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  2. Fatima (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Fatima (Arabic: فَاطِمَة, Fāṭimah), also spelled Fatimah, is a feminine given name of Arabic origin used throughout the Muslim world. Several relatives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad had the name, including his daughter Fatima as the most famous one. The literal meaning of the name is one who separates or one who abstains.

  3. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    -aj (pronounced AY; meaning “of the" ) It denotes the name of the family, which mostly comes from the male founder of the family, but also from a place, as in, Lash-aj (from the village Lashaj of Kastrat, MM, Shkodër). It is likely that its ancient form, still found in MM, was an [i] in front of the last name, as in ‘Déda i Lékajve ...

  4. Sharif - Wikipedia

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    The word derives from the Arabic root sh–r–f, which expresses meanings related to honor, nobility, and prominence. [1] It has no etymological connection with the English term sheriff, which comes from the Old English word scīrgerefa, meaning "shire-reeve", the local reeve (enforcement agent) of the king in the shire (county).

  5. Farooq - Wikipedia

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    Farooq (also transliterated as Farouk, Faruqi, Farook, Faruk, Faroeq, Faruq, or Farouq, Farooqi, Faruque or Farooqui; Arabic: فاروق, romanized: Fārūq) is a common Arabic given and family name. Al-Fārūq literally means "the one who distinguishes between right and wrong."

  6. Arabic - Wikipedia

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    Arabic is the third most widespread official language after English and French, [16] one of six official languages of the United Nations, [17] and the liturgical language of Islam. [18] Arabic is widely taught in schools and universities around the world and is used to varying degrees in workplaces, governments and the media. [18]

  7. Arabic name - Wikipedia

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    If a literal Arabic translation of a name exists, it will be placed after the final standardized romanization. If an Arabic correlation is ambiguous, (?) will be placed following the name in question. * Yasu' is the Arab Christian name, while ʿĪsā is the Muslim version of the name, as used in the Qur'an. There is debate as to which is the ...

  8. Salem (name) - Wikipedia

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    In Arabic, the two are distinctly different names, although their meanings are similarly related. It can also be a transliteration of the Hebrew : שָׁלֵם Shalem ; [ 1 ] the Jewish and Arabic name is also transliterated as Salem ) is an Arabic - and Sephardic Jewish -origin given name and surname , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and an English surname of ...

  9. Tawfik - Wikipedia

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    Tawfik (Arabic: توفيق), or Tewfik, is an Arabic masculine given name and a surname. The name is derived from the Arabic root: waaw-faa-qaaf (و-ف-ق), which means to agree or to reconcile. A spelling of Tewfik or Toufic is used more among French speakers.