Heydar
Encyclopedia
Heydar is an Azerbaijani
given name
. It is sometimes transliterated as Gaidar
or Geidar, from the Cyrillic
spelling Гейдар. Notable people named Heydar include:
Heydar is also an alternative transliteration for the Arabic
name Haydar (Arabic حيدر ).
Azerbaijani language
Azerbaijani or Azeri or Torki is a language belonging to the Turkic language family, spoken in southwestern Asia by the Azerbaijani people, primarily in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran...
given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
. It is sometimes transliterated as Gaidar
Gaidar
Gaidar is a name in Russian, Azerbaijani and Arabic.*Russian surname , a pseudonym of Arkady Gaidar which was taken as a last name by his descendants:...
or Geidar, from the Cyrillic
Cyrillic alphabet
The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
spelling Гейдар. Notable people named Heydar include:
- Heydar AliyevHeydar AliyevHeydar Alirza oglu Aliyev , also spelled as Heidar Aliev, Geidar Aliev, Haydar Aliyev, Geydar Aliyev was the third President of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from June 1993 to October 2003, when his son Ilham Aliyev succeeded him.From 1969 till 1982, Aliyev was also the leader of Soviet...
(1923–2003), President of AzerbaijanAzerbaijanAzerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to... - Heydar Babaya SalamHeydar Babaya SalamHeydar Babaya Salam is the best known poetical work by Mohammad Hossein Shahriar , a famous Iranian poet. Published in 1954, it is about Shahriyar's childhood and his memories of his village Khoshginab near Tabriz...
, Azerbaijani-Iranian writerWriterA writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
Heydar is also an alternative transliteration for the Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
name Haydar (Arabic حيدر ).