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Uthman (Arabic: عُثمَانُ, romanized: Uṯmānᵘ), also spelled Othman, is a male Arabic given name with the literal meaning of "the young one of [a] bustard, dragon [or] serpent." [1] It is popular as a male given name among Muslims.
The Islamic name “Haris” (Arabic: حارس, romanized: Ḥāris) means “Guardian Angel”, while the Greek variant is a first or given mythological Greek name, which means "grace". [1] The name is especially popular in Pakistan and Bosnia. [2]
Bushnak (Arabic: بشناق, meaning "Bosnian", also transliterated Bushnaq, Boshnak, Bouchenak and Bouchnak) is a surname common among Levantines and Saudis (Hejazis) of Bosnian Muslim origin. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Those sharing this surname are the descendants of Bosnian Muslims apprehensive of living under Christian rule after the Austro-Hungarian ...
Arif Heralić (1922-1971), Bosnian metal worker; Arif Karaoğlan (born 1986), Turkish-German footballer; Arif Mardin (1932-2006), Turkish-American music producer; Arif Mohammad Khan (born 1951), Indian politician and current governor of Kerala; Arif Pašalić (1943-1998), Bosnian military officer; Arif Sağ (born 1946), Turkish singer
Farida (Arabic: فريدة) is an Arabic feminine given name, meaning unique/ precious pearl. In Urdu it is spelled and pronounced the same way as Arabic. In Turkish it is spelled as Feride. In Persian, the name is rendered as Farideh (Persian: فریده) in the Iranian dialect, but Farida (Фарида) in the Afghan and Tajik dialects.
Islamic traditional use of the name goes back to the Islamic leader Ali ibn Abi Talib, but the name is also present among some pre-Islamic Arabs (e.g. Banu Hanifa, and some rulers of Saba and Himyar). It is identical in form and meaning to the Hebrew: עֵלִי, Eli, which goes back to the High Priest Eli in the biblical Books of Samuel.
Meaning: Steed, Open-handed/Generous: Region of origin: ... The name is common in the Balkans, Caucasus, ... Iraqi Shia Muslim religious authority; Migjen Xhevat ...
The more common name حَسَن Ḥasan (as in the name of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's grandson Hasan ibn Ali), [3] coming from the Arabic language triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N, has two short vowels and a single /s/. Its meaning is 'the good' or 'the handsome'.