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Masih is Arabic for 'Christ' or 'Messiah'. Christians, Muslims and members of related religions use Masih as a religious title for Jesus of Nazareth.

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Also spelled Mesih or Maseeh, it is used as a proper name in many languages. The term also appears in the Christian name Abdul Masih ("Servant of Christ").

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Masih, also spelled Mesih or Maseeh, is a name of Arabic origin which means 'Messiah' or 'Christ'. The word Masīḥ is the Arabic form of the Hebrew title Māshīaḥ (מָשִׁיחַ) or the Greek title Khristós (Χριστός), meaning "anointed one". It is used as a name and title for Jesus in the Quran, and is also the common word used by Arab Christians for Christ.