Murad Explained

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

Others

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Surname

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Other names

Murad Buildings, Construction company of Uzbekistan

See also

Notes and References

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