Murad

Murad (Arabic: مراد) or variants Murat, Mourad, Morad and Mrad is an Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Turkish, Kurdish, Persian and Pakistani male given name and is commonly used throughout the Muslim and Arabic worlds.[1]

Etymology

It is derived from the Semitic triliteral root رود (r-w-d). Its Arabic meaning can be translated roughly into wanted[2], 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 Persian word "mordd", which means "wish or desire".[3]
  • Murad II (1404–1451)
  • Murad III (1546–1595)
  • Murad IV (1612–1640)
  • Murad V (1840–1904)

Others

Murad


Mourad
Morad

Surname

Murad
Mourad
Morad
Mrad

Other

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.
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