Given name · Arabic · Ottoman Turkish
عاطف
“compassionate”
عاطف (ʼatıf) is a masculine given name from Arabic, meaning “compassionate.” It is used in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish.
Arabic and Ottoman TurkishWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: ʕāṭif.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Arabic عَاطِف (“compassionate”); its root is Arabic ع ط ف.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
عاطف’s family of names
In Arabic usage, عاطف can be written in the Roman alphabet as ʕāṭif. In Ottoman Turkish usage, عاطف can be written in the Roman alphabet as ʼatıf.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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