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There are several titles used in Pakistan and other Muslim countries. Syed, Shaikh, Khawaja, Pasha, Malik etc. are common. Less commonly, the tribal name itself is appended to the person's given names. For females, tribal names or titles rarely figure in the person's full name although it has become more common due to Western influence.
Malik, Maleek, Malek or Malyk (Arabic: مَالِك or مَلِك) (Urdu & (): مالک) (/ ˈ m æ l ɪ k /) is a given name of Semitic origin. [1] It is both used as first name and surname originally mainly in Western Asia by Semitic speaking Christians, Muslims and Jews of varying ethnicities, before spreading to countries in the Caucasus, South Asia, Central Asia, North Africa and ...
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Pakistani surnames are divided into three categories: Islamic naming convention, cultural names and ancestral names. In Pakistan a person is either referred by his or her Islamic name or from tribe name (if it is specified), respectively.
The word is derived from the Arabic verb طرق , (ṭaraqa), meaning "to strike", [2] and into the agentive conjugated doer form طارق , (ṭāriq), meaning "striker". It became popular as a name after Tariq ibn Ziyad , a Muslim military leader who conquered Iberia in the Battle of Guadalete in 711 AD.
Adil (also transliterated as Adel, Arabic: عادل) is an Arabic masculine given name and surname. Adil is a variation of the name Adel, an Arabic male name that comes from the word Adl, meaning "fairness" and "justice". [1] It is a common name in the Muslim world. It is not to be confused with the Germanic name Adel, which has a different ...
Mehdi (Arabic: المَهْدِي, romanized: al-mehdi) is a common Arabic masculine given name, meaning "rightly guided". [1] People with the name Mehdi generally originate from Iran, with other notable countries of origin being India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Azerbaijan, France, Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and the United States of America.
Shahid or Shahed (Arabic: شاهد šāhid) is a given name translating to 'Witness' in Arabic and 'Beloved' in Persian, mostly found in South Asia. It is derived from the root š-h-d [1] (c.f. Shahada). [2] Shahid is a male Muslim name and Arabic in origin. The name is common in Asian countries such as Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.