HUSAYN male Arabic Diminutive of HASAN. Husayn ibn Ali (also commonly transliterated Hussein) was the son of Ali and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. His older brother was named Hasan. The massacre of Husayn and his family was a major event in the split between Shia and Sunni Muslims, which continues to this day. In more recent times this was the name of a king of Jordan (1935-1999). | ||||||||||||||||||||
HASAN male Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Indonesian Means "handsome", derived from Arabic حسن (hasuna) "to be beautiful, to be good". Hasan was the son of Ali and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. He was poisoned by one of his wives and is regarded as a martyr by Shia Muslims. This was also the name of two kings of Morocco. It is sometimes transcribed as Hassan, though this is a distinct name in Arabic. |
FULL FORMS |
ARABIC: Hasan |
EQUIVALENTS |
ARABIC: Hisein, Husain, Husayn, Hussein |
AZERBAIJANI: Hüseyn |
BASHKIR: Khasan |
BENGALI: Hasan |
BOSNIAN: Husein |
CHECHEN: Khasan |
CIRCASSIAN: Khasan |
INDONESIAN: Hasan |
INGUSH: Khasan |
OSSETIAN: Khasan |
PERSIAN: Hasan, Hossein |
PUNJABI: Hasan |
TATAR: Khasan |
TURKISH: Hasan, Hüseyin |
URDU: Hasan |