Murad

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Murad or Mourad (Arabic: مراد) 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.[1]

Etymology

It is derived from the Arabic Semitic triliteral root رود (r-w-d). Its Arabic meaning can be translated roughly into wanted,[2] desired, wished for, yearned or goal.

Given name

Ottoman sultans

  • Murad I (1326–1389), often nicknamed Hüdavendigâr—from Persian: خداوندگار Khodāvandgār —"the devotee of God", the third sultan. Received the name Murad through a play on the Arabic word "mordd", which means "wish" or "desire".[3]
  • Murad II (1404–1451)
  • Murad III (1546–1595)
  • Murad IV (1612–1640)
  • Murad V (1840–1904)

Others

Murad
  • Şehzade Murad, Ottoman prince
  • Murad, Veteran Bollywood Indian Actor
  • Murad Artin (born 1960), Armenian-Swedish politician
  • Murad Mirza, second son of Mughal Emperor Akbar
  • Murad Baksh (died 1661), youngest son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal
  • Murad Bey (1750–1801), Egyptian Mamluk chieftain
  • Murad Qureshi, British Bangladeshi Labour Party politician
  • Murad Umakhanov (born 1977), Russian wrestler and Olympian
  • Murad Wilfried Hofmann (1931 – 2020) German diplomat and author.
Mourad
Morad

Surname

Murad
Mourad
  • Ahmed Mourad, an Egyptian author and screenwriter of fiction and non-fiction
  • George Mourad (born 1982), Syrian Swedish footballer of Assyrian descent
  • Leila Mourad (1918–1995), Egyptian singer and actress
  • Mounir Mourad (1922–1981), Egyptian artist, singer and actor
  • Nidal Mourad (born 1988), Canadian musician and producer
Morad

Other names

Murad Buildings,Construction company of Uzbekistan

See also

  • Moura Portuguese form of Mourad/Murad
  • Murat (disambiguation), modern Turkish spelling of Murad
  • Murat (name)
  • Murod, an Uzbek given name
  • Muradian, Armenian surname
  • Muradyan, Armenian surname
  • Mrad (disambiguation)
  • Murad Buildings, Construction company of Uzbekistan

References

  1. ^ Pearce, Karen (2002). Multicultural matters: names and naming systems. London: Building Bridges. p. 194. ISBN 0-9543653-0-5.
  2. ^ Leslau, Wolf (1990). Arabic Loanwords in Ethiopian Semitic. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 9783447030007.
  3. ^ Iskander, Munshi (1978). The history of Shah ʻAbbas the Great. University of Michigan: Westview Press. p. 1399. ISBN 9780891582960.
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