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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.

Etymology

It is derived from the Arabic Semitic triliteral root رود (r-w-d). Its Arabic meaning can be translated roughly into wanted, 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".
  • Murad II (1404–1451), Ottoman sultan
  • Murad III (1546–1595), Ottoman sultan
  • Murad IV (1612–1640), Ottoman sultan
  • Murad V (1840–1904), Ottoman sultan

Others

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Surname

Murad
Mourad
  • Ahmed Mourad (born 1978), 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
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  • Daniel Morad (born 1990), Canadian race car driver
  • Dashni Morad (born 1986), Kurdish singer, songwriter, television presenter, human rights & environmental activist.
  • Luciana Morad (born 1969), also known as Luciana Gimenez, Brazilian fashion model and TV show hostess

Other names

Murad Buildings, Construction company of Uzbekistan

See also

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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