Hussein

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Hussein
Pronunciation Arabic: [ħuˈseːn, ħoˈseːn, ħʊ'seːn]
Egyptian Arabic: [ħeˈseːn, ħoˈsein]
Persian pronunciation: [ho'sejn]
Gender Male
Origin
Word/name Arabic
Meaning Handsome
Other names
Related names Hassan
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Hussein (/huːˈseɪn/; also spelled Husein, Husain, Hussain, Husayin, Hussayin, Hüseyin, Husseyin, Huseyn, Hossain, Hosein, Hossein, or Husseyn) (Arabic: حُسَين‎, Ḥusayn), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N, is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", "handsome" or "beautiful". It is commonly given as a male given name, particularly among Shias.[1] In some Persian sources the forms Ḥosayn, Hosayn, or Hossein are used.[2] On the Subcontinent or South Asia, the form used is "Hussain" or "Hossain" in the Bengal region.

This name was not used in the pre-Islamic period,[3] and is recorded to have been first used by the Islamic prophet Muhammad when he named his grandson Husayn ibn Ali, saying he had been commanded to do so by the archangel Gabriel.[3]

Given name

Hossein

Husain

Husayn

Husein

Hussein

Hüseyin

Middle name

Surname


Family of Imam Hussein ibn Ali

Royal family of Jordan

Family of Saddam Hussein of Iraq

See also

References

  1. ↑ Discovering Islam: Making Sense of Muslim History by Akbar S. Ahmed, 1988, page 57.
  2. ↑ Archived March 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. 1 2 al-Qarashi, Baqir Sharif (2007). The life of Imam Husain ('a). Qum: Ansariyan Publications.
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