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Boushaki
Boushaki may refer to:
Ali
Arabic male given name
Muhammad
male given name (محمد)
Abdullah
male given name (عبدالله)
Habib
Habib (; ; also romanized as Habeeb) is an Arabic masculine given name, occasional surname, and honorific, with the meaning "beloved" or "my love", or "darling". It also forms the famous Arabic word "Habibi" which is used to refer to a friend or a significant other in the aspect of love or admiration.
Karim
Kareem (alternatively spelled Karim, Kerim or Karem) () is a given name and surname of Arabic origin that means "generous", "noble", "honourable". It is also one of the Names of God.
Ahmad
Ahmad () is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world, since it is one of the well-known names of Prophet Muhammad. Other English spellings of the name include Ahmed, Ahmmad. It is also used as a surname.
Ibrahim
male given name (إبراهيم)
Mustafa
Mustafa () is one of the names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in Muslim-majority countries.
Asad
Asad (), sometimes written as Assad, is an Arabic male given name literally meaning "lion". It is used in nicknames such as Asad Allāh, one of the by-names for Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Akkad
Akkad may refer to: Akkad (city), the capital of the Akkadian Empire Akkadian Empire, the first ancient empire of Mesopotamia Akkad SC, Iraqi football club
Adil
Adil (also transliterated as Adel, ) 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". It is a common name in the Muslim world.
Uthman
male given name
Nadi
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Aziz
Aziz (; ; ) is a Semitic name from the root two-zayin. In the Hebrew Bible, the root two-zayin () means 'reputable, powerful, sublime'. In the 1 Chronicles, Aziz was the son of Shema and the father of Bela. Azizus (Latinised), attested as an Arabian or Nabatean king who ruled Sampsigeramids of the Roman Empire.
Murad
Murad or Mourad () is an Arabic name. It is also common in Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Turkish, Persian, and Berber as a male given name or surname and is commonly used throughout the Muslim world and Middle East.
Yusuf
Yusuf ( '''') is a male name meaning "increases" (in piety, power and influence). It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name Yosef and the English name Joseph. It is widely used in many parts of the world by Arabs of all Abrahamic religions, including Middle Eastern Jews, Arab Christians, and Muslims.
Amir
male given name
Yahya
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Osman
male given name
Hussein
Hussein, Hossein, Hussain, Hossain, Huseyn, Hüseyin, Husayn, Husein, Hussin, Hoessein, Houcine, Hocine or Husain (), coming from the triconsonantal root (), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", "handsome" or "beautiful". It is commonly given as a male given name, particularly among Muslims. In Persian language contexts, the transliterations Ḥosayn, Hosayn, or Hossein are sometimes used. In the transliteration of Indo-Aryan languages, the forms "Hussain" or "Hossain" may be used. Other variants include Husên, Husejin, Husejn, Husain, Hisên, Hussain, Husayin, Huss
Hariri
Hariri (in Arabic حريري) is a surname and derivative of harir (in Arabic حرير meaning silk) which indicates a mercantile background at one point in that field.
Tawfik
Tawfik (), or Tewfik, is an Arabic masculine given name and a surname.
Abbas
name: given name and family name
Tahir
male given name (طاهر)
Nabi
Nabi may refer to:
Rahim
Rahim (Raḥīm , also anglicized as Raheem) is an Arabic word meaning "Merciful", from the root R-Ḥ-M. Al-Rahim (the Merciful) is one of the attributes of God according to Islam. It is a male given name, sometimes a hypocorism for Abdu r-Raḥīm "Servant of the Merciful". Spellings include Rahim, Raheem, Rohim and Roheem.
Abdul
Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; , ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word Abd (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix al / el (, meaning "the").
Mukhtar
family name
Yakub
Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub, Yakoob, Yakoub, Yoqub or Yaâkub (, also transliterated in other ways; Yakob, as commonly westernized) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and James. The Arabic form '''''Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb may be direct from the Hebrew or indirectly through Syriac. The name was in use in pre-Islamic Arabia and is a common given name in Arab, Turkish, and Muslim societies. It is also used as a surname. It is common in Polish, Czech, Slovak, Belarusian and Bosnian languages, where it is transliterated as Jakub'.
Gaddafi
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Hadi
Hadi or Hady () is an Arabic masculine given name and surname, meaning "leader" or "guide". Al-Hadi ("The Guide") is one of the names of God in Islam. It is derived from the Arabic triconsonantal root ; also present in hidayah.
Trabelsi
Trabelsi () is a Maghrebi Arabic surname, deriving from the city of Tripoli in Libya. Notable people with the surname include:
Rahman
male given name
Hamid
Hamid refers to two different but related Arabic given names, both of which come from the Arabic triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D ():
Shihuh
The Shihuh (, '''') is an Arab tribe living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman. In the singular, the name is Al Shehhi, a common family name in the UAE and Oman today. Inhabiting the northern part of the Hajar Mountain range, specifically in the Ruus Al Jibal (Musandam Peninsula), the tribe has long been influential in the affairs of both the east and west coast settlements of the northern UAE and Oman and has fiercely maintained both its identity and independence.
Kadir
Kadir/Kadeer/Qader/Qadir/Quadeer/Quadir are the primary transliterations of two Arabic male given names (, also spelled Qaadir) and (, also spelled Qadeer). These names are derived from Al-Qaadir, one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "The (All or Most) Capable", using the word قدير meaning "able/competent".
Ismail
male given name
Qureshi
Qureshi is a surname, is driven from Arabic words () when writing in English it has various spelling formation such as Quraish Qurayš, Qureshi/Quraishi/Qurashi is often spelled “Qurashi” (القرشي) in Arabic, and it refers to someone descended from the Quraysh tribe (قبيلة قريش), the tribe of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Individuals and families across Saudi Arabia, Asia and throughout the Arab world, still bear the name Qureshi, Qurashi, or Al-Quraishi, often to signal lineage to the Muhammad's tribe which originated from Makkah.
Ubayd Allah
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Hamam
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Atiyah
Atiyyah ( ‘aṭiyyah), which generally implies "something (money or goods given as regarded) received as a gift" or also means "present, gift, benefit, boon, favor, granting, giving".
Yasser
Yasser (also spelled Yaser, Yaseer, Yasir, or Yassir; ) is an Arabic male name meaning "to be of ease" or "of wealth".
Assemani
Assemani is a surname. "Assemani" is an Arabic patronymic which means son of Simeon.
Abulafia
family name (أبو العافية)
Sa‘id
Said ( ), also spelled Saeid, Said, Saïd, Sid, Saeed, Saed, Saied, Sayeed or Sayid, is a male Arabic given name which means "blessed, lucky, joy" or "happy, patient". The name stems from the Arabic verb sa‘ada (سَعَدَ – 'to be happy, fortunate or lucky').
Khoury
Khoury ( or ), also transliterated as Khouri, is a surname that is found among Arab Christians in the Middle East, particularly in the countries of the Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine). The term khoury means "priest" in Levantine Arabic; it derives from the Latin word curia, or may come from the French curé meaning parish priest, from Latin curatus "one responsible for the care (of souls)," ultimately from curatus, past participle of curare "to take care of".
Ghazali
Ghazali () is an international surname and given name with different spellings (e. g. Gazzalli, Ghazzalli, Kacaly). It may refer to:
Murr
Murr may refer to:
Hayat
Hayat or Hayet is an Arabic word which means "life".
Sadek
Sadek may refer to:
Abdi
Abdi is an Arabic male name. ==Arabic name== While Arabic speakers commonly use Abdu (‎ / '') rather than Abdi, both are nicknames for Abdul. It originates from the Arabic word / / ''. The name translates as "servant of God" in reference to religious submission to Allah (God). As such, it is often used by Muslims around the world in conjunction with one of the names of God in Islam, but also sometimes on its own.
Latif
Al-Latif (Al-Laṭīf , also anglicized as Al-Lateef) is one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "kind". Latif can also be a masculine given name, as short form of Abdul Latif, meaning "servant of the Gentle". Its feminine form is Latifa. "Al-Latif" also means "The Subtle".
Al-Atrash
The al-Atrash (‎ ), also known as Bani al-Atrash, is a Druze clan based in Jabal Hauran in southwestern Syria. The family's name al-atrash is Arabic for "the deaf" and derives from one the family's deaf patriarchs. The al-Atrash clan migrated to Jabal Hauran in the early 19th century, and under the leadership of their sheikh (chieftain) Ismail al-Atrash became the paramount ruling Druze family of Jabal Hauran in the mid-19th century, taking over from Al Hamdan. Through his battlefield reputation and his political intrigues with other Druze clans, Bedouin tribes, Ottoman authorities and Eur
Aslam
Aslam is a male given name of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:
Lellouche
Lellouche is a North-African surname; a variant form of Lellouch, Lelouch, Alloush, Allouch and Allouche. It is derived from the early Afroasiatic-Semitic family, where it is seen in the Berber and Arabian Peninsula Arabic cultures as el allouch (alush), meaning "the lamb". It is most-often used to signify a young male lamb, and remains a nickname or term of endearment in some North African and Arabic cultures.
Rashid
name
Iqbal
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Maalouf
Maalouf (alternative spellings: Maloof, Malouf, Malouff, Maluf, Malluf; Arabic: معلوف المعلوف) is a Middle Eastern Christian surname.
Bashir
male given name