the Aramaic alphabet. In turn, a cursive form of Nabataean developed into the Arabic alphabet from the 4th century, [3] which is why Nabataean's letterforms are intermediate between the more northerly Semitic scripts (such as the Aramaic-derived Hebrew) and those of Arabic. Inscription in the Nabataean script.
The basic meaning expressed by the root is "good", "handsome" or "beautiful". [ 1 ] [ citation needed ] This root occurs 194 times in the Qur'an , in 12 derived forms. [ 2 ] The root is also used in the Hebrew word חסון meaning strong sturdy or handsome.
This system was common for many years in both foreign and Hebrew dictionaries. However, Ben-Yehuda opposed this method because he knew that very few people knew the root of every Hebrew word. Defining words and providing their meanings was a main goal of Ben-Yehuda since the very beginning.
For words and place names which are common in Hebrew, but not in English, a similar guideline to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English) should be used, only for Hebrew: if there is a common Hebrew way of writing the word, it should be transliterated into English from the accepted Hebrew writing, ignoring the Arabic version. An Arabic script ...
A hazzan (/ ˈ h ɑː z ən /; [1] Hebrew:, lit. Hazan) or chazzan (Hebrew: חַזָּן, romanized: ḥazzān, plural ḥazzānim; Yiddish: חזן, romanized: khazn; Ladino: חזן, romanized: hasan) is a Jewish musician or precentor trained in the vocal arts who leads the congregation in songful prayer. [2]