Sajjad Explained
| Sajjad |
| Pronunciation: | pronounced as /ar/ |
| Gender: | Male |
| Meaning: | Kneeling in prayer |
| Region: | Persian |
| Related Names: | Sajjad |
Sajjad is a given name and a surname derived from the Arabic triliteral س_ج_د S-J-D 'to bow down (before God)', shared with the Arabic word مسجد masjid 'mosque'.[1]
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Imam Sajjad (Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin), 4th Imam of Shia Islam
- Syed Sajjad Haider Yaldram (1880–1943), Urdu short story writer, travel writer, translator, linguist, essayist, and humorist
- Sajjad Afghani, Kashmiri militant and Commander-in-Chief of Harkat Ul Ansar
- Sajjad Akbar (born 1961), Pakistani cricketer
- Sajjad Ali, Pakistani semi-classical, pop singer, film actor, director and producer
- Sajjad Anoushiravani (born 1984), Iranian weightlifter
- Sajjad Fazel (born 1991), Tanzanian clinical pharmacist, public health researcher, health columnist
- Sajjad Ganjzadeh (born 1992), Iranian karateka
- Sajjad Gul, Pakistani film producer, media mogul
- Sajjad Hussain (cricketer, born 1980), Indian cricketer
- Sajjad Hussain (cricketer, born 1986), Pakistani cricketer
- Sajjad Hussain (composer), Indian music director
- Sajjad Karim, British Asian politician
- Sajjad Gharibi (born 1991), Iranian bodybuilder
- Sajjad Ghani Lone (born 1967), Indian Kashmiri politician, and former Member of the Legislative Assembly
- Sajjad Mardani (born 1988), Iranian taekwondo player
- Sajjad Haider Nadeem, Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
- Sajjad Hussain Qureshi (1923–1998), politician, Governor of Punjab 1985-1988
- Sajjad Shar (born 1986), Secretary General of banned organization Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz
- Sajjad Zaheer, Urdu writer, Marxist thinker and revolutionary
Middle name
Surname
Notes and References
- Shaked . Shaul . 2005 . Aramaic Loan-words in Middle Persian . Bulletin of the Asia Institute . 19 . 159–168 . 0890-4464.
