Nasir (name)
Encyclopedia
Nasir is a male
Arabic given name
which can mean "helper" or "one who gives victory" (grammatically the Stem I masculine singular active participle of consonantal verb root
n-ṣ-r). The female form of the name is Nasira ( Nāṣira).
Naseer is a transcription of Naṣīr, a related word of similar meaning also used as a name.
Male
Male refers to the biological sex of an organism, or part of an organism, which produces small mobile gametes, called spermatozoa. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete or ovum, in the process of fertilization...
Arabic 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...
which can mean "helper" or "one who gives victory" (grammatically the Stem I masculine singular active participle of consonantal verb root
Triliteral
The roots of verbs and most nouns in the Semitic languages are characterized as a sequence of consonants or "radicals"...
n-ṣ-r). The female form of the name is Nasira ( Nāṣira).
Naseer is a transcription of Naṣīr, a related word of similar meaning also used as a name.
Given name
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- Nasir AhmedNasir AhmedNasir Ahmed is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 7 ODIs from 1988 to 1990. He is one of the three best wicketkeeprs to play for Bangladesh, Shafiq-ul-Haq and Khaled Mashud being the other two. After the retirement of Haque, the selectors tried a number of young keepers, and Nasir ...
(born 1964), Bangladeshi cricketer - Nasir KazmiNasir KazmiSyed Nasir Raza Kazmi, was a renowned Urdu poet of Pakistan. He was one of the greatest poets of this era, especially in the use of "ista'aaray" and "chhotee beher". Kazmi was born on December 8, 1925 at Ambala in British India.-Education and Career:Kazmi was educated at Ambala, Simla and Lahore...
(1925–1972), Pakistani Urdu poet - Nasir Khan, Indian actor, son of legendary Indian comedian Johnny WalkerJohnny Walker (actor)Johnny Walker is the screen name of an Indian movie comedian, who acted in over 300 movies. He was born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in Indore, India, the son of a mill worker. The family shifted to Mumbai when the textile mill his father worked in closed...
- Al-Nasir (1158–1225), 34th Abbasid Caliph
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- Nasir ud din MahmudNasir ud din MahmudNasir ud din Mahmud, Nasir ud din Firuz Shah was the eighth sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate . He was the youngest son of Shams ud din Iltutmish , and he succeeded Ala ud din Masud after the chiefs replaced Masud when they felt that he began to behave as a tyrant.As a ruler, Mahmud was known to be...
, Muslim Turkic ruler - Nasir-ud-Din QabachaNasir-ud-Din QabachaNasir-ud-Din Qabacha or Kaba-cha was the Muslim Turkic governor of Multan, appointed by Sultan Shahabuddin Muhammad Ghauri in 1203.- Successors of Ghauri :...
, Muslim Turkic governor of Multan
Surname
- Gamal Abdel NasserGamal Abdel NasserGamal Abdel Nasser Hussein was the second President of Egypt from 1956 until his death. A colonel in the Egyptian army, Nasser led the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 along with Muhammad Naguib, the first president, which overthrew the monarchy of Egypt and Sudan, and heralded a new period of...
(1918–1970), second President of Egypt - Hakim NasirHakim NasirMuhammad Nasir commonly known as Hakim Nasir was a renowned Urdu poet from Pakistan.Hakim Nasir is famous for his eternal ghazal Jab sey tu nay mujhey deewana bana rakha hai, sung by Abida Parveen...
, Pakistani Urdu poet also using the takhallus of Nasir - Clare NasirClare NasirClare Nasir is a British weather forecaster for ITV London and can be seen on London Today and London Tonight.-Early life:...
(born 1970), British weather forecaster
See also
- Arabic nameArabic nameLong ago, Arabic names were based on a long naming system; most Arabs did not simply have given/middle/family names, but a full chain of names. This system was in use throughout the Arab world. Today however, Arabic names are similar in structure to those of Modern and Western names...
- Naseer (disambiguation)
- Nasira (disambiguation)
- Nasir al-Din (disambiguation)
- Nazir (disambiguation)
- Wikipedia pages beginning with "Nasir"