Murad
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Murad or Mourad () 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.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- male given name
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- different from
- Murad
- language of work or name
- Arabic
- Soundex
- M630
- Cologne phonetics
- 672
- Caverphone
- MRT111
- Commons category
- Murad (given name)
- IPA transcription
- murad
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- Murad
- writing system
- Latin script
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- Given name
- Ottoman sultans
- Others
- Murad
- Mourad
- Morad
- Surname
- Other names
- See also
- References
Murad or Mourad () 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.
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