عثمان

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Arabic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmānm

  1. a male given name, Uthman or Osman
  2. (Islam) ʿUṯmān ibn ʿAffān, recognized as the Islamic prophet's third rightly-guided successor in most of Sunni Islam

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Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān).

Proper noun

عثمان (ʿosman)

  1. Osman, a male given name which usually refers to Osman Bey, the founder of the Ottoman Empire

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Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? usmān
Dari reading? usmān
Iranian reading? osmân
Tajik reading? usmon

Proper noun

Dari عثمان
Iranian Persian
Tajik Усмон

عثمان ('osmân)

  1. (Islam) Uthman bin Affan, third Sunni Islamic caliph and a companion of Muhammad
  2. Osman, any of a number of Ottoman sultans
  3. a male given name from Arabic

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