Uthman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Uthman bin Affan, third Islamic caliph and a companion of Muhammad.
  2. A male given name from Arabic.

Word forms

Uthman 'Uthman Usman

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān). Doublet of Ottoman and Osman.

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