Ismail is an Arabic given name. It corresponds to the English name Ishmael.
Hoxha is an Albanian surname, derived from the Persian title khawaja ("master") via Turkish hoca. It is the most common surname in Albania. Hoxha is the most common surname in Albania and the 9th most common surname in Kosovo. "Hoxha" could refer to several people:
Mustafa is one of the names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in the Muslim world.
Anwar is the English transliteration of two Arabic names commonly used in the Arab world by both Arab Christians and Muslims: the male given name ʼAnwar (أنور), meaning "luminous" or the female given name ʼAnwār (أنوار), meaning "a collection of lights". In Arabic, Anwar is also a comparative adjective with the meaning of "more enlightened".
Jaʽfar, meaning in Arabic ”stream," is a masculine name of Arabic origin, common among middle eastern and Muslim men, especially in Iran.
Hamid refers to two different but related Arabic given names, both of which come from the Arabic triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D (ح-م-د):
- Ḥāmed also spelled Haamed, Hamid or Hamed, and in Turkish Hamit; it means "lauder" or "one who praises".
- Ḥamīd also spelled Hamid, or Hameed, in Turkish is Hamit, and in Azeri is Həmid or Һәмид; it means "lauded" or "praiseworthy".
Hussein, Hossein, Hussain, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein, Hussin, Hoessein, or Husain, 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 Muslims. In Persian language contexts, the transliterations Ḥosayn, Hosayn, or Hossein are sometimes used. In the transliteration of Indo-Aryan languages, the forms "Hussain" or "Hossain" may be used. Other variants include Husên, Husejin, Husejn, Husain, Hisên, Hussain, Husayin, Hussayin, Hüseyin, Husseyin, Huseyn, Hossain, Hosein, Husseyn, Usain (etc.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, which follows a standardized way for transliterating Arabic names, used the form "Ḥusain" in its first edition and "Ḥusayn" in its second and third editions.
Abd al-Qadir or Abdulkadir is a male Muslim given name. It is formed from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Qadir. The name means "servant of who can do everything", Al=The. Al-Qādir being one of the names of Allah in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.
Mehmed is the most common Turkish form of the Arabic male name Muhammad and gains its significance from being the name of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. Originally the intermediary vowels in the Arabic Muhammad were completed with an e in adaptation to Turkish phonotactics, which spelled Mehemmed, Mehemed, Mehmed and the name lost the central e over time. Final devoicing of d to t is a regular process in Turkish. The prophet himself is referred to in Turkish using the archaic version, Muhammed.
Hodžić is a common family name found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. It is derived from the word hodža, meaning "master/lord", itself a Turkish loanword (hoca) of ultimately Persian origin (khawaja). Its literal meanings are "little hodža" or "son of the hodža".
Hassan or Hasan is an Arabic masculine given name in the Muslim world.
Hassan or Hasan is an Arabic, Irish, Scottish, or Jewish surname.
Adnan is an Arabic masculine name common in the Muslim world. Its eponymous bearer was Adnan, an ancient ancestor of various Arabian tribes. The etymological meaning of the name is settler, from a Semitic root [[[:wikt:עדן|`dn]]] Error: {{Lang}}: Non-latn text/Latn script subtag mismatch (help); "to stay, abide".
Tawfik, or Tewfik, is an Arabic masculine given name. The name is derived from the Arabic root: waaw-faa-qaaf (و-ف-ق), which means to agree or to reconcile. Tawfik translates to, "the ability or opportunity to achieve success". A spelling of Tewfik or Toufic is used more among French speakers. Tawfik can be used as a given name or surname. Since it is considered a "neutral" name in the Arabic language, many Arabic-speaking Christians as well as Muslims are named Tawfik. The Turkish equivalent is Tevfik, the Azerbaijani equivalent is Tofig or Tofiq, the Albanian equivalent is Tefik, the Bosnian equivalent is Teufik. Taoufik and Toufic are common in North Africa. Thoufeeque, Thoufeeq and Thoufeek are common in India. A phonetically similar Jewish name is Tovik or Tuvik (תוביק), actually a Yiddish diminutive of the Biblical Hebrew name Toviyah, which led to the Greek equivalent Tobias (Τοβίας).
Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub, Yakoub or Yaâkub is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and James. The Arabic form Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb may be direct from the Hebrew or indirectly through Syriac. The name was in use in pre-Islamic Arabia and is a common given name in Arab, Turkish, and Muslim societies. It is also used as a surname. It is common in Polish, Czech and Slovak languages, where it is transliterated as Jakub.
Izet is a Bosnian variant of the Turkish given name Izzet from Arabic: عزة, meaning honor, greatness. Alternatively, it may refer to the first sighting of vegetation after volcanic eruptions. It may refer to:
Osman or Usman is the Turkish, Persian, and Urdu transliteration of the Arabic masculine given name Uthman.
Ervin is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Jawad, Bosnian: Dževad; Russian: Жавад, romanized: Dzhavad; Azerbaijani: Cavad, Berber languages: ⵊⴰⵡⴷ, romanized: Jawed; Turkish: Cevat; Albanian: Xhevat) is an Arabic given name that means generous, liberal, magnanimous, merciful, and open-handed. The name is common in the Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East, Morocco and South Asia.
Ilir is an Albanian masculine given name, derived from i lirë, which means "illyrian" and "being free" in the Albanian language. It is also the Albanian way of referring to an "Illyrian" male.
