Hussein

English

Proper noun

Hussein

  1. A male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Husayn.
    • 1956 March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 167:
      In 1924 the Hashemite King Hussein was driven out of the Hedjaz by Ibn Saud, and a state of war sprang up between the new kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Trans-Jordan.

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Etymology

Transliteration of Arabic حُسَيْن (ḥusayn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /usˈsɛjn/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛjn
  • Hyphenation: Hus‧sèin

Proper noun

Hussein m or f by sense

  1. a transliteration of the Arabic male given name and surname حُسَيْن (ḥusayn)

References

  1. ^ Hussein in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)