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“good, fine, well”
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/ħu.sajn/ · Arabic
01 / Meaning & origin
حسين is a masculine given name documented in Arabic. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it. It is a form of حَسَن, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “good, fine, well”.
Meaning: “good, fine, well”
Diminutive of حَسَن (ḥasan), from the root ح س ن (ḥ s n).
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04 / Through time
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grandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Shia Imam (626–680)
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
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President of Syria since 2025
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King of Jordan from 1952 to 1999
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5th president of Chad
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06 / Behind the facts
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