For other uses, see Nilüfer (disambiguation).
Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Meaning | Lotus |
Region of origin | Turkey |
Other names | |
Related names | Niloufar |
Nilüfer is the Turkish word for "water lily", from Persian nîlûfar (نیلوفر), which is ultimately derived from the Sanskrit word for the blue lotus nīḷōtpaḷa (नीळोत्पळ). It is a popular feminine given name in Turkey. It may refer to:
Given name
- Nilüfer Çınar Çorlulu (born 1962), Turkish Woman International Master (WIM) of chess
- Nilüfer Demir (born 1986), Turkish photojournalist
- Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz (born 1962), Turkish politician
- Nilüfer Göle (born 1953), Turkish-French sociologist
- Nilüfer Gürsoy (1921–2024), Turkish philologist, politician and memoirist
- Nilufer Hanımsultan (1916–1989), Ottoman princess
- Nilüfer Hatun (died 1363), mother of Ottoman Sultan Murad I
- Nilüfer Örer (born 1976), Turkish pop singer
- Nilüfer Verdi (born 1956), Turkish jazz pianist
- Nilüfer Yumlu (born 1955), Turkish pop singer whose stage name is simply "Nilüfer"
- Nilüfer Yanya (born 1996), a British-Turkish singer-songwriter from London
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “नीळोत्पळ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0567.
- www.wisdomlib.org (21 September 2015). "Nilotpala, Nīlotpalā, Nīlotpala: 26 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
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