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Adnan (name)

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Adnan
PronunciationArabic: [ʕadnaːn]
GenderMale
Language(s)Arabic, Bosnian, Turkish, and Persian
Origin
Meaning"A person living in two paradises" and "A person living in two times" (Zaman), "settler, pioneer"

Adnan (Arabic: عدنان, ʿAdnān) is an Arabic masculine name common in the Muslim world.[1] Its eponymous bearer was Adnan, an ancient ancestor of various Arabian tribes. The etymological meaning of the name is settler, from a Semitic root `dn; "to stay, abide".

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Middle name

  • ["[mirza Adnan Aslam "]], Iraqi archer
  • Aydın Adnan Sezgin (born 1956), Turkish diplomat and politician

Surname

References

  1. ^ Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9.