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مراد
مراد (murād) is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Arabic and Persian.
Arabic and PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: murād.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Arabic مُرَاد, from Arabic أَرَادَ, from Arabic ر و د.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
مراد’s family of names
In Arabic usage, مراد has a conventional equivalent in the French form MOURAD. In Persian usage, مراد can be written in the Roman alphabet as morâd. In Arabic usage, مراد can be written in the Roman alphabet as murād.
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Around the world
مراد has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
Arabicwhere مراد comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named مراد
- Murad IIsixth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1421–1444, 1446–1451)1404–1451
- Murad III12th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1574–1595)1546–1595
- Murad Ithird Ottoman sultan (1362–1389)1326–1389
- Murad IVthe 17th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1623–1640)1612–1640
- Murad V33th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876)1840–1904
- Jack KevorkianAmerican pathologist, euthanasia activist (1928-2011)
- Murad BeyEgyptian noble (1750–1801)
- Murad GirayCrimean Khan1627–1696
- Kuyucu Murad PashaOttoman grand vizier (1530–1611)
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