Hamza

See also: hamza

Translingual

Proper noun

Hamza

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadidae – certain cicadas.

English

Alternative forms

  • Hamzah

Etymology

From Arabic حَمْزَة (ḥamza, literally lion), from the Arabic root ح م ز (ḥ m z).

Proper noun

Hamza (plural Hamzas)

  1. A male given name from Arabic.
    1. The Muslim Sahabi Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib.
  2. A surname from Arabic.

Albanian

Proper noun

Hamza m

  1. a male given name

References

  • Dražić, Marina, Antić, Ivana, editors (2019), Каталог најчешћих албанских имена и презимена [Catalogue of the most common Albanian names and surnames]‎[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), page 58

Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒmzɒ]

Proper noun

Hamza

  1. a surname

Declension

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حمزه (Hamza), from Arabic حمزة (ḥamza, lion).

Proper noun

Hamza m (genitive/dative lui Hamza)

  1. a surname from Ottoman Turkish

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦamza]

Proper noun

Hamza m pers (female equivalent Hamzová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Hamza
(pattern hrdina)
singularplural 1plural 2
nominativeHamzaHamzoviaHamzovci
genitiveHamzuHamzovHamzovcov
dativeHamzoviHamzomHamzovcom
accusativeHamzuHamzovHamzovcov
locativeHamzoviHamzochHamzovcoch
instrumentalHamzomHamzamiHamzovcami

Further reading

  • Hamza”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حمزه (Hamza), from Arabic حَمْزَة (ḥamza).

Proper noun

Hamza

  1. a male given name from Arabic