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
- Murad I (1326–1389), often nicknamed Hüdavendigâr—from Persian: 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
- Mourad
- Mourad the Great, nickname of Hampartsoum Boyadjian, an Armenian fedayee and political activist
- Mourad Benachenou, Algerian politician
- Mourad Benchellali, French citizen captured and detained in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps
- Mourad Bouzidi, Dutch–Tunisian kickboxer
- Mourad Daami, Tunisian football referee
- Mourad Daoudi El Ghezouani, Moroccan footballer
- Mourad Marofit (born 1982), Moroccan long-distance runner
- Mourad Medelci, Algerian politician
- Mourad Meghni, Algerian footballer
- Mourad Salem, Tunisian artist based in France
- Mourad Topalian, Armenian-American political activist
- Morad
Surname
- Murad
- Abdul Hakim Murad (militant), alleged conspirator in the planned attacks called Operation Bojinka
- Abdal Hakim Murad (born: Timothy John Winter, 1960) English academic, theologian and Islamic scholar
- Adel Murad, Iraqi politician
- Ahmad Murad, Bruneian diplomat
- Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist
- Hadji Murad, Avar military commander
- Hilmi Murad, Egyptian politician
- Mohammad Murad, Kuwaiti wildlife photographer
- Murad Ali Murad, Afghan Army officer
- Nadia Murad, Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist
- Murad, veteran Bollywood Indian actor
- Raza Murad, Indian character actor, son of Murad
- Sayed Noorullah Murad, an Afghan politician, military commander and former deputy minister
- Timothy Winter, aka Abdal-Hakim Murad, British Islamic scholar
- Waheed Murad, Pakistani film producer, writer, and actor
- Zuhair Murad, a Beirut-based Lebanese fashion designer
- 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
Notes and References
- Book: Pearce, Karen . Multicultural matters: names and naming systems . 2002 . Building Bridges . London . 0-9543653-0-5 . 194 .
- Book: Leslau . Wolf . Arabic Loanwords in Ethiopian Semitic . 1990 . Otto Harrassowitz Verlag . 9783447030007 . en.
- Book: Iskander, Munshi. The history of Shah ʻAbbas the Great. 1978. Westview Press. University of Michigan. 1399. 9780891582960.
