English Explanatory Dictionary

Husayn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A son of Ali and brother of Hassan; a martyr, and Shi'a Imam.
  2. A male given name from Arabic used by Muslims, diminutive of حسن (“Hasan”) meaning good or handsome.
  3. A Muslim surname from Arabic derived from the Arabic given name.

Word forms

Husayn Husain Husein Hussain Hussein Ḥusayn Huseyn Husseyn Hussien Hussayn Husseyin Huseyin Hüseyin Hoseyn Hosseyn Hosein Hossein Hosain Hossain Hosayn Hossayn Housseine Houssein Houssain Houssayn Housseyn

Etymology

Transliteration of Arabic حُسَيْن (ḥusayn), from the root ح س ن (ḥ s n).

Translations

Arabic: حُسَيْن Azerbaijani: Hüseyn Bashkir: Хөсәйен Bengali: হোসেন Bulgarian: Хюсе́йн Cherokee: ᎱᏎᎢᏂ Chinese Mandarin: 侯賽因 /侯赛因 Crimean Tatar: Usein Czech: Husajn French: Hussein West-Frisian: Hûssein German: Hussein Hausa: Husaini Hebrew: חוסיין Hindi: हुसैन Japanese: フセイン Kazakh: Құсайын Kazakh: Үсен Kyrgyz: Кусейин Kyrgyz: Үсөн Malay: Husin Persian: حسین Polish: Husajn Russian: Хусе́йн Tajik: Ҳусайн Uyghur: ھۈسەيىن Uzbek: Husayn
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