عثمان

Arabic

Etymology

According to many Arabic lexicographers, عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān) is a name of many young animals, from the root ع ث م (ʕ ṯ m).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕuθ.maːn/

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

Declension

Declension of noun عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān)
singular basic singular diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal عُثْمَان
ʕuṯmān
nominative عُثْمَانُ
ʕuṯmānu
accusative عُثْمَانَ
ʕuṯmāna
genitive عُثْمَانَ
ʕuṯmāna

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān).

Proper noun

عثمان • (ʿosmân)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān).

Proper noun

عثمان • (transliteration needed)

  1. a male given name from Arabic

Derived terms

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) (Tajik spelling Усмон)

  1. (Islam) Uthman ibn 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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dari: عُثْمَان (usmān)
  • Iranian Persian: عُثْمان (osmân)
  • Tajik: Усмон (Usmon)
  • Bengali: উসমান (uśoman)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: उसमान (usmān)
    Urdu: عُثْمان ('usmān)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਉਸਮਾਨ (usamān)
    Shahmukhi script: عُثْمان (ʻus̱mān)
  • Sindhi: عثمان

See also

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عُثْمَان (usmān), from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān).

Proper noun

عُثْمان • (ʻus̱mānm (Gurmukhi spelling ਉਸਮਾਨ)

  1. a male given name from Arabic

Derived terms

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عُثْمَان (usmān), from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān).

Proper noun

عثمان • (transliteration neededm

  1. a male given name from Arabic

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عُثْمَان (usmān), from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān).

Proper noun

عُثْمان • ('usmānm (Hindi spelling उसमान)

  1. a male given name from Arabic

Derived terms