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داوود
داوود (dâvûd) is a masculine given name from Arabic, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish.
Arabic and Ottoman Turkish and PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: dâvud.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
داوود comes from Arabic, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Arabic دَاوُود, from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwīḏ).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
داوود’s family of names
In Arabic usage, داوود has a conventional equivalent in the French form David. In Arabic usage, داوود has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Dawid. In Persian usage, داوود can be written in the Roman alphabet as dâvud.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
داوود has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
Arabicwhere داوود comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named داوود
- Dawud al-ZahiriIslamic scholar815–883
- Koca Davud PashaAlbanian general and grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1482 to 14971401–1498
- Mirza Davud HuseynovSoviet politician (1894–1938)
- Dawood SarkhoshAfghan Hazara singer and musicianborn 1971
- Davud MonshizadehIranian-Swedish academic1914–1989
- Davud KazimovAzerbaijani painter1926–2015
- Davood Mir-BagheriIranian film directorborn 1958
- Davud GhaffarzadeganIranian writer, teacher and novelist1338
- Davoud RashidiIranian actor1933–2016
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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